PIPPIN movie announced!- Page 4

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 8:25am

I'm strongly considering passing around the draft I've seen from the days when it was owned by Miramax out there. Strong Fosse influence, but with a lot of new elements, some of which were good, some of which were interesting, some of which were "eh." I will say, though, that if this draft even remotely has any influence on the final product, it will be good.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 8:39am

I wonder of they have the rights to that Miramax draft, g.d.e.l.g.i. With the Weinstein Company's involvement, it's possible they do, and they could draw from it. I'm not sure how the deal went down when Weinstein parted ways with Mirimax. I also wonder if they could draw conceptually from the latest revival. It might be interesting to mix a circus setting with a "realistic" setting.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 8:48am

Pippin in a tree playing a cello. Now there's an idea that hasn't been tried in awhile. -- Hal Prince, making a bid to direct

[Tigger]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 10:28am

Shirley MacLaine for Berthe!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 10:30am

Maggie Smith for Berthe

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 10:32am

Methuselah for Berthe

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 10:33am

Kathy Bates for Berthe.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 10:39am

Susan Boyle for Berthe (can't get that EGOT sitting around on your derrierre)

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 11:33am

Olympia Dukakis for Berthe!

[darquegk]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 11:37am

Sharon Osbourne is 61, leaving her only five years shy of Berthe's 66 and the same age as Annie Potts and a year older then Tovah Feldshuh. I think she'd be a delightful Berthe on stage or screen.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 11:44am

Paula Deen for Berthe

[darquegk]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 12:23pm

It also depends on what concept of Berthe they intend to pursue. The original production's Berthe was heartwarming but bittersweet, since she was visibly elderly and a little bit tottering, obviously on her last legs, but still vivacious. Her performances of "No Time At All," with the implication that one foot is already in the grave, imply a message of making the most of the life you have, no matter what it is or how long you have left.

The revival's Berthe, reflecting the change in lifestyle over forty years since the Seventies, is energetic, athletic and "still attractive," so her "No Time At All" becomes a reminder that you are only as old as you feel, and that no age is too old to give up trying to live the good life. Sixty-six isn't necessarily close to the end anymore, and why should you let it be?

[felipenor]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 1:57pm

How confirmed is this? Confirmed like "someone's already penning the script but it might never actually see the light of day" or confirmed like "some people are already involved and looks very likely to happen"?

Just don't want to get my hopes too high like other times before.

[felipenor]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 1:57pm

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Updated On: 12/10/13 at 01:57 PM

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 2:00pm

Charlize Theron for Fastrada?

[Will42]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 3:50pm

FYC: Angela Lansbury for Berthe

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 3:55pm

James Ponsoldt openly stated that he is only writing at this point. My personal choice to direct is David O. Russell, thoughts?

[bobs3]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 9:27pm

Think outside the box: Guillermo del Toro or Alfonso Cuarón

[sklabam]

Posted: 12/10/13 at 11:04pm

Think this sounds so exciting.
I'll be in line, for sure.