MCG TO HELM SPRING AWAKENING MUSICAL MOVIE

[Annas_Priest]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 3:02pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/McG_to_Helm_Spring_Awakening_Movie_Musical_20100514

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 3:18pm

Really?

Deja Vu Updated On: 5/14/10 at 03:18 PM

[TnGuy05]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 3:47pm

Can we please take a minute and enjoy this comment:

The movie would be a HUGE money maker and hit, and probably really good too if they cast as follows:
Lea Michele as Wendla (she's the original and she's super huge now)
Zach Efron as Melchior (who wouldn't pay to see Zach get naked with Lea - I think he could probably sing it too)
Jonathan Groff as Moritz (even though he originated Melchior on stage - for screen he's more of a Moritz, he's getting really famous too and he's good, and he knows the part even though he never played it and would probably get an oscar nod if the movie was good)

None of the other parts really matter as much :o) But it would be cool if they got the other gay glee kid who plays Kurt to play the gay kid in the movie.

Here's to hoping the movie ends up being GREAT! It might work or it might be terrible.......... we'll see........."

You are welcome.

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 3:51pm

she's "super huge" now. meaning what? her voice, her head...?

S-M-H @ the use of "the other gay glee gay kid"...

and who the hell is the poster "you are welcome"-ing?

as if they're doing someone a favor? no one asked and no one thanked.


Updated On: 5/14/10 at 03:51 PM

[strummergirl]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 3:53pm

I would prefer if the original play was made into a movie and McG could not touch it with a 50 foot pole of his bs.

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 3:55pm

I wouldn't pay to see Zach get naked with Lea.

[jpbran]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 3:58pm

That cast would be PERFECT on a giant hi-def screen PLAYING 14-YEAR OLDS.

You're welcome.

[silversurfer2]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 4:20pm

All of them are too long in the tooth now to play teens...Maybe Chris {Kurt} could pull it off...even on GLEE, do any of them look like teenagers? Groff looks like he is in his 20's {which he is}....I think, IMO, this project is a bad idea.

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 4:24pm

The project isn't a bad idea. Not by a long shot. It has potential. It needs to be cast with talent that is essentially able to carry off the score and be believable. The actors don't necessarily have to be 14 years old.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 4:25pm

They should just adapt the play and cast actual preteens. Maybe they could even direct themselves and/or form a tribe of some sort and accidentally or intentionally kill the fat kid.

~Steven

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 4:54pm

My 8 year old niece is going to be thrilled with this news. She's a huge fan of the musical -- she saw the tour 3 times earlier this week here in Miami, Florida and saw the show twice before it closed on Broadway. She's definitely a character for only being 8 years old.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 5:00pm

Isn't 8 a little young to be seeing "Spring Awakening?" Maybe I'm just...conservative.

[jpbran]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 5:02pm

I'm just wondering who'd PAY for an 8-year-old to see that show 3x... hell, ANY show 3x.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 5:17pm

TnGuy-- that sounds like some of the worst casting ever. Really.

[ObiHave]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 6:44pm

"Set against the backdrop of a repressive and provincial late 19th century Germany,Spring Awakening tells the story of adolescent self-discovery and budding sexuality as seen through the eyes of three teenagers."

Who better to do that than the man who brought us Terminator Salvation and Charlie's Angels.
And everyone thought the Spider-Man announcement was the scariest announcement today...

[TnGuy05]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 7:49pm

Dramamama, I didn't come up with it. It was a comment on the Broadwayworld article.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 8:27pm

I guess I read your post too quickly! Sorry.

[snarkywannabedreamer]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 10:04pm

I think it could be a cool movie but I don't know how one can say this is will be a "huge money maker." The material is incredibly inaccessible to a large portion of the typical movie going audience.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 5/14/10 at 10:38pm

Who are we kidding? This film is going to be populated with a Jonas Brother, iCarly, Miley, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift, Jordan Sparks, and other late teens who can be autotuned and actually look young. Meryl Streep and Jim Carrey will probably get the adult roles.

[christian_drake]

Posted: 5/15/10 at 12:29am

Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, and Jonathan Groff definitely could not be in the same movie together. I'm sure it would just make people think it was a Glee-related movie. Obviously, it isn't, but I know for me, it would be hard to see that many Glee characters in a single movie together that is NOT Glee-related. It just wouldn't be believable to me. I know some people are going to disagree with me, but this is just my opinion.

On the other hand, does anyone know if this will be a musical or not?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/15/10 at 12:33am

Who will Betty White play?

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/15/10 at 12:40am

Moritz.

~Steven

[snarkywannabedreamer]

Posted: 5/15/10 at 8:40pm

They may try to get Jonas Brother, iCarly, Miley, Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift, Jordan Sparks, but I doubt any of them would want to be in this film. They (or their reps) will get the script, not understand a word, see that it isn't commercial in the least, and pass. This will be an art house movie. Or a studio film disguised as an art house and cater not to mass teen audiences but to the "award giving" crowd inside the industry. That is the only way they will get the public to pay attention to this film... if it has "Best Picture Nominee" or something in front of it.

[romgitsean]

Posted: 5/16/10 at 2:04pm

Jonas Bros would most certainly not go for it with their "purity ring" bull****.

I think they'd try to get the OBC cast back. They're still young enough. I mean, maybe not as young as they WERE, but...

I think it would be nice even to bump up Jennifer Damiano (sp?) to Wendla, seeing as she was in the ensemble of the OBC.