What Musicals are Left to Be Made into Movies? — Page 3

BatBoy was going to be made into a movie. It was supposed to come out in 2009. But the canceled production about a year ago

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Actually (from the thread title), it seems the other way around abounds more...seems a great majority of musicals on Bway are coming FROM movies =]

As much as I love Wicked, I would rather them not make a movie. My sujestion: if you're going to make it then make it soon before Stephanie J. Block gets too old to play a university student

I also agree with the person who said James Marsden as Fiyero!

I would not be surprised if we saw an article stating that Cry-Baby is being remade as a movie musical. Displeased but not surprised.

Also, I wonder how Curtains would work as a movie musical. They'd have to bring in some of the OBC. Pierce, Monk, and Sabella are all recognizable names outside of Hollywood. Anne Hathaway could be an interesting choice for Nancy except the age difference between her and DHP would seem odd on film.

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Updated On: 6/9/08 at 01:25 PM

"Sadly I'm not familiar with the show, RAGTIME but I'm kind of shocked that no one has mentioned that one due to people praising it so much. "

What is funny is that the movie version of the story stars so many broadway/musical stars that when I watch it I expect them to start singing. Mandy Patinkin, Michael Jeter, James Cagney, Donald O'Conner, Debbie Allen, Elizabeth McGovern, Jeff Daniels(tours singing and playing guitar).

The only reason I'm saying this is because I prefer seeing musicals on stage rather then on screen. But i think that if they were going to make musicals into movies they should do it like they had done Into the Woods just record a performance.

I predict within the next 5 years there will be a Wicked Movie Musical.

"Was light in the piazza made from a movie?"

Yes, George Hamilton played the Matthew Morrison role.

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Wicked

Elphaba: Bea Arthur (She would really do wonders with Defying Gravity)
Galinda: Betty White
Nessarose: Rue McLanahan
Morrible: Estelle Getty

I think I might have been watching too many Golden Girls episodes lately but... not sure...

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why would they make Legally Blonde into a movie when

1. it came from a movie
2. it was telecasted on MTV
3. it's not a cash cow like Wicked is

After reading earlier in the thread, I am so glad that I am not the only one who thinks the producers need to leave Wicked ALONE!

Here are my casting ideas for a movie version of Jekyll and Hyde since there is supposedly a movie in the works anyway:

Jekyll/Hyde: David Cook- don't flame me, I realize this is an odd choice, but I think it could totally work.
Lucy: Anne Hathaway
Emma (or Lisa, your preference): Amy Adams? :/
Utterson: Gerard Butler- he's no tenor, but his lower range is PRETTY...unfortunately I can't find the video, but there was a Dear Frankie interview where he sang for a few seconds and that's when I thought of the Utterson casting.

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Well, reply to the Wicked movie, in an interview with Frank L. Baum, he stated that originally plans were underway for a BOOK movie, but after the musical did so well he said now they are looking to make the musical a movie in 2013? It was awhile away, give or take a year or two.

"Here are my casting ideas for a movie version of Jekyll and Hyde since there is supposedly a movie in the works anyway:

Jekyll/Hyde: David Cook- don't flame me, I realize this is an odd choice, but I think it could totally work.
Lucy: Anne Hathaway
Emma (or Lisa, your preference): Amy Adams? :/
Utterson: Gerard Butler- he's no tenor, but his lower range is PRETTY...unfortunately I can't find the video, but there was a Dear Frankie interview where he sang for a few seconds and that's when I thought of the Utterson casting.
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I would love for the Jekyll movie to come out, but I don't think that David Cook would be Jekyll. For some reason I have a feeling they'll go for an older actor. Not ancient but like 35ish? And I don't think that Anne Hathaway would do Lucy. I'm not even sure if she could live up to the part. One, she's too family-oriented in my opinion and I can't see her taking up the role of a prostitute/"saucy lounge singer," especially since BotM will more than likely be in it. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong and it'll be her "breakout" role. And secondly, I don't know if her voice is too cut out for Lucy with especially the ending verses of A New Life; I could possibly see her doing Emma, but I haven't really heard her sing too much! Suprisingly, I could see and would welcome Amy Adams as Emma though!

I kind of hope they cut the role of John though from the movie...I mean it's not that prominent to begin with, the only responsibilites he really has is to pick up Jekyll's spirits, take him to the Red Rat and give the letter to Lucy, and the song "His Work and Nothing More" could be cut I believe.

And on a side note, I could totally see Frank Wildhorn & co. picking big-name actors and have them possibly lip sync. I know that sounds bizarre, but I feel like he would and cast Emma or Lucy as whoever he is currently engaged/married/in a relationship with, as that appears to be a trend. Don't get me wrong, I love the Wildhorn stuff, but I could see it.

And I'd love for them to film a live stage performance of The Woman in White featuring Anne Hathaway as Laura Fairlie and Maria Friedman and Michael Ball in their featured roles. I'd love for Jill Paice & Angela Christian to reprise their roles too, but I don't see it happening if anything should happen with WiW. Those projections shouldn't go to waste! And even if they did a real movie it'd work so well...it's built much more like a movie than a stage show. Oh well...

Some a**hole in the audience today at GRIND at the York Theater said that GRIND should be made into a movie. Jim Morgan interrupted him and said "let us first finalize the stage show before a movie is even considered."