Memphis Expected to Be Movie Musical

The creators of Broadway's Memphis, the high-energy musical about a white radio DJ who falls in love with a black singer in the 1950s, are in talks to develop the property as a feature film.

Lyricist and book writer Joe DiPietro told Playbill.com, "We actually have three very serious film offers right now. ...Real serious offers from big Oscar winners. It makes us all very happy."
Playbill Article

Justin Bieber as Huey. He can sang.

Wicked i in the works(right?) so just Avenue Q.

Oooh a lifetime movie starring Meredith Baxter in blackface!

Adamgreer, if I had a nickel for each time you've knocked 'Memphis' at BWW, I could be a rich man.

You never seem to miss an opportunity. At one time, it was a little annoying, but now it's just kinda funny and laughable.

I don't like it not because it was cliched, but because it sucked so bad.

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I think it is dumb to not like something because it's cliche. Almost everything has been done and it is truly hard to make something that is truly completely original or free of cliche.

That's hilarious.

Adam, glad I could make you laugh? Let me rephrase. It takes a lot to make something that wouldn't be compared to something making some people call it unoriginal. Of course you can make something that is based off something and execute it with skill and make it a masterpiece (Shakespeare is a good example). A lot of people I see on this board place so much stress on things not being original, while it might take more skill to execute a completely original idea well, a show can be excellent and based from other sources. I muddled the line of cliche and originality in my last post, they are obviously very if different things. Memphis is a good example of a show that try to be original but wasn't execute as well as it could be. I got off track there, but looking at it again my first comment is a tad ludicrous. Ok, done.

Updated On: 4/27/10 at 11:39 PM

That an illiterate (the worst lyrics I've ever heard from a Broadway stage) and musically bankrupt piece of junk like MEMPHIS is being considered for a movie speaks volumes about the current state of Hollywood, Broadway and the entertainment industry in general.

Updated On: 4/28/10 at 12:38 AM

Yawn.

I get such a kick out of those, who act so freaky, when this musical comes up...
ITs no worse or better than "In the Heights"
They are even...
Talk about SAPPY story ITH....like that really is Washington Heights..Cartoon Characters....
Also come on people...Who really on here was alive in 1959-63?
I was ....race was a HUGE topic.....you have no idea.
I feel like 80% of the "theater enthusiasts" on here are not even in New York State,,,,or over 17 yo

CLUELESS

I meet the over 17 criteria, but not the New York state criteria. Woe is me!

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Beyonce and Justin Timberlake.