Posted: 5/3/15 at 1:32pm
The new film adaption of Carousel, set to star Huge Jackman as Billy Bigalow should have either Ms. Sally Murphy (love her) reprising her role as Julie Jorden or the amazing Sutton Foster. Who would you like to see playing Julie?
Updated On: 5/3/15 at 01:32 PM
Posted: 5/3/15 at 1:37pm
You should probably change the title to 'The New Carousel Film', not musical.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 1:40pm
1. Change the thread title, this isn't a new musical but a remade movie.
2. Ms. Murphy, though exceptionally talented, is over 50 and far too old for the role now. Then again, so is Hugh Jackman...
3. Sutton Foster, not Forster
4. This film has been in development hell for the better part of a decade and will probably never go forward.
5. Sally Murphy doesn't need you to shill for her. She's doing just fine.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 2:10pm
Sutton Foster as Julie Jordan is almost as bad of an idea as Audra McDonald as Eliza Doolittle
Posted: 5/3/15 at 2:16pm
I think the world is done listening to Hugh Jackman sing onscreen. He sounds great onstage though.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 2:20pm
He does.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 2:37pm
I'd love to see a new film adaptation but unless they get people who can actually sing the score dont bother doing it. And I thought Hugh Jackman was sort of bad in Les Mis so I dont really want him touching the Carousel score.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 2:52pm
^Is it really fair to judge a person's overall skills based on one performance alone? Look at Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia!, and then look at her in Into the Woods.
I also disagree with many of you on Jackman's performance in Les Miserables, I thought he gave a terrific performance that was very well-deserved of his Oscar Nomination and Golden Globe win. His performance had to be the way it was because it was the general approach for the film, to be raw and realistic.
And he's already getting ready to play P.T. Barnum in an original movie musical, The Greatest Showman on Earth.
Updated On: 5/3/15 at 02:52 PM
Posted: 5/3/15 at 2:56pm
I thought Hugh Jackman's acting performance in Les Mis was very good. But his singing voice was just nails on a chalkboard. It was torture to get through Bring Him Home. But that whole film sucked anyway.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 3:30pm
Jeremy Jordan for Billy Bigelow. He can do Blue Collar accents, he's the right age, he can sing the score, and he had great screen presence in THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
The only thing he doesn't have is a fan base.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 3:32pm
"The only thing he doesn't have is a fan base."
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Updated On: 5/3/15 at 03:32 PM
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:31am
Not about the CAROUSEL film remake --
But about GREATEST SHOWMAN ON EARTH and the mention of Sutton Foster with Hugh Jackman,
This was posted on Instagram on February 11, 2015 --
https://instagram.com/p/y96qwnjT7r/
Not sure if anything came out of it. The film is due to start shooting in September.
Updated On: 5/4/15 at 03:31 AM
Posted: 5/4/15 at 12:44pm
So I think Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan would be a stellar pairing and it would launch Osnes into the mainstream, which I think she has proven she deserves.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 12:48pm
Thanks a lot, Hilary.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 12:57pm
If they ever do make a main-stream movie of Carousel (with a decent budget), given the realities of how films are made and marketed, they will cast movie stars, not Broadway stars.
A lot of Jackman's vocal issues on Les Mis would have been much less problematic if they'd just recorded the soundtrack in a studio; the live singing thing did not work very well for most of the Les Mis cast. IMHO, the Les Mis soundtrack is almost unlistenable.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 1:08pm
I didn't have a problem with Jackman's singing at all! If the film didn't take such an approach that was raw and realistic, it would've been different.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 1:31pm
"I didn't have a problem with Jackman's singing at all! If the film didn't take such an approach that was raw and realistic, it would've been different."
There's a difference between "raw and realistic" and badly sung. And I agree with an earlier poster that Jackman's version of "Bring Him Home" is painful to listen to. The song is supposed to be a prayer and while Jackman is singing it, the only thing I can think about is whether, given the immense strain in his voice, he will be able to hit the notes at all.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 3:06pm
I've found articles from January and Feb of 2015 stating that Carousel was still on Hugh's projects list.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 5:25pm
>>>jo - from what I have read elsewhere, the film is no longer shooting in September (it was pushed back) and Sutton is not in the movie; she participated in some kind of workshop or reading for it with him. <<<
Source, please?
The latest I have read is that they are now trying to find out if an Australian shoot (Fox Sydney studios) is feasible, and with possible tax credits incentives.
The movie is slated for a Christmas Day release in 2016 ( which is a very attractive Opening date for a family entertainment movie) and as it is a movie musical it may need more than the usual time for prep, principal photography, and post.
Btw, do you know if Zac Efron ( supposedly in talks for a second lead) is still a possibility?
Hopefully, if there are any delays, that it will not be material.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 5:47pm
Thanks!
Hugh is supposed to have a media interview in the next few days (David Muir, GMA), according to his latest twitter message - maybe he will clarify his project schedule?
Jo
Posted: 5/4/15 at 11:49pm
I can't really see Sutton as the quiet and vulnerable type. At the New York Pops gala tonight, where every female performer was dressed to the nines (whatever that means), Sutton was dressed like she was performing in the rehearsal before the dress rehearsal. Her fans didn't seem to mind at all.
