"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
Next we'll have Ben Kingsley starring in the film version of HR Pufnstuf. Julianne Moore, Brad Pitt and Charlize Theron in the forthcoming movie adaptation "Three's Company."
I'm sure she'll have fun with it, but she's a tad overqualified for the job.
Still... I can't WAIT for "method ABBA."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Meryl Streep Joins Mamma Mia! Source: Variety January 11, 2007
Less than 24 hours after Variety announced that theatre director Phyllida Lloyd would be directing a movie based on the hit Broadway musical Mamma Mia!, they have broken the story that Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep is set to star in it. Lloyd, who directed the original "Mamma" in London as well as its Broadway incarnation, will make her feature directing debut on the pic, which will be shot in London and Greece.
Streep will play the rebellious single mother of a bride-to-be who never met her father. The daughter invites three likely paternal candidates to her wedding, and the ensuing conflict triggers the performance of 22 Abba hits including "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All."
The crowd-pleasing musical has played in 130 cities around the world and had grossed $1.6 billion since its 1999 opening. Casting of Streep adds a level of prestige and comes at a time when the actress is coming off a the boffo mainstream pic playing the boss from hell in Fox 2000's comedy The Devil Wears Prada. An accomplished singer, Mamma Mia! will be Streep's first full-blown musical after singing in Postcards From the Edge and Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion.
Mamma Mia as a movie. Meryl Streep starring. One legitimizing the other. Wouldn't it be an ironic riot if this is the movie that gets her another Oscar? "Streep Wins 87th Oscar for Movie Musical! Film at 11:00..."
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
Streep isn't 40 anymore but she's blessed with a fantastic voice. I'm not a fan of the show but I love to see the movie with Streep!
All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.
- Stephen Sondheim
I feel like she is definitely too old for this movie. How is the storyline supposed to work, when she cannot be passed off as a forty year old, yet Donna was supposed to have Sophie when she was 20 and there is a big deal about Sophie getting married young at the age of 20. It's kind of hard to picture that with Meryl Streep.
I wish I could go back to college. Life was so simple back then. - Kate Monster.
"Who here feels like they have no idea what they're doing?" - George, Grey's Anatomy
Maybe she'll team up with her old buddy Cher, who would be an AWESOME Tanya! (That would make me explode since Tanya is my favorite charactor and Cher is a goddess!)
If Lincoln were alive today, do you think he'd be pleased with his tunnel?
best12bars, I understand that shows are adapted to film all the time, but the BASIS of the show is that Donna was a young mother raising Sophie on her own and now Sophie is doing totally the opposite of Donna. I just don't see it with Meryl.
I wish I could go back to college. Life was so simple back then. - Kate Monster.
"Who here feels like they have no idea what they're doing?" - George, Grey's Anatomy