The Silver Screen Oasis

Speaking of really bad ideas, I read today that someone's planning to make a musical version of Harry Potter! Now, I love HP, but that's going too far.

traceyk wrote:Speaking of really bad ideas, I read today that someone's planning to make a musical version of Harry Potter! Now, I love HP, but that's going too far.

It'll probably never happen. They'll get stuck trying to find something that rhymes with horcrux.

Since this seems to be the "bad idea" thread--has anyone else heard the rumors to remake "The Wizard of Oz" with Natalie Portman in the lead role?

I'm not a fan of the original (two words: flying monkeys), but is that all Hollywood does these days? Churn out the remakes? Ugh.

SP, do they affect you that way too? I cannot watch those scenes with the monkeys, they still give me the absolute HEEBIE-JEEBIES!!!!! Even the last scene, when they bow down to Dorothy, freed from the magic spell, they totally creep me out.

Sure glad to know I'm not alone in this!

Nancy

I just covered my eyes when the flying monkeys were on screen. It was the live apple trees that spooked me! I could've used some of the Cowardly Lion's courage.

I'm getting annoyed by this "movie to Broadway musical to movie musical" trend. "Young Frankenstein" is now a stage musical which opened in Seattle-before moving to Broadway(?) (What happened to the Shubert Theatre in New Haven?)
http://www.youngfrankensteinthemusical.com/
I bet we see "Young Frankenstein The Musical" in movie theatres Christmas, 2008.

benwhowell wrote:I'm getting annoyed by this "movie to Broadway musical to movie musical" trend. "Young Frankenstein" is now a stage musical which opened in Seattle-before moving to Broadway(?) (What happened to the Shubert Theatre in New Haven?)

Not me, I'm lovin' the trend. I hope to see Young Frankenstein on Broadway eventually, and imagine I'll be rooting for it's screen appearance too. I missed The Producers musical (both on stage and in the theatres), but anything that revives the genre -- I'm for.

As for New Haven's being relegated to a lower position on the try-out trail; well, maybe I'm just selfish, but I'm lovin' all these west coast try-outs! San Francisco's seen the pre-Broadway La Boheme and Wicked among many others. Bring it on!