Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:21pm

According to the Daily Mail, Samantha Mumba has been cast in a big budget Hollywood movie musical but it doesn't say what one. Anyone have any ideas?

Movie Musical To Rival Les Mis?

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:32pm

omg I haven't heard her name in years. I forgot she even existed.

I wonder if they are implying that it will the same genre of sung-through pop operas that Les Miz belongs to.

Or if they are just referring to scale of the production.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:35pm

I love her. I hope it's true!

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:37pm

Maybe a film version of Memphis? I really don't see them paying her a million dollars for anything coming up.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:44pm

I think they mean the scale of the budget. I'm sure she's been doing Panto for the last few years so this is a HUGE step up if it's true. Maybe the producers are hoping to create another Samantha Barks?? At least Samantha Barks proved herself before being cast as Eponine.
There's literally not a single musical I can imagine her doing, none that would have a budget as high as Les Mis

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:50pm

I posted this in the into the woods thread and i said i could only think of i to the woods or annie

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:51pm

Good point! I hope it's Annie. She'd make a fantastic Grace!
I'm not familiar with Into The Woods, who could she play in that?

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:53pm

Well, its still to be seen if Barks made a difference to her career because of Les Mis. (YES, I thought she was wonderful, but that doesn't always translate to more opportunities.)

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:54pm

But why would they pay her a million to play Grace? That character could almost be written out of the show. They could get a nobody to play it for a quarter of a million.

And I don't see them paying a million for Into the Woods unless she's playing Red Riding Hood.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 12:54pm

Well, it seems the producers of Annie have been fairly open about the casting process, so I don't think they'd want to keep her casting a secret.

On the other hand, the Into the woods production seems to be quite secretive.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 1:44pm

So it's probably Into The Woods. Surprised they'd look at someone like her since she's hardly a star anymore, she hasn't even been making a name for herself on the down low - she literally done nothing recently!
£1 million is a LOT of money, cannot wait to see what she does with whatever role she gets.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 2:15pm

I'm going to say it's Grace, but who knows? I'm curious.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 5:16pm

I used to love her music, but I don't want her in Into the Woods.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/5/13 at 5:29pm

Wicked?

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 1:21am

Who the hell is she?
OK, I'll google.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 6:28am

Even if she is cast in new musical movie, I cannot imagine her being paid that kind of money! They wouldn't need to!

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 11:47am

I couldn't imagine them paying her more than like $100...or a Benjamin, if you will.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 11:50am

Samantha who?

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 11:55am

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 2:14pm

^^^ That was pretty funny ClydeBarrow!

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 2:37pm

I used to love one of her songs when I was a kid... I think it was called "Gotta Tell You". I haven't heard of her in ages, I didn't know she was an actress now.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 3:16pm

She was in that movie The Time Machine. But that too was ages ago.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 3:22pm

"I couldn't imagine them paying her more than like $100...or a Benjamin, if you will."

She should pay them to be in the movie.

Seriously, why would they pay her a mil to play Grace? The part of Grace could be cut out and nobody would know the difference.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 3:31pm

I'm guessing its another film project that nobody here has mentioned yet.

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Samantha Mumba cast in big budget Musical film?

Posted: 5/6/13 at 6:02pm

Also is the Daily Fail reporting, they normally get around 40 percent of their articles factually accurate

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