The new movie THE PRESTIGE could have been a musical

[jo]

Posted: 7/11/06 at 9:01pm

There is a new movie coming in October, a trailer of which has been shown on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT.


Just look at the cast --

*Hugh Jackman (Oklahoma! and The Boy from Oz)
*Christian Bale ( Newsies)
*David Bowie ( yeah!)
*Scarlett Johansson ( also known to sing very well, originally rumored for the Maria role in the London revival of SOUND OF MUSIC)

I don't know if the rest can sing, but they are also impressive names --

Michael Caine
Andy Serkis
Piper Perabo

I forgot, but --

Daniel Davis ( La Cage Aux Folles revival) is also in there.


Hey, with such a cast -- why couldn't they have made a musical of the movie ( actually a suspense thriller about duelling magicians at the turn-of-the-20th-Century London)???

Or maybe musicalize it for the stage?





EDITED to delete any video links. Updated On: 7/13/06 at 09:01 PM

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 7/11/06 at 10:10pm

Because it is one convoluted, boring story.





Allsion Mackenzie
Peyton Place, New Hampshire

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/11/06 at 10:14pm

If it's successful, maybe one day it will be -- it definitely looks like a movie I want to see!

[zzannahk]

Posted: 7/11/06 at 10:27pm

did piper sing in coyote ugly?