Other Musicals Being Turned Into Movie

[ASUADPi]

Ditto with Miss Siagon, especially since it is no longer on Broadway and no longer touring the United States. (it is in England according to the official website).

Hmm I should email them and say "make it a movie". LOL.

Perhaps they will showing the success (and yes I will call it a success) of Phantom and then before that Chicago.

[RU OX Alum]

If you like good movies, you'll boycot these. These are just as bad as if not worse than all the stupid sequels and remakes and sequels to remakes.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

If you like good movies, you'll boycot these. These are just as bad as if not worse than all the stupid sequels and remakes and sequels to remakes.

They aren't bad (well, yes, some are bad)...they just have a different target audience then most mainstream films. There are quite a few that stick as much to the orginal script as possible.

ETA: Actually, I found Phantom of the Opera to be excellent, as far as remakes go. Most of the things added (besides the backstory of the Phantom told by Mdme Giry) were things from the book that were not in the orignal stage play (such as the room of mirrors Raoul falls into).

[RU OX Alum]

I should have been more clear. Musical on Broadway have been ruining the level of quality in the theatre scene of america for years. They hardly even hire actors. Not that they don't have any acting training, but most of these people are singers and/or dancers, and they constantly screw up the acting part just to get the notes "right."

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

I should have been more clear. Musical on Broadway have been ruining the level of quality in the theatre scene of america for years. They hardly even hire actors. Not that they don't have any acting training, but most of these people are singers and/or dancers, and they constantly screw up the acting part just to get the notes "right."

What musicals are you seeing?? Wow, I think that's a totally unfair assesment.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

They hardly even hire actors. Not that they don't have any acting training, but most of these people are singers and/or dancers, and they constantly screw up the acting part just to get the notes "right."

How is that different from how it has long been, both on Broadway and in Hollywood? Then as now there are exceptions -- usually quite a few -- but the idea that voice (or dancing) is much more important than acting ability goes back to grand opera at least.

Now, if you want to argue that the trend of creating musicals out of "XYZ's Greatest Hits" is damaging the American musical, you'll get no argument from me. And if you have specifics on actors/singers/dancers who are "ruining the quality" of American theatre by "constantly screwing up the acting part," then please share, because I don't see it.

[a.e.B.O.T.]

I totally dont get how they will make Contact into a movie, because it is barely a show...

OH, but I like the John Travolta is in talks to play Edna in Hairspray, but I really doubt he'll dress in drag for the big screen...

[Lil' Hannah]

They're going to redo Hairspray? Say it ain't so!


"I'm sure many of the other home viewers out there are pleasantly plump or chunky."

[moe.ron]

They're turning Sunset Boulevard the musical into a movie. Ewan McGregor and Glenn Close will be staring in this movie.

Just think about it, they're making a movie based on a musical based on a movie.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by moe.ron
Just think about it, they're making a movie based on a musical based on a movie.

Not unlike "Hairspray."

Give me the original Sunset Blvd. any day.

"You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big."

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."

[moe.ron]

I saw it with Glenn Close back in the days. The set was so stunning. Music was recycled ALW. I enjoyed myself though.

[Taualumna]

Originally posted by moe.ron
I saw it with Glenn Close back in the days. The set was so stunning. Music was recycled ALW. I enjoyed myself though.

I saw it with Diahnn Carroll in the lead role when the show was in Toronto. The media said that Ms. Caroll was an unusual choice since shows usually don't cast minorities in a lead role that was originally written for a white actor until after the show is established, if at all.

[moe.ron]

Sam Mendes have been confirmed to direct Sweeney Todd. Sweet man, let's hope Russell Crowe will not be in jail when they start shooting.

Still waiting for Les Miserables to be filmed.

ETA: Just found out that Crowe is out of the project.

[ms_gwyn]

Ok I just saw that they wanted to remake Mame.....I am sorry, but NO

if they decided to remake this, it needs to be Auntie Mame, with Suzanne Pleshette, she really is the only women who I can see attempting to "replace" Rosalind Russell....

I saw the musical with Lucille Ball (whom I LOVE) but it just couldn't stand up

Mame Dennis is such a great women

ok I need to go buy this on DVD

[moe.ron]

LES MISERABLES HITS HOLLYWOOD

Acclaimed French revolutionary musical LES MISERABLES is set to be turned into a blockbuster movie.

The theatrical production, written by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHONBERG and ALAIN BOUBIL, was voted the UK's favourite musical earlier this year (05) and movie insiders are already predicting the film version will be a huge box-office success.

But show producer CAMERON MACKINTOSH is refusing to let the musical sell-out with a popular Hollywood director, and is instead searching for a movie-maker who appreciates the musical genre.

He says, "In the last six to nine months there has been renewed interest in the idea of a film adaptation and several big players want to be involved.

"That doesn't necessarily mean we are going to hand the project over to a big name director.

"We want someone who has a vision for the show that will put the show's original team, including me, back to work.

"We don't just want an adaptation. We want a film audiences will find as fresh as the actual show."

At first I'm really excited about the prospect. Then, I wonder wether or not the public would want to see a 3+ hour sung through musical movie abou a depressing subject. Let's hope they get people who can actually sing, unlike that other long running musical.