Posted: 6/18/16 at 1:33pm
What I think most people don't understand is that live action musicals DON'T WORK anymore.
LOL ok. Tell that to Universal's bank account from Mamma Mia.
Posted: 6/18/16 at 4:46pm
^les mis was successful as well.
Posted: 6/18/16 at 10:18pm
Mrtrobz said: "I suspect this will be a Beauty and the Beast affair and film early on for a lenghty CGI heavy post production.
Daniel Radcliffe has that nerdy awkwardness to him, passable good looks and is on the shorter side, he can carry a tune, reads late teens/early twenty on screen and has dancing abilities. He is the absolutely perfect fit for Boq in this although I can also see it going to Platt's son from Pitch Perfect.
Also Idina, Norbert and Kristin should appear in the birthing scene as Elphaba's parents and Midwife, it's the perfect sort of passing the torch to the new cast and gives all three of them a scene and song together.
Jordan Fisher as Fiyero, he has the boyish charm and look and Fiyero is supposed to be a person of colour."
While I do see almost everything filmed on green screens, I don't think much of the characters will need to be animated - if all, Chistery (and background monkeys) and Dillamond. Putting up a background isn't as lenghty as creating a CGI character.
Idina can only be the witch's mother. But go ahead and try to put Kristin as the midwife (as in, turn her into an animal). She'll burn the whole production.
Now that it Dorothy was mentioned here, I'm worried about the melting. Can they just copy and paste the one from 1939 movie (minus burning the actress)?
Posted: 6/19/16 at 12:44pm
rodrigo_ca said: "Mrtrobz said: "I suspect this will be a Beauty and the Beast affair and film early on for a lenghty CGI heavy post production.
Daniel Radcliffe has that nerdy awkwardness to him, passable good looks and is on the shorter side, he can carry a tune, reads late teens/early twenty on screen and has dancing abilities. He is the absolutely perfect fit for Boq in this although I can also see it going to Platt's son from Pitch Perfect.
Also Idina, Norbert and Kristin should appear in the birthing scene as Elphaba's parents and Midwife, it's the perfect sort of passing the torch to the new cast and gives all three of them a scene and song together.
Jordan Fisher as Fiyero, he has the boyish charm and look and Fiyero is supposed to be a person of colour."
While I do see almost everything filmed on green screens, I don't think much of the characters will need to be animated - if all, Chistery (and background monkeys) and Dillamond. Putting up a background isn't as lenghty as creating a CGI character.
Idina can only be the witch's mother. But go ahead and try to put Kristin as the midwife (as in, turn her into an animal). She'll burn the whole production.
Now that it Dorothy was mentioned here, I'm worried about the melting. Can they just copy and paste the one from 1939 movie (minus burning the actress)?
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I don't think Kristin would necessarily have to be an animal in the scene just because the midwife in the play is. She could easily be played as human.
Posted: 6/19/16 at 7:51pm
Yeah, this has definitely been a long time coming. The show has likely been waiting to pull out the movie version for as long as possible to extend good sales for the show and boost advance sales as late in the show's life as possible. This Everyday Broadway article touches on that point a bit: http://www.everydaybroadway.com/wicked-film-sets-gets-2019-release-date/
Posted: 6/19/16 at 7:58pm
Rachel tucker as elphaba pls & thanku
Posted: 6/19/16 at 9:16pm
Perry Edwards would make a fabulous Elphaba or Glinda.
Posted: 6/25/16 at 1:31pm
Carol Channing would be amazing as Madame Morrible, when Galinda and Elphaba show up at Shiz, she can ascend from a giant staircase rattling off all of the rules of the school. I do agree that they need to do the casting age appropriately, Idina and Kristin can only be in the film, if they do some kind of flash forward at the end of the film...
Posted: 6/26/16 at 10:01pm
Just read in US Weekly that "Amanda Seyfried, 30, has been linked to the role of Glinda the Good Witch."
Posted: 6/26/16 at 10:10pm
chi-town_bwayfangirl said: "Just read in US Weekly that "Amanda Seyfried, 30, has been linked to the role of Glinda the Good Witch."
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NOOOOOOOO SHE CANT SING
Posted: 6/26/16 at 10:14pm
chi-town_bwayfangirl said: "Just read in US Weekly that "Amanda Seyfried, 30, has been linked to the role of Glinda the Good Witch.""
Was it only the print edition? I don't see it online.
Also, was mentioned here earlier (also as rumored, for what it's worth): http://www.thebitbag.com/harry-styles-star-wicked-movie-rumored-casts/158123
Posted: 6/26/16 at 10:22pm
LizzieCurry said: "chi-town_bwayfangirl said: "Just read in US Weekly that "Amanda Seyfried, 30, has been linked to the role of Glinda the Good Witch.""
Was it only the print edition? I don't see it online.
Yes - print version (confirmed it was also in electronic version of the magazine in my Texture app)
Posted: 6/26/16 at 10:24pm
Is Amanda even famous anymore?
Posted: 6/26/16 at 10:25pm
If this movie stars Amanda Seyfried and Harry Styles I will not watch it. I mean I will, but I will do so begrudgingly. Harry Styles has never acted before from what I can tell, and Amanda was not great as Cosette, and fine as Sophie, and there are so many others that could play that part so well. Also, Marc Platt: Use nepotism and cast Ben as Boq. Please.
But seriously, I'd love to see Anna Kendrick as Elphaba (or Galinda, just cast her in this movie!), Ben Platt as Boq, Annaleigh Ashford as Galinda (to go the Broadway route) and Aaron Tveit as Fiyero.
Posted: 6/26/16 at 10:27pm
Posted: 6/27/16 at 9:23am
Here are some of my ideas:
Elphaba: Daisy Ridley
Glinda: Emma Stone
Fiyero: Ansel Elgort
Nessarose: Isabelle Fuhrman
Boq: Daniel Radcliffe
Madame Morrible: Glenn Close or Angela Lansbury
The Wizard: Kevin Kline
Doctor Dillamond: Mark Rylance
Posted: 6/27/16 at 6:06pm
My dream casts are:
Elphaba - Anna Kendrick or Samantha Barks or Rachel Tucker or Cynthia Erivo (PLEASE)
Glinda - Anna Kendrick or Megan Hilty
Fiyero - Aaron Tveit or Darren Criss
Morrible - Meryl Streep
Dillamond - Richard Gere
Nessarose - Anna Kendrick or Katherine McPhee or Anne Hathaway
Boq - Ben Platt or Daniel Radcliffe
The Wizard - James Earl Jones
Updated On: 6/27/16 at 06:06 PM
Posted: 6/27/16 at 6:23pm
pupscotch said: "If this movie stars Amanda Seyfried and Harry Styles I will not watch it. I mean I will, but I will do so begrudgingly. Harry Styles has never acted before from what I can tell, and Amanda was not great as Cosette, and fine as Sophie, and there are so many others that could play that part so well. Also, Marc Platt: Use nepotism and cast Ben as Boq. Please.
But seriously, I'd love to see Anna Kendrick as Elphaba (or Galinda, just cast her in this movie!), Ben Platt as Boq, Annaleigh Ashford as Galinda (to go the Broadway route) and Aaron Tveit as Fiyero."
I love Anna Kendrick (as my avatar would imply), but I don't think her voice is particularly right for Elphaba or Glinda.
I've had my heart set on her playing Nessarose for years though.
p.s. Andy just asked her this week on WWHL about playing Elphaba and she didn't say no - she basically just said she knows the entire show front and back and didn't say yes or no to his question.
Updated On: 6/27/16 at 06:23 PM
Posted: 6/27/16 at 7:06pm
I enjoyed the video of Anna singing For Good with Ms. Chenoweth, but I am not convinced that her voice is appropriate for the entire role. I do thoroughly enjoy her though, and I would be willing to hear her give it a shot.
I do think that she would male a great Nessa.
Posted: 6/28/16 at 7:52pm
Amanda Seyfried would probably fit Glinda well. She was out of her depth with Cosette and all that live singing warned her voice but Glinda could be a music role that she could do justice because she's a great comic actress.
Posted: 6/28/16 at 8:39pm
Unless they're filming next year because special effects will be a bi*ch to create, someone can't be cast this early for a movie that's coming out in 2019.
EDIT: Found the article. Also reveals that Anna Kendrick is a top choice for Elphie.
http://www.morningnewsusa.com/wicked-movie-cast-amanda-seyfried-glinda-pitch-perfect-star-anna-kendrick-elphaba-casting-ideas-2383679.html
Updated On: 6/28/16 at 08:39 PM
Posted: 6/28/16 at 8:43pm
Mrtrobz said: "Amanda Seyfried would probably fit Glinda well. She was out of her depth with Cosette and all that live singing warned her voice but Glinda could be a music role that she could do justice because she's a great comic actress.
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This just reminded me of her role in mean girls! Now I would love her as Glinda.
Posted: 6/28/16 at 8:55pm
Amanda Seyfried in this role would just be rude. Very disrespectful to the material, the composer and the actresses/singers that are suitable.
Posted: 6/28/16 at 9:03pm
Instead of Amanda Seyfried they could put you know, any girl who can sing. ANY GIRL.
I don't see why she is a "top contender" for this. She is blonde? Is that it?
