In honor of the release of Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd” film, which promises to be the best film you’ve ever seen, I thought I’d make a quick list of musicals I would like to see modern movies made from and the directors who should make them… and, yes, I realize some of these have already been made.
- “Wicked” – Kevin Lima
- “Anything Goes” – Baz Luhrmann
- “Les Miserable” – Alfonso Cuaron or Terri Gilliam
- “Avenue Q” – Frank Oz (duh)
- “Brigadoon” – Peter Jackson
- “Bye, Bye Birdie” – Judd Apatow (just picture it)
That’s it for now… Hey, I have finals.
3 responses so far ↓
MRS // December 6, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Cuaron could do an amazing Les Miz. I’d rather see Gilliam try his hand at Wicked.
T. // December 7, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I could see Gilliam making a great “Wicked,” but I feel like that show is really made for the “all ages” crowd… One which Kevin Lima seems to have pegged perfectly.
I actually would like to see Gilliam do a non-musical version of “Wicked” based on the original book. That’s much darker material that would suit his style better. Something tells me his version of the musical would leave teenage girls crying in the lobby of movie theaters, and as a former employee of said movie theaters I cannot let that happen in my fictive assignment of musicals.
Singing Librarian // December 10, 2007 at 1:48 pm
I don’t think anyone’s ever going to be able to make a film of the book Wicked now, since the success of the show. Which is a shame – it’s a great book and the show bears little resemblance to it!
A Jackson Brigadoon would be fascinating. I’m very fond of the score, but the Gene Kelly film did it no favours.
A movie version of the Cy Coleman City of Angels would be fascinating, but I’m not sure who would be a good choice of director.