Once Upon A Mattress Movie...?

[broadwayalto01]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 10:51am

Anyone know any other details about this? When is it going to be released? Help anyone??

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 10:54am

Is it just me, or has there been no announcement about this movie being definite?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 10:54am

Here you go!
IMDB is a treasure!

[broadwayalto01]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:00am

I knew who was going to be in it, I was just wondering when it was going to be released.. We just performed it at my College, so we were all waiting to see what they had come up with..

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:00am

I like Ullman, but isn't she a bit long in the tooth for this role? I mean everyone knows the camera adds ten years to a person's age

Updated On: 12/22/04 at 11:00 AM

[LoringsGuy]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:03am

Gotham, I was thinking the same thing, but since I just got lambasted for ageism on another thread, I wasn't gonna say anything..

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:04am

Well if Burnett is playing the Queen, Winnifred has to be older than CB's granddaughter would be.

Updated On: 12/22/04 at 11:04 AM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:05am

Ms. Burnett has addressed the issue of age in an interview. Her position is that in a kingdom where marriage has been outlawed, it makes sense to have an older princess.

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:15am

Ullman won't be much, if any, older than Burnett was when this was televised in the 70's with Ken Berry as the Prince and Jack Gilford as the King.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:20am

The fact that she is "older" just makes it all the more desperate. The stakes are so much higher...tic...tic...tic...

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:25am

The '70's version was just an encore type production. Burnett had done the show for tv in 1964. I just feel that Ullman is "insurance" for the show rather than perfect casting.

[LoringsGuy]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:25am

Very true, Sueleen. Good point!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:31am

Gotham, who did you wish to see in the role?

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:32am

we recently saw the 70s production at the museum of radio and television, and I personally love the original, black and white version best of all - and I'm looking forward to seeing this remake. I love Tracey!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:36am

I love Tracey too, redhot.

[Roddick19]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:43am

It's a definite thing -- they completed filming in late September. I talked to Matt Morrison about it in October and he said filming was complete and the movie would probably be out sometime in early 2005.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 11:58am

I'd take Tracy Ullman over the previously announced and much more annoying and overrated Marissa Jaret Winouker. Ugh, she drives me crazy. The bubbly as sunshine act is just way too much.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 12:27pm

Gotham, who did you wish to see in the role?

Since the comedy doesn't have to be as broad for tv as it was for the stage, I think Sutton Foster would have been good in it. She has the awkwardness that would make the role funny and it would have given her career a boost.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 12:28pm

Yes, Bobby, I became MUCH more interested in this movie once Ullman was announced and Winokur was no longer a possibility. Does nothing for me, that one.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 12:31pm

yes - lets not get started on the dubious merits (or lack thereof) of the Wink...she makes me want to puke every time I see her interviewed or performing - just too friggin much for me. and it all seems completely faked.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 12:32pm

That's exactly it, red. If there was an ounce of sincerity in the girl, it would be a different story.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 12:33pm

Here are some pics of Lea in Once Upon a Mattress.

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/5466

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 12:44pm

oooh gosh - I am just NOT a lea DeLaria fan - she is just too brash for me - and every time I've heard her sing - she's been off pitch, which really annoys me.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 12:49pm

Yeah she is boring as hell on the Leading Ladies DVD - all one level. Didn't impress me at all - I kept wondering when the heck she was going to be finished already.

[redhotinnyc2]

Posted: 12/22/04 at 12:51pm

thats the worst feeling in the world (besides dental work..lol)to be waiting for someone to get it over with allready!