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The Movie Musical
There's been a whole lot of talk about the upcoming film versions of the hit Broadway musicals Les Misérables andRock of Ages, both set to open in movie theaters around the world this year. But now it seems that quite a few more film adaptations of stage musicals are headed to the big screen.
First up, Into the Woods. It's one of Sondheim's most beloved musicals and up until now the only immortalized version is the live recording of the original Broadway cast, starring Bernadette Peters as the Witch. But Rob Marshall, the Academy Award-nominated director of the film versions of Chicago and Nine, has recently joined forces with Disney with a plan to adapt Into the Woods for the screen. The project will supposedly feature a script and new songs by original writers James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim. Into the Woods is the story of what happens after "happily ever after" for beloved fairy tale characters including Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.
Next, Jersey Boys. The 2006 Tony Award winning musical is also headed toward film-ville, as Tony winner and Academy Award nominee John Logan, screenwriter of Hugo, Gladiator, and The Aviator, among many others, has been tapped to write the script. Jersey Boys, which is currentlIny playing at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre, tells the true story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, using the group's hit songs.
Finally, the weirdest one: Adam Shankman, director of the film versions of Hairspray and Rock of Ages and judge on So You Think You Can Dance, will join fellow producers Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher to produce and develop a remake of the 1963 musical Bye Bye Birdie for Columbia Pictures. Bye Bye Birdie was originally a Broadway musical that debuted in 1960. Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret headlined a big screen version in 1963. Columbia has been developing an updated version for a number of years, with the story at one point re-imagining the title character as a hip-hop star. Step Up 2director John Chu was once attached as a writer, as was Tina Fey, but this current version doesn't have any writers attached yet.
So is this movie musical resurgence just a phase? Or is this the beginning of a major genre comeback, the magnitude of which hasn't been seen since the days of Fred and Ginger? Only time will tell!
Here's a list of other musicals being adapted for the big screen (between 2013-2014)
A Star is Born (Director Clint Eastwood. Starring Tom Cruise and Beyonce)
Wicked (Director: Stephen Daldry)
Frank or Francis (Starring Steve Carrel, Nicolas Cage, and Jack Black)
Annie (Starring Willow Smith)
The Goree Girls (Starring Jennifer Aniston)
Gypsy (Starring Barbara Streisand)
Little Shop of Horrors (Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
Spring Awakening (Starring Leah Michelle)
My Fair Lady (Carey Mulligan)
The Book of Mormon
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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