There is no hold-up; the movie is progressing as is normal for movies in development. The creative team is working on the script and a director has been hired and at some point, I should guess fairly soon, a shooting script will be approved by the studio and full production will commence. This is how all movies work. And yes, there is time for this to be in production by next year for a December 2019 release. Patience, my pretties!
finebydesign said: ""I can assure you when the leads of the film of Wicked are announced, it won’t be in the form of the stars issuing a tweet."
Seriously? Do you know anything about social media marketing? If someone like Dwayne Johnson or Ariana Grande gets cast studios want them to have the scoop. I don't think McFee has enough of a fanbase but A-listers are part of the marketing campaigns. I'm not saying it moves the needle, but stud
Can't imagine this happening anytime soon. Jackman has indeed aged out of the part of Billy and I'm sure this was only floated as a film because (at the time) they had a true A list movie star who could sing that role interested in doing it. Not sure if any of the current 'leading men who kind of sing' (Ryan Gosling, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt) could really do the role vocal justice.
I do think Lily James would make a ravishing Julie Jordan though.
It could potentially work as a play but firstly - I think the piece is very of its time. Like the Exorcist and the Omen, the late 60s and early 70s were essentially the time everyone's Catholic guilt and long seeded fear of the devil came boiling to the collective surface. Not so much the times we live in now.
But secondly, I think the kind of paranoia the central character experiences wouldn't lend itself to a kind of living room drama. I'm sure somebod
It's always curious to me how in the US something has to end up on "Broadway" in order to somehow be thought of as successful. In London we have so many more avenues of what constitutes successful theatre. This revival sounds absolutely fascinating and it sounds like St. Ann's is the perfect place for it. Why does it have to go to Broadway?
HAIR Live casting Jul 25
2018, 04:22:31 PM
Well none of the leads as they will want names. And wouldn’t the tribe be - mostly too old now? Can we get a cameo from Diane Keaton in there somewhere?
Shocked at Broadway.com's Fees Jul 19
2018, 11:34:22 AM
I’m not sure anyone can blame Paul Wonterek for running a successful business. Obviously Broadway.com has been quite savvy about their positioning and visibility in the marketplace. I doubt have huge sympathy for anyone willing to pay 71 dollars in fees to see a play; they clearly haven’t done their research.
ColorTheHours048 said: "Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s choreography is close enough to Robbins’s style that it will match the intensity of the music, but contemporary enough to shake up our expectations. Very into the prospect of her collaboration."
Completely agree. There a lyric beauty to her work but also a rather wild unpredictability. She seems like a very interesting choice.
Fine. But when the creatives have already stated that they are aware that the casting is not what is expected but that they may be planning a different take on the material, shouldn't we at least see what they're planning before screaming foul?
Honey - nobody thought the musical ANNIE was a good idea when it was announced. It seemed as ridiculous as a musical based on a television show. It was a musical based on a COMIC STRIP that had recently been pulled from the papers because nobody read it anymore.
I think in order for this to succeed it has to be what most big hit Broadway musicals are - an evening of good entertainment. I agree the long gestation period on this musical doesn't instill much confidence, and I'm not really defending "this" idea for a musical - merely pointing out that its not usually the 'idea' or even the brand for something which makes for a hit. It's the execution that does that.
The roster of mega hit Broadway musicals is absolutely littered with what, on paper, are horrendous ideas. A musical about Orphan Annie? A musical about dancing Cats? A musical about an obscure South American dictator's wife? A hip hop musical about Alexander Hamilton and the list goes on and on..
An idea unto itself doesn't mean much. It's what the authors and creatives do with the idea that counts. Anything is possible.
