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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 9:08:36 GMT
I must admit I usually love stage to screen musicals! My favourites are Dreamgirls, Mamma Mia, Haisrpay and Chicago (and I prefer the Chicago film to the show!)
Apparently, the next two big musical movies will be Wicked and Miss Saigon. What show do you want to see become a movie?
And are there any films you want to see become musicals too?
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Post by Michael on Apr 17, 2016 9:11:14 GMT
And are there any films you want to see become musicals too? Disney need to bring Tangled, Pocahontas and Mulan to stage. Quickly. |
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Post by anita on Apr 17, 2016 9:32:56 GMT
I would like a remake of "Whistle down the wind" with Andrew LLoyd Webber's music.
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Post by steve10086 on Apr 17, 2016 9:50:09 GMT
I would like a remake of "Whistle down the wind" with Andrew LLoyd Webber's music. It was supposed to have been a film, rather than a stage show, in the first place. Think a lot of the music would be perfect for a movie, and would love to see it made. |
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Post by anita on Apr 17, 2016 10:08:47 GMT
It was a book first. Then a film. Then a musical.
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Post by steve10086 on Apr 17, 2016 10:12:53 GMT
It was a book first. Then a film. Then a musical. Yes, my point was the ALW musical was originally intended to be a film rather than a stage show. |
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Post by zsazsa on Apr 17, 2016 10:15:40 GMT
Film to Stage: Tootsie, To Wong Foo, Moulin Rouge, Pride, Miss Petigrew Lives For A Day, Bedknobs & Broomsticks
Stage To Film: Sunset Boulevard, Follies, Parade, Ragtime
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Post by Mark on Apr 17, 2016 10:29:02 GMT
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Post by johartuk on Apr 17, 2016 11:02:32 GMT
I would like a remake of "Whistle down the wind" with Andrew LLoyd Webber's music. A Whistle Down The Wind film musical would be interesting, but I'd prefer to see it taken back to the setting of the original film. When I heard that ALW was writing a stage musical based on the film, I was excited, but he seemed to completely ignore what made the film so endearing. It's a shame, really, because the film was really charming and touching. The other night, I was watching the film The Wedding Planner (Jennifer Lopez and Matthew Mcconaughey) and it struck me that it could work well as a musical. Also, I've always thought Letter To Brezhnev would work well as a musical. Ditto Willy Russell's Dancin' Thru The Dark, which is based on his play Stags & Hens. I agree about Moulin Rouge - I'm surprised it hasn't made the screen to stage transition already, to be honest. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Apr 17, 2016 11:42:22 GMT
Film to Stage: Tootsie, To Wong Foo, Moulin Rouge, Pride, Miss Petigrew Lives For A Day, Bedknobs & Broomsticks Stage To Film: Sunset Boulevard, Follies, Parade, Ragtime Yes, given the success / fascination of men in drag with the largely female buying theatre ticket audience such as Hairspray and Kinky Boots I think Tootsie or Mrs Doubtfire would make terrific musicals! If I were a producer I would be looking to buy the rights! |
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Post by musicalfloozie on Apr 17, 2016 11:42:55 GMT
Stage to screen -Wicked/ Miss Saigon / The Addams Family
Screen to stage - would love to see Princess and the Frog/ Moulin Rouge/ Anastasia (seen that might be 2017 broadway so may have to book!) Tangled
For a start, I think there are just too many to chose from!...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 11:55:58 GMT
I really hope Blood Brothers gets made into a film sooner rather than later! The last I heard of it was reading articles from about 9 or 8 years ago saying that Willy Russell had co-wrote the screenplay with Alan Parker (who I'd assume would direct as well) with Cate Blanchett and Bono rumored as Mrs J and the narrator. Even though Parker hasn't made a film in 13 years (The Life of David Gale with Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet which received negative reviews).
Before writing this reply I had a little browse for any news on this, as it obviously has been quiet for a long time, and found this part of an interview with Russell from just February this year. So hopefully it may come back to fruition!
Also while not a musical, and not exactly a "stage-to-screen" adaptation as it's based on a book, but I'd love to see a film of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Again, the rights were optioned by Brad Grey and Brad Pitt for Warner Brothers in 2011 to be written and directed by Steve Kloves (Harry Potter screenplay writer), but nothing has happened since. Hoping it will happen now, considering the success of the play!
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Post by Jon on Apr 17, 2016 12:15:06 GMT
I'm surprised La Cage Aux Folles hasn't been made into a musical film yet
It'll never happen but Pitch Perfect would make a great stage musical
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Post by johartuk on Apr 17, 2016 12:26:03 GMT
The Princess Bride - it's on TV now (Channel 5).
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Post by Dave25 on Apr 17, 2016 12:26:20 GMT
I am really looking forward to a Miss Saigon film, but only if they go all the way with great singers and great actors and not the "toned down, constantly switching between acting and singing in 1 sentence, Les Mis film" way. Because that makes it silly. It is too literal for this material.
This artform is per definition not literal, it is a triumph of the fantasy. Treating it as such creates raw emotion.
We should see and hear things that aren't really there, because at many points in this story they are singing about something that is in their mind. ("This is the hour" after Kim shot Thuy, is a moment of complete horror/bewilderment in Kim's mind. Show it. I can see her standing in a undefinable space with a huge choir of ghosts singing. The nightmare, last night of the world, etc) I can imagine wonderful elaborate cinematorgraphy, special effects, ghost faces singing, smoke that turns into an image, moving camera's, big black spaces, romantic scenes that look better than life, etc. Last night of the world feels like a dream for them. Show it. Make it theatrical, big and muggy, also with the sets. Create a bigger than life sub-reality to make the essence of this material work. Realize that certain softly sung notes or soaring notes work as emotion evokers/actors themselves. Use them, act through them instead of acting in spite of them. Same goes for cinematography.
Also, we don't have to see the person mouthing all the words into the camera at every occasion, certain songs can be, in parts used as a kind of soundtrack/voice-over. I can imagine during the pre-recorded "I still believe", we see scenes of Kim and Chris that we know have happened, but haven't seen before, this is their thoughts being sung. They could also use very creative cinematography in the transition to Ellen in the USA in that song. Or in the nightmare scene.
I feel that there is a way of musical film-making that has not been done yet. A way that uses fantastic singing in a very filmic and theatrical way. A way that has been done in animation, but not in live action yet.
I feel the only films that came close to this approach were Evita, Moulin Rouge and Chicago, but still not quite there and the singing in those was mediocre. Imagine if both things are outstanding. That would be epic.
About the casting,
Nicole Scherzinger could play Gigi:
Jeremy Jordan could play Chris, I am talking about that kind of singing and acting talent:
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 17, 2016 17:14:11 GMT
I would like to see the show of the moment- Sunset
And the following:
Tim Rice's and Elton John's AIDA
The Light in the Piazza
America Psycho
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ordinary Days
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 17, 2016 18:33:50 GMT
Film to Stage: Tootsie, To Wong Foo, Moulin Rouge, Pride, Miss Petigrew Lives For A Day, Bedknobs & Broomsticks Stage To Film: Sunset Boulevard, Follies, Parade, Ragtime Oh yes, Parade! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 18:35:08 GMT
No argument that at some point Hocus Pocus needs to happen, it just has too!
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 17, 2016 21:20:34 GMT
I'd like to see someone tackle the teen classic The Breakfast Club
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Post by demelza on Apr 18, 2016 4:47:02 GMT
The Princess Bride - it's on TV now (Channel 5). Princess Bride was in the works. I remember Andy Karl did a demo of three (I think) songs for it. I can't remember what happened, but I think it was something to do with the rights (There's probably some information online) Here's one of the songs he wrote for it, "As You Wish" |
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 18, 2016 5:06:54 GMT
(I believe) there's rumoured to be a Guys & Dolls remake with Chatum Tanning
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Post by viserys on Apr 18, 2016 5:42:10 GMT
Tatum Channing? One of the worst actors to ever blight the screen. Would give this Guys & Dolls a wide berth.
Princess Bride, now that could work. I mean, the movie is cult, but it's also a widely-loved book and gives plenty of room for a new interpretation and not the current method of slapping movies 1:1 onto the stage with just some bland songs chucked between the dialogues. Should be along the lines of the heavily ironic Galavant TV Show then. Which, since it already started as some kind of musical, should transfer to the stage nicely if anyone ever considers this.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2016 8:27:35 GMT
The Princess Bride - it's on TV now (Channel 5). Princess Bride was in the works. I remember Andy Karl did a demo of three (I think) songs for it. I can't remember what happened, but I think it was something to do with the rights (There's probably some information online) Here's one of the songs he wrote for it, "As You Wish"Last I heard about a Princess Bride musical, Adam Guettel was composing and working alongside William Goldman with regards to the writing part. After a while, it became clear that William Goldman wanted the bulk of the writing credits, on the grounds that he wrote the film and the book and was now writing the words for the show, whereas Adam Guettel wanted a good solid quantity of credit on the grounds that he was writing the *music* for the *musical*. I don't know about the actual details, so I have no way of knowing who was being the more reasonable and who was being the less reasonable in this scenario, but I do know they found this an absolutely insurmountable problem and so just stopped all together. I don't know about any Andy Karl version, but I'm still bitter as hell about the Adam Guettel version not happening. |
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Post by Jon on Apr 18, 2016 16:49:04 GMT
The Prince of Egypt is another one which would lend itself to a stage adaptation
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Post by spendleb on Apr 19, 2016 10:52:18 GMT
I'd love to see Next to Normal made into a movie.
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