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#1

What film would make a great musical??

I saw this on the Broadway message board and thought it was a kl idea!

I think Dodgeball! lol! it would be hilarious!
Skl of rock would be amazing!
Wot bout harry Pottter lol! Now that would be a crease!

Updated On: 8/8/06 at 07:38 AM

#2

re: What film would make a great musical??

I saw a film called saved with mandy moore,its a tean film but with bite and all i could think was that it would be fantastic as a musical.
#4

re: What film would make a great musical??

MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING (starred Julia Roberts)

TRANSAMERICA (starred Felicity Huffman)

BEING JULIA (Annette Bening)

NURSE BETTY (Renee Zellweger & Morgan Freeman)

HEARTBREAKERS (Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta)

AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (Catherine Zeta-Jones & Julia Roberts)

HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (Kate Hudson & Matthew McConaughey)
#7

re: What film would make a great musical??

"Groundhog Day"
My favourite movie and I heard that Sonheim thought about doing it, which would be unbelievable great!

"Mickey Blue Eyes"
It's funny and it would just fit into theatre.
I'm the german Ethel Merman, don't you know... ;-)
#10

re: What film would make a great musical??

Just a random thought...The Nightmare Before Christmas would be interesting to see as a musical on stage.
[Though part of its charm is the claymation.]
This has a whole thread somewhere, but I actually like the idea of Moulin Rouge.
13 Going On 30 would be cute. re: What film would make a great musical?? Especially if they could get the rights to use Thriller.

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But as years go by
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And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
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For a day of sky

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Updated On: 8/27/06 at 03:51 PM

#11

re: What film would make a great musical??

I always thought that Nightmare Before Christmas would work well as a dance piece accompanied by live singers - a bit like Movin' Out.
#13

re: What film would make a great musical??

Exactly who I was thinking of (though more due to a lack of knowledge on my part of other choreographers who could do it justice). I'll never understand why he chose to do Edward Scissorhands when Nightmare just cries out for a stage adaption!!
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re: What film would make a great musical??

The 40 Year Old Virgin
Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you. --Cartman: South Park ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
#15

re: What film would make a great musical??

CORPSE BRIDE. It had a lot of music in it already, so there is a lot of potential in that one! Too bad Maria Björnson passed away, it would have been amazing to see her designs on this one!
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re: What film would make a great musical??


In the lead-up to the opening night of "Lestat", Gregg Maday (president of Warner Bros. Theater Ventures) mentioned a few upcoming projects (which the company would be developing): "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory" (since Warner Bros. own both movies, it'll be interesting to see which one they take to the boards), "HARRY POTTER" (Yep, scary. But I think it can be a kind'a 21st century Ring Cycle - if any of you here have heard of that legendary Wagner opera; Me, personally, if it was to be done, I'd HOPE they'd do it as a stage "play" spectacular WITHOUT any songs. It would just be HORRIBLE as a musical, IMO) and...

"BATMAN"

Legendary composer and songwriter, Jim Steinman, (creator of Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" saga, Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart", the phenomenal German musical "Tanz der Vampire" and collaborator with Andrew Lloyd Webber on "Whistle Down the Wind") was first announced to create music & lyrics for this project, in 1998. Maday still says its in development. All other reports say it has been cancelled

This intriguing lost musical would have been staged as an out-of-town try-out in 2004, coming to Broadway in 2005; but Warner Bros. trialed their new "venture" with the dreaded LESTAT and, alas, Batman was never staged. Also, Steinman's musical "Dance of the Vampires" was trashed on Broadway which hindered all interest from Warner Bros. executives. Which is sad...

His score for the piece, from the demos I've heard, is one of the most heart-breaking I've ever heard in my life. It's like Rodgers & Hammerstein meets the 80s popera epics, and you can hear demos at the Multimedia section of www.jimsteinman.com

ALL details concerning the musical, (NO THIS IS NOT AN AD: I am an avid musical theatre fan, and can't resist promoting one of the most beautiful scores I've ever heard!) can be found at the DARK KNIGHT OF THE SOUL tribute to BATMAN THE MUSICAL:

www.freewebs.com/batman_themusical

I'd like nothing MORE to see this done one day, at least recorded as a concept album

EDIT: Tim Burton was going to direct this, as well

Who can explain it, who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try -South Pacific

Updated On: 9/6/06 at 07:41 AM

#25

re: What film would make a great musical??

hmmmm....

Almost Famous?
Ever After?
The Breakfast Club?
White Oleander (that would be depressing)

i don't know!

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