Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 5:46pm

not sure if this has been posted, I checked in the recent threads and couldn't find it.

"Murphy also has been contemplating bringing Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, currently on Broadway in a critically acclaimed production, to the big screen with Mark Ruffalo potentially starring. “I am moving forward with it,” says Murphy. 'I have a couple great casting ideas. I’m having a big meeting with CAA about it, about where to do it, how to do it. I love Larry’s play. I’m so thrilled that he and the play finally got all this recognition. I think it’s a story that needs to be told. It’s a beautiful love story.'"
Normal Heart Movie

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 5:48pm

Please don't let this be true. He wouldn't be able to handle it. He couldn't even handle Eat, Pray, Love.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 5:52pm

Please let him be a producer and not director. He isn't good enough. They need someone awesome to do this.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 5:55pm

Not sure if it's official, but his name has been associated with the project for some time. I'm pretty sure Kramer himself actually confirmed it at one point.

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#5

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 6:30pm

Yeah, Kramer confirmed it a while ago. I hate, hate, hate this idea. Mostly because Murphy has really gone down the tubes fast in terms of quality productions. This material seems COMPLETELY out of his league.

#6

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 6:57pm

Eek, no. This doesn't seem like something he would be able to handle at all

#7

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 7:32pm

I HATE the way gay characters are portrayed on GLEE, so please please please keep him
far far away from this. I'd love to see George C. Wolfe direct the film version.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 7:47pm

Ripped, I would love to see Wolfe direct it also.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 7:48pm

I completely agree, Wolfe would be fantastic! I would hate to see Murphy direct this.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 8:04pm

Has Wolfe done film before? He seems like a visionary type director, so I know it would beautiful, and we know he understands the material.

#11

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 8:09pm

Please keep Ryan Murphy far away from this play. No, no, no, no.

This has disaster written all over it.

#12

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/25/11 at 11:06pm

I actually like Glee, but...no.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 12:20am

Keep him AWAY!!

#14

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 12:24am

RippedMan, Wolfe did a stunning job directing LACKAWANNA BLUES for HBO a few years ago to tremendous acclaim. He also directed NIGHTS IN RODANTHE with Richard Gere and Diane Keaton.

The bottom line is that the subject matter of the piece is going to make it an incredibly hard film to get made, which is evidenced by the problems its had throughout its development phase for the screen over the last two decades already.

Ryan Murphy is a hot property because of GLEE, and his name will be something studios will get behind. Larry Kramer knows that, and that's exactly why he personally went after Murphy.

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Updated On: 6/26/11 at 12:24 AM

#15

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 1:05am

I like to imagine what John Cameron Mitchell would do with this.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 1:35am

I loved John Cameron Mitchell's take on "Rabbit Hole." Just felt Nicole Kidman was a bad casting choice.

But, anyway, I don't get why a studio wouldn't get behind this. This has OSCARS all over it. Or this could end up like For Colored Girls. Put a "name" director attached to a great, critically acclaimed play, and see what you get.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 1:42am

Kidman produced RABBIT HOLE, so there was little choice there. And she did a fine job anyway.

Mitchell is an inspired choice, Curtain.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 2:00am

Let Wolfe handle this, and FOR GODS' SAKE, keep the cast from Broadway! I couldn't stand Mark Ruffalo in it much less than I could stand Patrick Wilson in ANGELS IN AMERICA.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 6:45am

Joe Mantello is not a film actor, and I don't know if his intensity and immediacy would translate well into the medium. I actually think Ruffalo is a fine choice; he's a much better actor than most people seem to give him credit.

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#20

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 9:15am

love Ruffalo. YES!

#21

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 9:30am

Hopefully Lea Michele can play Dr. Rachel Berry.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 10:56am

RippedMan what was your problem with Kidman in Rabbit Hole? She gave her best performance in years.

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Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 6/26/11 at 11:27am

I thought Kidman was spectacular in that film. One of the best things she's ver done.

#24

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 7/1/11 at 4:06pm

amen to that...best Nicole Kidman performance since The Hours!!!

#25

Ryan Murphy wants to adapt The Normal Heart

Posted: 7/2/11 at 9:23pm

Murphy, sucks. Everyone remember how awful, despite an amazing cast, his adaptation of Running with Scissors was? He'd be a decent producer--he has good initial ideas and helped turn around Glee ( a show he didn't create) from its original premise but he has no sense of control, and that's what this play needs. He really is a hack--all three of his TV shows have gone from strong initial early seasons, to utter disasters.