Rob Marshall to direct new film adaptation of GUYS & DOLLS- Page 2

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 9/24/24 at 2:15pm

I want to see Nina Arianda as Adelaide. Somewhere.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 9/24/24 at 3:39pm

This is unexpected news for sure! Rob Marshall honestly sounds like a much better choice for this musical than Bill Condon (though I'm curious to how his Kiss of the Spider Woman will turn out). If the casting process has already begun, this will be interesting.

[NOWaWarning]

Posted: 9/24/24 at 4:16pm

I’d love to see Krakowski reprise her Adelaide on film (or anywhere), but I’m sure it’ll go to a bigger name. They could truly go in a million directions. She’s still a bit young, but maybe Emma Stone? She worked with Marshall on Cabaret and he offered her Cinderella in the Into the Woods movie.

[EvanstonDad]

Posted: 9/24/24 at 4:19pm

Ugh, Rob Marshall is a terrible film director. His idea of staging a musical number is to edit it within an inch of its life.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 9/24/24 at 6:23pm

Jake Gyllenhaal as Sky

Megan Hilty as Adelaide 

Josh Gad as Nathan

Cynthia Erivo az Sarah

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

Posted: 9/24/24 at 6:36pm

I'd kind of like Seth MacFarlane to do Nathan; his "Sue Me" wasn't terrible.

[perfectliar]

Posted: 9/24/24 at 6:46pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Marshall's Oscar creds are 20 years old at this point and he hasn't made anything remotely Oscar-friendly (in major categories) since then, but actors do seem to like working with him. Marshall legitimizes this no more than Bill Condon, who was previously attached for years and couldn't get it made."

Two of the four Oscar nominated films Marshall has made since Chicago received nominations in major categories.

[Kad]

Posted: 9/24/24 at 6:57pm

Jacob Elrodi, if he can sing, would be a good Sky. Or Austin Butler.

Ryan Gosling should also be in the mix- and he can actually sing and dance, on top of being a great and very funny actor.

Updated On: 9/24/24 at 06:57 PM

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 9/24/24 at 7:10pm

Nicola Coughlan as Miss Adelaide. 

[Globefan]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 12:36am

McKenzie Kurtz as Miss Adelaide 

[SuttonPeron]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 11:46am

I adore this show and would love for this to go ahead. Gaga as Miss Adelaide would be a terrific choice, but all I want is Andrew Richardson to reprise Sky Masterson. He has a promising career ahead and surely would love to do it again.

[starlightlocamotion]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 12:43pm

Anne Hathaway as Miss Adelaide. 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 12:47pm

starlightlocamotion said: "Anne Hathaway as Miss Adelaide."

She seems more like a Sarah Brown to me.

 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 12:52pm

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "starlightlocamotion said: "Anne Hathaway as Miss Adelaide."

She seems more like a Sarah Brown to me.”

Her former costar (and Marshall collaborator) Emily Blunt would be an excellent Sarah. But she might be above that role at this point. 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 12:57pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "starlightlocamotion said: "Anne Hathaway as Miss Adelaide."

She seems more like a Sarah Brown to me.”

Her former costar (and Marshall collaborator) Emily Blunt would be an excellent Sarah. But she might be above that role at this point."

Interestingly enough, when Blunt was interviewed by Scott Feinberg for the Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast last year, he asked if she would ever do another musical, and her response was "Only with Rob."

Updated On: 9/25/24 at 12:57 PM

[The Rural Juror]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 1:07pm

Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway as Sky and Sarah. 

Stay with me here, but Nathan Lane and Jennifer Coolidge as Nathan and Adelaide?? I've always been intrigued by the idea of Nathan and Adelaide being much older. 

[Ke3]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 1:33pm

I think Rob Marshall legitimizes this in the sense that he's the kind of guy who typically only gets assigned to projects that the studio is already looking to do. The last time he spearheaded an idea from inception was Nine. Outside of that he's a true journeyman. If he's attached there's an executive somewhere who's signed off on a budget.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 1:43pm

The Rural Juror said: "Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway as Sky and Sarah.

Stay with me here, but Nathan Lane and Jennifer Coolidge as Nathan and Adelaide?? I've always been intrigued by the idea ofNathan and Adelaide being much older."

Great. Thanks. Now I cannot stop thinking about Jennifer Coolidge as Adelaide...but with maybe a Steve Carrell Nathan? 

I know she's not a big enough star from The Gilded Age but a Denee Benton Sarah would be just lovely. 

[merle57]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 2:14pm

Would Guys and Dolls appeal to modern movie audiences?  The West Side Story remake died at the box office, and it was very well filmed. Guys and Dolls harkens back almost a century ago to a long-gone New York. Lots of wonderful casting suggestions in the comments, and Rob Marshall is a top choice for director -- but is there a sufficient market to recover the enormous costs of a film musical? Didn't Les Mis underperform at the box office,  as did Nine, Evan Hansen, Phantom, Cats and several others?  Maybe a great television production which could be less expensive might be a wiser move? 

[BwayLB]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 2:26pm

^ I’m a millennial and the Jr version was one of my first exposures to musical theatre. So I’ll pay to see it if the fates allow.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 2:30pm

Ke3 said: "I think Rob Marshall legitimizes this in the sense that he's the kind of guy who typically only gets assigned to projects that the studio is already looking to do. The last time he spearheaded an idea from inception was Nine. Outside of that he's a true journeyman. If he's attached there's an executive somewhere who's signed off on a budget."

Although Rob was the one who spearheaded the Into the Woods movie. After Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides made a billion at the box office, Disney was interested in working with him again. ITW came to mind after hearing Barack Obama gave his speech on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, feeling it'd be relevant. It took a while for the project to get greenlit for production because Disney executives weren't familiar with the original source material. So Rob did a three-day reading of the script with a group of actors (four of them - James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Christine Baranski, and Tammy Blanchard - went on to get cast), which helped as well as Meryl Streep being the first to sign on.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 2:34pm

merle57 said: "Would Guys and Dolls appeal to modern movie audiences? The West Side Story remake died at the box office, and it was very well filmed. Guys and Dolls harkens back almost a century ago to a long-gone New York. Lots of wonderful casting suggestions in the comments, and Rob Marshall is a top choice for director -- but is there a sufficient market to recover the enormous costs of a film musical? Didn't Les Mis underperform at the box office, as did Nine, Evan Hansen, Phantom, Cats and several others?"

2012's Les Misérables made over $442 million at the worldwide box office on a $61 million production budget. It was a hit.

 

[darquegk]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 5:06pm

The Rural Juror said: "Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway as Sky and Sarah.

Stay with me here, but Nathan Lane and Jennifer Coolidge as Nathan and Adelaide?? I've always been intrigued by the idea ofNathan and Adelaide being much older."

The CLO production last year did it the other way: Matthew Saldivar’s Nathan was played as somewhat younger than the other gangsters, a nervous and inexperience bumbler trying to keep his head above water in a criminal underworld he didn’t belong in.

Lesli Margherita was a fantastic Adelaide as well, and the production had a fun twist of having Brannigan essentially be Dick Tracy, tough and square-jawed in the iconic yellow suit and hat. Since Guys and Dolls already exists in a “whatever you want” limbo between the twenties and the late fifties, why not play with the line between fact and fiction? 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 10:00pm

darquegk said: "the production had a fun twist of having Brannigan essentially be Dick Tracy, tough and square-jawed in the iconic yellow suit and hat. Since Guys and Dolls already exists in a “whatever you want” limbo between the twenties and the late fifties, why not play with the line between fact and fiction?"

That is how Jerry Zaks & William Ivey Long costumed the character in 1992.



And how old were those Pittsburgh gangsters, isn't Matt Saldivar in his 40s??

Updated On: 9/25/24 at 10:00 PM

[darquegk]

Posted: 9/25/24 at 10:20pm

Saldivar read about a decade younger than the more grizzled guys around him, even though the ages were likely the same. It’s like 2020s forties versus 1940s thirties.

I’ll have to look at the video of the 1992; maybe these were rental/reconstructed costumes.