Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?

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I haven't heard anything in a long time and wasn't sure if this one went in the way of IN THE HEIGHTS.
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Was it ever happening?
"It’s the fractured quality in [Bernadette Peters'] singing voice and line readings that puts across the character as someone for whom resentment is sliding into madness." - NYtimes on Follies (2011).
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Heh, that's what I was gonna say, qolbinau.
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Also, I've said it 10000 times but the role belongs to KATE WINSLET and no one else.
"It’s the fractured quality in [Bernadette Peters'] singing voice and line readings that puts across the character as someone for whom resentment is sliding into madness." - NYtimes on Follies (2011).
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I know Rob Reiner expressed interest in adapting it around when it was closing, but there hasn’t been much talk…if at all…since then.
What a colossal piece of crap! It'll probably run for years.
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I had thought (and maybe I'm wrong) that Robert Downey Jr. said he was definitely doing it.
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I thought Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey were writing an original movie musical starring Robert Downey Jr, not NEXT TO NORMAL.
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I'd love for this to happen...ASAP...Kate Winslet would be a great Diana
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I hope not.
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Connie Britton would also be a great Diana, if she can sing.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#10
Posted: 12/19/12 at 7:30pm
I had Naomi Watts in my head when I watched the show. Not sure if she can sing though.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#11
Posted: 12/19/12 at 7:31pm
I was thinking more Nomi Malone.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#12
Posted: 12/19/12 at 7:31pm
Connie apparently does her own singing on Nashville.

But you're all crazy if you think it should be anyone but Toni Collette
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#13
Posted: 12/19/12 at 7:40pm
It'll sadly never go to Toni.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#14
Posted: 12/19/12 at 8:41pm
Naomi Watts could act the hell out of it! Intriguing idea!
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#15
Posted: 12/19/12 at 8:59pm
I'd love to see Toni Collette play the role on stage, it'll never happen just practically speaking (there won't be a revival any time soon obviously), but while I think she'd be fantastic she has already played something along those similar lines in US OF TARA. Diana is not the same character, but some of the issues explored in NEXT TO NORMAL were explored in that show, I'd love for someone who hasn't "gone there" yet to get a crack at it to come up with something completely unexpected, Winslet and Watts would be perfection. I know Naomi Watts often talks about how she gravitates towards really intense roles, she'd match Ripley in terms of emotional complexity, but I can't imagine her having an interesting, let alone powerful, singing voice. That'd be a huge problem casting the film for me, I know Ripley got a lot of backlash for her singing but I was thrilled with the raw vocal performance she gave the night I saw the show. Not sure what Hollywood actress could match that in a movie musical.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#16
Posted: 12/20/12 at 11:55am
Is there anyone there connected to a producer who could suggest someone pitch this musical to HBO?

During the late 90's HBO held onto the rights of both Jelly's Last Jam and Sondheim's Assassins to create their typically lauded, signature TV movies out of them. They both fell by the wayside.

I think NTN would be perfect for them. Plus they have the Kate connection from Mildred Pierce (though I agree, Toni Collette=Diana--maybe even Showtime which hosted Toni's sitcom).
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#17
Posted: 12/20/12 at 7:24pm
Updated On: 12/20/12 at 07:24 PM
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#18
Posted: 12/20/12 at 7:31pm
Last I heard Madonna owned the rights and wants to play Diana.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#19
Posted: 12/20/12 at 7:32pm
Really? fuuuu

"It’s the fractured quality in [Bernadette Peters'] singing voice and line readings that puts across the character as someone for whom resentment is sliding into madness." - NYtimes on Follies (2011).
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#20
Posted: 12/20/12 at 9:40pm
I'm hoping that is a joke.
Cuz if not, that is not one, but TWO amazing leading roles she will have butchered on the big screen.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#21
Posted: 12/20/12 at 9:49pm
Yeah, she really wasn't that good in A CERTAIN SACRIFICE.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#22
Posted: 12/20/12 at 10:02pm
It should be Amy Adams. With Anna Kendrick as Natalie.
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#23
Posted: 12/20/12 at 10:09pm
Point taken. Let me rephrase that. MUSICAL leading ladies lol
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Is The NEXT TO NORMAL Movie Still Happening?#24
Posted: 12/20/12 at 10:11pm
Well I disagree. I thought she was fantastic in DICK TRACY.