Who do you think should take on a film adaptation of a musical and what should they do regardless of musical experience?
I personally would love Christopher Nolan to tackle Next to Normal as I feel it fits his twisty style of movies, and while I love Stephen Spielberg, he needs to steer clear of West Side Story as it already has a perfect adaptation. Instead, I think he'd do a lavishly amazing Follies as long as it followed the original book, and a fun and complex Company if he kept it a period piece or put a twist on it (ex. Bobbie).
julie Taymor directing a great comet adaption may be interesting.
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I know they did it onstage, but heck Rob Marshall and Sam Mendes need to get going with a cabaret remake...
are there any other examples like Billy Elliot where the director of the original film also directed the stage adaptation?
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Follies is the movie musical I most want to see made but it's also the show I least want to see desecrated in an attempt to pull in audiences that were never going to show up to a cinema for it in the first place. Darren Aronofsky, David Fincher, or Alejandro González Iñárritu would be interesting choices. Aronofsky in particular intrigues me. Think of the visuals he captured in Black Swan but also his unflinching yet reverential take on midlife crises in The Wrestler.
I know that between The Act and New York, New York Scorsese is probably blacklisted from musicals for most people but I wouldn't mind seeing him take another crack. I'd love to see him helm City of Angels.
Steven Spielberg has for years been wanting to do a movie musical. I think it would be amazing if he were to bring Beautiful, Miss Saigon, and/or Ragtime to the big screen.
I also think it would be pretty cool to see indie film adaptations of Dear Evan Hansen, Next to Normal, and Spring Awakening from filmmakers among the likes of Spike Jonze or Marc Webb.
I think Alfonso Cuaron could do something great with the right material.
Ang Lee would also be a great choice as would Wong War Kai.
I want someone whose has a knack for pacing and natural rhythm. Someone with a real artistic eye and style but with real maturity and depth aka not someone who is trying too hard (trying to be too hip or clever) and forgets to stay grounded and ignores real characterization and development.
Side note: I know a Tim Burton Matilda would be appealing to a lot of people, but I would absolutely hate it.
After seeing Baby Driver, I'd love to see Edgar Wright take on a movie musical. The way he was able to incorporate music in Baby Driver alone was brilliant. I know it's a different way of using music, but I bet he could do a great job with it.
Been saying this for a while now, but I'd LOVE Amy Sherman-Palladino to do a movie remake of A Chorus Line, with Sutton Foster as Cassie. After having seen Bunheads, there's literally no one I can think of who can capture the hope and desperation of a dancer's life without the fear of embracing the dark parts when the material demands it. And this is one material which really demands it.
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