#76
Posted: 2/28/19 at 9:56pm
EDIT: More details confirmed in the Hollywood Reporter
Updated On: 2/28/19 at 09:56 PM
Will Glenn Close get her Oscar for Sunset? — Page 4
#77
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:04pm
lolz to people thinking Baz and Riedel are the same. If you check their track records, I think that you will find that no less than 3/4s of the time, what Baz tweets ends up being officially confirmed the next morning. Riedel hasn't had a batting average approaching that even in his dreams.
#78
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:15pm
The composer has been putting out bogus press releases for YEARS about this film. All fake, all the time. How many YEARS can you be taken in on this. Is the composer the "confirmation" here? Just as Streisand was the "confirmation" for Gypsy? See a pattern? No start date, no studio, a director that no one in his/her right mind would EVER let direct a huge budget film (well, I'd never let him direct anything). As I said, let's all reconvene in October and see what you have to say then. So, Baz is fed information by Andrew Lloyd Webber and without a single back-up source, prints it as fact. Bravo.
#79
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:16pm
Hadn't seen the Hollywood Reporter article before this, which has more details:
Paramount is the studio (no surprise), and Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the producers.
#80
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:18pm
"Paramount had no comment."
Exactly. What studio was committed to Gypsy - I think there were at least two - they, too, had no comment.
#81
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:26pm
Wasn’t Universal supposed to release the Streisand Gypsy?
#82
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:39pm
Wasn’t Universal supposed to release the Streisand Gypsy?
Universal put it into turnaround in fall 2015, then STX picked it up, only to drop it in summer 2016.
#83
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:40pm
bk said: ""Paramount had no comment."
Exactly. What studio was committed to Gypsy - I think there were at least two - they, too, had no comment."
Paramount owns the film rights to SUNSET BOULEVARD, having produced the film noir of Billy Wilder. If I recall right, ALWebber has said that unless Paramount agreed to the filmization, the adaptation of the musical version will not happen. I will wait for the official announcement from Paramount. But I am a fan of SunsetBlvd - both the Wilder film and the stage musical adaptation, so I would like to see it come to the big screen, too.
#84
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:49pm
bk said: "CONFIRMED??? By some hack from the Daily Mail or whatever that is with no other confirmed attribution other than HIS? Has everyone here lost their sanity? Rob Ashford? I mean, this is so ludicrous on every level it's just laughable or would be if everyone here wasn't taking it seriously. Tell you what, folks - come back in October and if it hasn't happened admit you were had once again by a gossip columnist or a publicist, you know just like all those times with everything else you've gone on and on about for YEARS, Ms. Streisand's Gypsy being the most obvious example of a project that was never real."
I said the same thing...Rob Ashford!? He's a choreographer NOT a Film Director and what does he know about Directing a FILM? He's a terrible director for musicals and just ok as a a choreographer. Sounds disastrous and why would Glenn approve of him? We shall see how this turns out but not hopeful!
That's the BEST they could find to direct a remake of this classic??? Calling BradleyCooper?
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#85
Posted: 2/28/19 at 10:56pm
Of the two Rob's, I would have preferred Marshall over Ashford. Though I love the thought of Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven) or Bradley Cooper eventually sneaking in there. I mean, why hire a choreographer/director when this musical calls for so little dance in the first place?
#86
Posted: 2/28/19 at 11:23pm
Plexsis said: "Wasn’t Universal supposed to release the Streisand Gypsy?"
"No comment." :)
STX: "No comment."
#87
Posted: 3/1/19 at 12:36am
Will Glenn Close get her Oscar for Sunset?
Not in any lifetime.
#88
Posted: 3/1/19 at 2:22am
Patti Lupone would actually be a better choice for the film adaptation as she is a better singer but lol of course she would never be offered much less accept the role. Close really can't sing the role at this point and her vocals were not nearly as good as Patti's when she first played the part.
Updated On: 3/1/19 at 02:22 AM
#89
Posted: 3/1/19 at 8:25am
This is dumb. Glenn Close, as good as she may be, is simply too old to play the role of Norma Desmond on the screen. An actress aged around 50 should be cast. Can Cate Blanchett sing? She'd has the acting chops and the face of a silent movie star.
Updated On: 3/1/19 at 08:25 AM
#90
Posted: 3/1/19 at 9:25am
Oh dear. Rob Ashford. What will his direction to the actors be like? Don't pop the neck, Cassie, and wander around aimlessly? His bag of tricks as a choreographer run out after eight bars followed a trip to the chiropractor for his corps. His bag of tricks as a director are non-existent.
#91
Posted: 3/1/19 at 10:56am
I don't have high hopes for this because of the creative team behind it (Rob Ashford??? really?) and the material itself. That said, I don't know why bk is overreacting to the announcement like this. I mean sure, the project could end up not coming to fruition because it happens all the time to all kinds of announced projects, not just ones that are movie adaptations of Broadway musicals. However, with this announcement, at least we know there's been some traction and talks going on, which is a lot more than most people's suppositions on this forum. Why not wait until it actually falls off the radar and production fails to happen to talk about it not happening? Why go crazy about it not happening now before it actually happens?
Soaring29 said: "Patti Lupone would actually be a better choice for the film adaptation as she is a better singer but lol of course she would never be offered much less accept the role. Close really can't sing the role at this point and her vocals were not nearly as good as Patti's when she first played the part."
I think it's time people got over Lupone playing Norma Desmond outside of singing select songs from the show at her concerts (does she even do that)? It's been over 20 years now and she got rich from the settlement. It's not happening, especially for a featured film version. When was the last time Lupone got a substantial part in an actual featured film? Driving Miss Daisy in 1989?
Updated On: 3/1/19 at 10:56 AM
#92
Posted: 3/1/19 at 11:03am
Updated On: 3/1/19 at 11:03 AM
#93
Posted: 3/1/19 at 11:06am
I think there is certainly a world where this can be a prestige film that garner's Close her 8th Oscar nomination, but I think it heavily relies on the director.
Film is a magical medium and in order to excuse her age, this needs to really be a film adaptation with particular attention to visuals. I'm thinking a bold stylistic choice like Innaritu's Birdman, Cold War (black & white?), or Damien Chazelle's filmography. Prestige awards bodies and snooty film critics will see right through the book's "problems" if this is a straight Chicago-esque adaptation.
#94
Posted: 3/1/19 at 11:25am
52889j said: "Prestige awards bodies and snooty film critics will see right through the book's "problems" if this is a straight Chicago-esque adaptation."
We should be so lucky to get a Chicago-esque film adaptation (which won 6 Oscars out of 13 nominations and was a huge financial and critical hit). Or even if it's Nine but with a better central performance.
Paramount must think they can land a star for Joe, with hopes for a repeat of Book Club ($10 mil budg/$85 mil b.o.), Florence Foster Jenkins ($29 mil budget/$56 mil b.o.), or Fences ($24 mil budget/$65mil box office). They don't do a ton of these awardsy small-to-mid-budget films.
Updated On: 3/1/19 at 11:25 AM
#95
Posted: 3/1/19 at 12:11pm
I suppose to be fair, Rob Marshall hadnt exactly given the world much in the way of film direction before CHICAGO to inspire hope that the film would turn out as strong as it did. Rob Ashford is essentially coming to this at a similar time in his career trajectory, so maybe he will surprise. Who knows- but It’s not like we have ten brilliant and proven directors of movie musicals waiting in the wings. It’s a very hit or miss genre that has foiled even very experienced and accomplished film directors.
#96
Posted: 3/1/19 at 12:22pm
QueenAlice, I had a similar point earlier.
Pre-Chicago, Marshall had directed the made-for-TV Annie movie and directed two Broadway revivals (Little Me and co-directed Cabaret), but was mainly a second-tier choreographer. Harvey Weinstein and Marty Richards had no reason to trust him with a movie-musical, but it had been in development hell for 20 years and they wanted to get it done. (Sound familiar?!)
Rob Ashford was Kenneth Branagh's Associate Director on Murder on the Orient Express, and according to people who know, he basically co-directed it. He's also choreographed films (including Branagh's gorgeous Cinderella), directed live musicals (two DGA nominations) and filmed stage productions/events, in addition to his Broadway work. He's nobody's first choice, but he knows his way around cameras, and everyone has to start somewhere. Let's trust him and see what happens.
Updated On: 3/1/19 at 12:22 PM
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