THE NEXT MUSICAL TO MAKE IT ON THE BIG SCREEN...

[stagebeauty]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:48pm

okay well i'm sure people have brought this up as a topic already but SORRYYYY i didnt see it. well anyways...

everyone's been saying that broadway is becoming "mainstream" and theyre trying to capture a new audience by making more and more movies made from broadway musicals [chicago, phantom, rent] ... anybody wanna take a wild guess at the next big screen musical?

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:50pm

the producers... i'd put money on it! I also think dreamgirls might happen soon, it's a long shot but you never know!

They should do saigon... i might just raise the millions needed and do it myself!

[stagebeauty]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:53pm

yeah... i think i heard on this website that beyonce wanted to do dreamgirls, im not quite sure though. do u know?

[rice and beans AND cheese]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:54pm

The proudcers is becoming a movie, and I think IMDB has pictures.

[Beergoggles]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 6:55pm

Dreamgirls is also being made... my sarcasm is wasted... WASTED I TELL YOU!

[Kevo711]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 7:07pm

beergoggles- I CAUGHT ON! i knew you were being sarcastic! yay for me!
Updated On: 7/6/05 at 07:07 PM

[DefyingEDCT]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 7:15pm

The producers has already been made into a movie back in the late 1960's, 1968 to be exact. Starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel.

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 7:21pm

Not PRODUCERS: THE MOVIE MUSICAL. That movie was the movie, the musical was based on. Both being Mel Brooks creations. The first act is nearly exactly like the movie, but then things change in the second, at least that's what I remember, it's been a while.

[suddenlyseymour]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 7:30pm

I would love to see Thoroughly Modern Millie as a movie musical, the original movie was all right but the musical version is so much better

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 8:07pm

the producers has already been filmed and gary said ot look for it around december

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 8:12pm

Les Miserables will be made at some point within the next ten years.

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 8:35pm

Miss Saigon, Parade and Ragtime -- all with serious retooling -- could work.

I'd also love to see the dialogue in The Last Five Years expanded for the screen.

[stagebeauty]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 9:02pm

one of the polls said on here that HAIRSPRAY was going to be made into a movie

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 9:05pm

There's only so many times I can slap my forehead while reading this board without causing drain bamage.

[almostxfamous]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 9:13pm

Heh .. heh .. Jason, that made me chuckle.

heart.
mel

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 9:49pm

OY VEY!

stagebeauty - visit http://www.moviemusicals.net

[stagebeauty]

Posted: 7/6/05 at 10:03pm

hmmm thank you but i dont NEED people to complain when i ask for their OPINIONS and not what i think is REALLY going to make it.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 10:39am

BKLYN, I can only hope

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 10:45am

How can we have an opinion on something that's inevitable?

The Producers IS being made into a movie, as are many other musicals.

You haven't been here long enough to complain. Shut up and listen. And welcome to BWW.

[kangaroo]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 11:35am

I think they should do Wicked with the OBC. The only problem with Broadway becoming more popular is the fact that they are taking mainstream actors who can't sing or act as well as someone on Broadway can, and that really bothers me. Of course that exception is RENT, and I realize this, but if they take Wicked and don't put in at least Cheno and Idina, I would be so angry... but maybe thats just me

[deck925]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 12:38pm

i'd be a little mad too if Kristin and Idina weren't asked to do the movie (granted it is ever made into one) but as long as they put people in that aren't gonna stink big time then i don't think i'd be too angry.

[theatreboi11]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 2:51pm

Omg seriously. Have some of you people been living under a rock!?

[mabel]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 2:54pm

Whatever happened to Urinetown? And wasn't Avenue Q supposed to be made into a movie?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 2:57pm

I think Rent gonna be #1!!!!!! :)

[toodramatic]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 3:02pm

There are many musicals whos rights have been purchased by movie studios (ie Urinetown, Sweeny, Les Miz) but have not come anywhere close to production. Sweenys rights were bought like ten years ago and it still doesnt have a director so, hey it may never be made. The Producers (Dec. 21 i believe) and Rent (Nov. 11) have both been filmed and are in post production phase with release dates already set. Other movies are in limbo, Dreamgirls is still being cast, and Hairspray is being pushed back b/c Jack O'Brien had to pull out.