Musical Movies that should be made
Musical Movies that should be made
#1Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/27/09 at 9:04pm
Les Miserables and Miss Saigon I think would make great movies!
And Aida, if its done right.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/27/09 at 9:05pmDidn't we have this discussion a gazillion times?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
snarkywannabedreamer
Leading Actor Joined: 2/12/09
roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#3re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 12:45pmSo is "City of Angels", and if a stage musical ever needed to be filmed, this is it. Wonderful book and score, and a concept that would actually work much better on film.
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
Colle
Broadway Star Joined: 2/13/06
#4re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 6:46pm
Where did you hear that "Miss Saigon" was in developement, Snarkywannabedreamer?
Updated On: 9/28/09 at 06:46 PM
#5re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:50pm
Oh, City of Angels will be brilliant on film.
And now, I know it's the last thing we need, bu I've lately had this reoccurring thought of Kathy Bates and Anne Hathaway leading yet another movie version of Gypsy.
I also think if the whole thing could feel like the commercial, In the Heights would be amazing on film.
#6re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 9:53pm
"Where did you hear that "Miss Saigon" was in developement, Snarkywannabedreamer?"
I heard about it too. Apparently a few weeks ago there was an interview with Cameron Mackintosh in Britain's Daily Mail that said it was happening. I haven't seen the article online, though. Apparently Les Mis was also mentioned.
Miss Saigon would make a fantastic movie.
Updated On: 9/28/09 at 09:53 PM
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#7re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 10:27pmMiss Saigon would be a GREAT movie all across the board. Les Mis .. won't. It'd be fine, but they'd cut a lot I'm sure due to the fact that on screen it just wouldn't look right...(ie: One Day More).
#8re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 10:37pmI agree, if there's one musical that's screaming to made into a movie, it's Miss Saigon. The music and the story itself is really cinematic and I think it would lend itself very well to the screen if they were to cut some of the recitative and leave the actual songs.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#9re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 11:14pmNot to mention the awesome effects with the helicopter scene, amongst others!!
#10re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 11:21pmMiss Saigon is one of those shows that feel like they're a musicalized version of a movie, but they're actually an original musical.
#11re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 11:22pm
Apparently Les Mis was also mentioned.
Les Miz has been in development since before the concert was even done...
It's safe to say that it's not happening no matter what they say...
#12re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 11:24pm
I know it's been talked about for a while, but this article supposedly said it was greenlit.
... Again.
I think it may happen eventually. I mean, it took like fifteen years for the Phantom movie to get made. Though hopefully the Les Mis movie won't suck.
Updated On: 9/28/09 at 11:24 PM
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#13re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 11:29pm
I would love to see a version of Cabaret that's closer to the stage version.
Les Miz, City of Angels, Ragtime, and Into the Woods would all make wonderful movie musicals!
And I'd love to see an animated Fiddler in he style of Chagall.
I<3bway
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/06
#14re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 11:42pmI would like to see AIDA, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Jersey Boys become movie musicals.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#15re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/28/09 at 11:50pm
"I know it's been talked about for a while, but this article supposedly said it was greenlit.
... Again.
I think it may happen eventually. I mean, it took like fifteen years for the Phantom movie to get made. Though hopefully the Les Mis movie won't suck."
Yeah the 1992 release happened, then 3 years latter, than in 2003, 2005, .. nope not happeneing.
I think for Les Mis they should film the final London Cast and release that on DVD. I really dont see how One Day More could work specifically without cutting some verses or looking cheezy/choppy, and I'd rather not have a Les Mis movie then have it without that.
Others in the "works" I'm looking forward to: Jekyll & HYDE and SUNSET BLVD., the latter which similarly wont happen for a while!
#16re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/29/09 at 12:17ami have heard that tim burton is going to be doing into the woods
roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#17re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/30/09 at 1:38pmWasn't there a rumor of a SUNSET BOULEVARD musical starring Liza Minnelli?
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
#18re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/30/09 at 1:52pm
I've heard the rumors of a Sunset Boulevard movie musical starring everyone from Glenn Close to Meryl Streep. Currently on IMDB it's listed as coming out in 2010 with the only cast member listed being Liza Minnelli with the term "rumored" in parentheses next to her name.
Of course since it's IMDB, it goes without saying that it should be taken with a grain of salt. If it were coming out next year, I think we would've heard something concrete by now.
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
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#19re: Musical Movies that should be made
Posted: 9/30/09 at 8:53pm
I don't know if I would be able to take Liza seriously in Sunset Boulevard. She would be walking down the staircase and I would be expecting her to trip and roll down the stairs, thanks to her role as Lucille Austero (aka Lucille 2) on Arrested Development.
That and by the time it finally gets made (if ever) there is no way she'll be able to pass as a woman in her late 40's/early 50's.
