Rob Marshall to direct new film adaptation of GUYS & DOLLS — Page 3

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "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'sLes Misérables made over $442 million at the worldwide box office on a $61 million production budget. It was a hit.

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Plus West Side Story came out during a weird time for the box office when many films were underperforming. Not that there weren’t hits, but people hadn’t quite come back to the theater in the same way as before the pandemic.

I am 100% petitioning Charlie Day for Nathan. Has the vocal & comic chops in spades. Gad for Nicely and Tatum or Gosling for Sky. Love the idea of Alda doing Arvide if he’s up for it.

Rumor has it that Lady Gaga and Zendaya have been offered roles in the film.
https://www.comicbasics.com/insider-claims-that-lady-gaga-has-also-been-offered-a-role-in-the-guys-and-dolls-remake/

Offer talk is meaningless.

Gaga and Zendaya probably get offered ten projects a day.

I feel like this will probably be released the same weekend as Glenn’s Sunset Blvd movie.

Updated On: 4/23/25 at 10:17 AM