Mamma Mia Movie
Mamma Mia Movie
Quasi
Stand-by Joined: 11/11/04
#0Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:24pm
I don't know if it was already posted but there are rumors about a Mamma Mia movie with Nicole Kidman as Donna.
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#1re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:31pm
Nicole Kidman would be horrible. She's too young and serious-actressy, I think. In order to keep with the over the top campy and fun spirit of Mamma Mia, I think you would have to cast big popstars in the roles. I personally think Madonna would be an interesting Donna. With maybe Kelly Clarkson and/or Britney Spears as Sophie...... I mean, seriously, no one ever called Mamma Mia high art. A Movie version of this would have to go for the camp.fun factor. However, this is all Im saying on the subject until I see proof its happening.
*And Im fully prepared for the backlash to begin....*
There's always room for pathos - and jazz hands.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#2re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:35pmI highly doubt you will ever see a show like MAMMA MIA on the big screen. This truly is one of the worst shows to be on stage in the last decade and it's beyond me and so many other people just how it is still playing.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Quasi
Stand-by Joined: 11/11/04
#3re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:38pmSo it is written on a German movie site and there is also written that Antonio Banderas could be Sky and Keira Nightly could be Sophie. I also think that this are really doubtful news.
FabalaCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 10/30/04
#4re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:38pm
Apparently, there are a lot of ABBA fans, or just a lot of people like the camp factor.
It's not that bad. It's cute...a little fluffy that's all.
"During this performance, please feel free to let your cell phones and pagers ring willy-nilly. However, do remember that there are heavily-armed knights on stage and you might well be dragged up and impaled."
(Pre-curtain announcement at the new Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot)
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#5re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:40pmBut it's not even campy. If it were at least it would be something fun. It's a bunch of Abba songs (that we all have on CD already) and a plot thinner than Calista Flockhart.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#6re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:45pmIf Keira Nightly does it I will be more than happy. She is HOT.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
FabalaCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 10/30/04
#7re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:45pm
I think it's more of the gimmick of that it is full of Abba songs which makes it popular. I saw it with my mother (who's an Abba fan- not a big one, but likes the music) and she loved it.
ETA: Can Keira Knightly sing?
"During this performance, please feel free to let your cell phones and pagers ring willy-nilly. However, do remember that there are heavily-armed knights on stage and you might well be dragged up and impaled."
(Pre-curtain announcement at the new Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot)
Updated On: 11/14/04 at 04:45 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#8re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:51pmIt is a gimmick. Just like ALL SHOOK UP & GOOD VIBRATIONS. It's a hopefully surefire way to get audiences into seats and waste their money. Ticket prices are at such an astronomicaly ridiculous price that people don't want to spend $500 to take their family to something that MIGHT have good music. If they like Abba or The Beach Boys, chances are better they'll enjoy it. And that leaves shows with new music like CAROLINE, OR CHANGE out in the cold.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#9re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:56pm
Riiight. I rank the likelihood of a Mamma Mia! movie somewhere between Dick Cheney growing an actual heart to go with the pacemaker and Matt suddenly announcing his undying love for Marisa Tomei.
Movies of hit musicals with original scores have taken forever to develop, and most of them will still never happen despite the success of Chicago. And you're telling me a jukebox show with no plot to speak of will make it? Studio execs have bad taste, but this is a bit much even for them.
FabalaCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 10/30/04
#10re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 4:57pmI think an earlier post basically confirmed that this is just a rumor.
"During this performance, please feel free to let your cell phones and pagers ring willy-nilly. However, do remember that there are heavily-armed knights on stage and you might well be dragged up and impaled."
(Pre-curtain announcement at the new Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot)
bwaymyway
Understudy Joined: 5/8/04
#11re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 5:03pmGood.
but most of all i yearn to be astonishing...
Understudy Joined: 12/31/69
#12re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 6:00pm
Phew...I thought this was serious for a moment!
~Rosalynn
#13re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 6:07pm
If the rumor is true the word that first pops to mind is....
"CRAPTASTIC!"
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#14re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 6:11pm
None of this is true. Probably someone posted something about a dream cast and someone took it literally.
MAMMIA MIA! is a fun show - but its horrible. Nice music, but the story isn't developed enough. It's too much of a concert, with a storyline. Therefore - fun show, but horrible.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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#15re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 6:14pmI still like the show. I know it is not some Isben or something but it was fun. I mean if you go there thinking it is going to be Sondheim then you will be dissapointed.
#16re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/14/04 at 7:15pmSome people go to shows to have fun and forget about their problems. Groups like ABBA, the Beach Boys, QUEEN, etc. allow people to do just that. Their songs have international recognition. It's not all about the great american musical. Mamma Mia! is a totally fun show, but I agree it would have to be a little more developed to be a big screen movie.
"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer
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Updated On: 11/14/04 at 07:15 PM
"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#17re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/15/04 at 1:40amMAMMA MIA! wil be an amazing movie and win 12 Academy Awards.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#18re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/17/04 at 7:50pm
Film would make a good double feature with "Dumb and Dumberer"!!
The stupidest sorriest excuse disguised as a musical I've ever seen!!!......Well there was "Buddy"....which like "Mamma Mia" ran out of plot and turned into a sing-a-long.....................
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#19re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/17/04 at 8:54pmI don't think she would do one anytime soon - she is already doing another musical movie, the Producers.
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broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#20re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/18/04 at 5:18amBjorn has already said that they might be intereted in afilm version some years down the line when the stage version is starting to lag and isn't as popular.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#21re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/18/04 at 7:37amThe way things are going, that will be in about 2046 then.
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bwaymyway
Understudy Joined: 5/8/04
#22re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/18/04 at 8:35am
lmao.
WHY is it still running?!
but most of all i yearn to be astonishing...
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#24re: Mamma Mia Movie
Posted: 11/18/04 at 9:40am
"This truly is one of the worst shows to be on stage in the last decade."
Not hardly. There have been far less entertaining shows in the last decade. The plot's thin. So what? That describes nearly every musical from the 20s to the 50s (and beyond), yet they're regarded with charm and fondness. The music is great and audiences have a wonderful time. Why is this a bad thing? Everyone has to get all lofty about this show as if it's the only thing on Broadway, yet it has been an international sensation, so it can't be "one of the worst shows". As for Good Vibrations and All Shook Up, it remains to be seen how they will turn out, but as for Mamma Mia, I've seen it three times and will probably go again because it is fun and makes me happy, like millions of others. I hope it runs for decades. There will be other shows with better plots if that is what you seek, but there is nothing wrong with Mamma Mia.
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