What Musicals are Left to Be Made into Movies?

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:06pm

I was just thinking how awesome Urinetown and Wicked would be as films. Here were my ideas:

URINETOWN:
Bobby Strong: Zach Braff
Hope Cladwell: Amy Adams
Caldwell B. Cladwell: Richard Gere
Penelope Pennywise: Patti LuPone
Officer Lockstock: Will Arnett
Little Sally: Sarah Silverman
Officer Barrell: Rainn Wilson
Becky Two-Shoes: Kristen Wiig
Hot Blades Harry: Fred Armisen
Senator Fipp: David Koechner
Mr. McQueen: Gary Beach
Tiny Tom: Christopher Fitzgerald
Ma Strong: Andrea Martin

WICKED:
Elphaba: Stephanie J. Block
Glinda: Amy Adams
The Wizard: Robin Williams
Fiyero: Adam Pascal
Morrible: Shirley MacLaine
Nessarose: Katharine McPhee
Dillamond: Alan Rickman
Boq: Hunter Foster

Does anyone else have any ideas?

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:07pm

Fiyero: Adam Pascal


too old

[lakezurich]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:10pm

To the producer of Wicked: Don't EVER turn the show into a movie... EVER!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:11pm

URINETOWN will probably never be made into a movie...and it's to perfect so why mess with it? It wouldn't work on screen, IMO.

And WICKED is inevitably going to be made into a film. Sooner or later.

[winter_sky]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:31pm

Obviously it's hard to tell who could sing these songs since inevitably "hollywood" actors would need to be most of the cast to actually you know...make money, but in terms of acting I would cast:

bare

Peter: Anton Yelchin or Adam Chanler Berat
Jason: Kevin Zegers or Jonathan B. Wright
Ivy: Evan Rachel Green or Leighton Meester
Nadia: Morgan Weed or Ellen Page
Matt: Tyler Hilton or Hunter Parrish
Claire: Christine Baranski or Elizabeth Perkins
Priest: Martin Donovan or Brian D'Arcy James


I would like a movie version of Company with Neil Patrick Harris. He can definitely do the bachelor aspect (HIMYM) and I think he could sing it.

Updated On: 6/8/08 at 04:31 PM

[TheatreFreak05]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:38pm

I would like to see Amy Adams as Hope!

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 4:42pm

Updated On: 5/4/09 at 04:42 PM

[luke-h***]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:29pm

I know it'd probably be
pretty pants as a movie
but Drowsy....
Man In Chair: Roger Bart or Bob Martin
Robert: Ewan McGregor
Janet: Amy Adams
Drowsy: Catherine Zeta Jones
Gangsters: Luke & Owen Wilson
Trix: Queen Latifah
Feldzieg: Jim Broadbent
Kitty: Liza Minelli
George: Nathan Lane
Mrs Tottendale: Liz Smith
Underling: Tim Curry

[little_sally]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:44pm

Your casting for Urinetown is fantastic! I love the idea of Will Arnett as Lockstock.

[philly03]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:46pm

I think The Scarlet Pimpernel would be a fantastic movie-musical. I can't really think too much of casting, but I would love to see Terrence Mann "return to the screen" (AHAHAH if you want to call it that) as Chauvelin again, which he may be too old.

[insertclevernamehere]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:50pm

Please producers. No Wicked movie. Don't. Just don't.

[suicidalmickeymouse]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:53pm

They will make it into a movie. Just watch.

[blaxx]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:53pm

Yes, producers, don't make a film that potentially could make millions in revenue no matter how bad - please, people...

[little_sally]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 5:58pm

Wait, wait...Hunter Foster as Boq!? That would be such a waste of talent.

[shh282]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:02pm

IF there were a wicked movie

um hi

James Marsden = Fiyero.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:05pm

Of course Wicked is going to be made into a movie at some point. I'm not sure why people are even "begging" them not to do it. It's the biggest hit Broadway has seen since The Lion King opened. With its wide appeal, it would assuredly do better than Hairspray, or even Chicago.

That being said, there's not the slightest chance in the world that Stephanie J. Block would be asked to play Elphaba in the film. They'll get a much more recgnizeable "name" than that. Amy Adams is a fine choice for Glinda, though. Fiyero will end up being someone like Zac Efron, or even Efron himself.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:08pm

Who could play Elphaba that's a recognizable name?
They'll play up that it's an "unknown". It could be like Hairspray, where they held a huge open casting call.

[oohshizz146]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:09pm

Avenue Q: Brought to you by the producers and talent of Sesame Street

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:10pm

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:11pm

"Who could play Elphaba that's a recognizable name?"

They could get someone from American Idol, and play up the "now an actress" thing like they did with Jennifer Hudson.

Or, they could get someone like Christina Aguilera, who at the very least could sing the sh*t out of the score.

[DMsquared2]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:14pm

Anything Goes has never been made into a movie.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 6:17pm

That belonged in the other thread, but...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048954/ :Was changed completely.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027302/

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 7:23pm

Into the Woods:

The Witch: Catherine Zeta-Jones
The Baker: Eric McCormack
The Baker's Wife: Laura Linney
Cinderella: Anne Hathaway
Jack: Mark Indelicato
Little Red: Ellen Page
Narrator/Mysterious Man: Hugh Laurie
Cinderella's Prince: Jake Gyllenhaal
Rapunzel's Prince: James Marsden
Rapunzel: Jayne Wisener
Jack's Mother: Imelda Staunton
Cinderella's Stepmother: Glenn Close
Florinda: Becki Newton
Lucinda: Blake Lively
Updated On: 6/8/08 at 07:23 PM

[worrell4077]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 8:23pm

Jersey Boys:
Frankie Valli: John Lloyd Young
Bob Gaudio: Daniel Reichard
Tommy Devito: Christian Hoff
Nick Massi: J. Robert Spencer
Joe Pesci: Michael Longoria
Gyp DeCarlo: Jack Nicholson
Norm Waxman: Robert Patrick
Bob Crewe: Tom Hanks or John Travolta(maybe)
Mary Delgado: Reese Witherspoon
Francine: Amanda Bynes

And there would be cameos by the real Frankie, Tommy, Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, and Joe Pesci.

Bat Boy:
Edgar: Johnny Depp
Shelly: Amanda Bynes or Kristen Bell
Merideth: Helena Bonham Carter
Dr. Parker: Jim Carrey
Reverend Hightower: Sacha Baron Cohen
Mrs. Taylor: Meryl Streep
Sheriff: Christopher Lee

I can't think of anyone else for Bat Boy, but I think it would be great if Tim Burton directed it. It seems like a musical that would be up his alley along with Little Shop of Horrors.

[toanythingtaboo 2]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 8:32pm

BARE would be an excellent indie movie musical (lets face it, it will be a cult classic not a box office success)

i'm pretty positive that they will make a wicked movie, at the end of the day they want to make money. wicked will make money.

to be honest, the film version will at worst just be 'fine'. they will have a lot of the original team on board...so its not exactly going to be a train wreck.

i reckon, to get the most out of the film...they either should go with an amazingly talented unknown for elphaba (i highly doubt they will ever chose a 'big name' for that role) or they could go down the road of having a younger cast for the first shiz part, then the OBC for the second part.

elphaba-
younger: lea michelle.
older: idina menzel (they have a striking resemblance)

glinda-
younger: someone that can pass as a young cheno. (as much as i hate to suggest her, hayden panettierre does have the look/height down for that)
older: kristen cheno.

fiyero-
younger: i think they should go more with the book on this one, a more 'ethnic' look. aka not blonde and blue eye'd and total jock which is inevitable tbh.
older: not fussed. go with OBC if in doubt.

the rest could be 'big names'. it doesn't much matter to me.