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Post by birchie on Oct 19, 2012 15:05:52 GMT -5
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Post by jo on Nov 1, 2012 19:54:39 GMT -5
Not completely unrelated, but Variety has reported that WARNER BROS has dropped the JERSEY BOYS film project and is shopping it around. This was supposed to have started filming in January (for a Christmas 2013 release) and have started casting talks. Of course, we know that Paul Dano chose to work with Hugh in PRISONERS instead. broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-WB-Backs-Out-of-Jon-Favreaus-JERSEY-BOYS-Film-20121101I think most big studios will wait for the reception to LES MISERABLES to gauge the viability of movie musicals (as the they tend to be relatively expensive to make). Although Les Miserables is a completely different type of musical from JERSEY BOYS. |
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Post by birchie on Nov 2, 2012 13:37:06 GMT -5
Not completely unrelated, but Variety has reported that WARNER BROS has dropped the JERSEY BOYS film project and is shopping it around. This was supposed to have started filming in January (for a Christmas 2013 release) and have started casting talks. Of course, we know that Paul Dano chose to work with Hugh in PRISONERS instead. broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-WB-Backs-Out-of-Jon-Favreaus-JERSEY-BOYS-Film-20121101I think most big studios will wait for the reception to LES MISERABLES to gauge the viability of movie musicals (as the they tend to be relatively expensive to make). Although Les Miserables is a completely different type of musical from JERSEY BOYS. Interesting, I didn't know Paul Dano was a possibility for Jersey Boys. I'm glad he's doing Prisoners instead. NOTE: The rest of this may be more related to other threads so if someone wants to copy & paste it in a more appropriate place I won't object.  I do hope that the success of Les Miserables (she says optimistically) will signal the beginning of a new movie musicals era with all different types of musicals being made again. As much as some like to lump them all together (ie...the I hate musicals mantra) there are just as many types of musicals, and as many different ways to make them as any other genre. Let's hear it for a new movie musicals ere!  Sue |
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Post by birchie on May 22, 2013 9:27:54 GMT -5
I guess a Jersey Boys movie is back on track, according to this article: playbill.com/news/article/178238-Clint-Eastwood-Will-Direct-Jersey-Boys-Film-Production-to-Begin-This-Year
Clint Eastwood Will Direct Jersey Boys Film; Production to Begin This Year
By Adam Hetrick
22 May 2013
Academy Award-winning actor-director Clint Eastwood will helm the screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Jersey Boys, according to an Equity casting notice.
Auditions are currently underway for the film that tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. The film will begin shooting late this summer in Los Angeles. Graham King ("Argo") and Robert Lorenz ("Million Dollar Baby") are producing the film.
Eastwood's directorial credits include "Million Dollar Baby," "Flags of Our Fathers," "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" and "The Bridges of Madison County."
As previously reported, Tony Award-winning playwright John Logan (Red, I'll Eat You Last) has penned the screenplay based on the original Broadway script written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, who earned Tony Award nominations for their work.
The film will include the hit songs from the Broadway production by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe.
The musical opened at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway to critical acclaim on Nov. 6, 2005.
Jersey Boys is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award, the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia).
Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. According to press notes, "This is the story of how a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty."
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Post by foxie on May 23, 2013 7:13:34 GMT -5
VERY COOL!!
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