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Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
#25Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 10/20/20 at 8:05pm
My top 3 directing picks are Steven Spielberg, Patty Jenkins, and Joe Mantello
BwayLB
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
#26Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 10/20/20 at 8:46pm^ I want to see what Speilberg does with West Side Story first
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#27Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 10/20/20 at 8:47pm
Tag said: "Wonder if Mantello has ever been a serious contender for this?
But doesn't this film just scream for a woman director? Taymor?"
I actually thought that Joe Mantello's direction was the weakest part of the show. His transitions from big numbers to book scenes are right out of the 60s, and not in a good way. I can't help thinking that he does not have enough movie credits to direct a big musical...think Harold Prince for A Little Night Music or Susan Strohman (sic) for The Producers. Could probably think of a few more if I tried hard.
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
#29Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 10/21/20 at 11:36am
Wasn't Damien Chazelle's name thrown out there at some point?
Ava DuVernay would do a terrific job
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Mrtrobz
Leading Actor Joined: 9/16/13
#30Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 10/21/20 at 3:58pm
If not Daldry then surely Bill Condon should be the next choice. If he's able to pull off another Jennifer Hudson moment with Defying Gravity then I'd be for it.
My second choice is Rob Marshall his version of Into the Woods was a very stylish and good adaption in my opinion.
Funhouse2
Swing Joined: 6/11/16
#31Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 10/21/20 at 7:38pm
Olivia Wilde will probably be busy with her Spider-Woman project for the foreseeable future, but I wonder if she'd be a good choice for this. She'd certainly be able to bring out the female friendship aspect of the show based on what she did with Booksmart, and she'll have a big budget blockbuster under her belt if Spider-Woman turns out to be a success.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#32Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 10/22/20 at 9:58am
Call_me_jorge said: "Wasn'tDamien Chazelle's name thrown out there at some point?
Sorry, I just threw up a little in my mouth.
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
#34Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/21/20 at 12:46am
VintageSnarker said: "BroadwayNYC2 said: "Great Gerwig would be quite interesting. Do I want it to happen? Unclear. Her approach tends to be quite literal"
I'm not sure if spectacle and camp is her style. Making Wicked a thoughtful, quiet musical would just expose how bad some of the lyrics are.
If the right Julie Taymor showed up, it could be interesting but I haven't seen her in years.
I think you need someone who treats the material as serious and earnest the way He Who Shall Not Be Named gave weight to the very obvious allegory in X Men. Or you need someone to treat this as fluff and appeal to the teen girl demographic. What's Kenny Ortega doing?"
From what I've heard, Taymor has a bit of a god complex about shows and overly complicates plots to make them more referential of classical works. I think she would Spiderman it. I don't want to see her touching an already loved musical work, a new project sure.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#35Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/21/20 at 5:09am
You haven’t seen Julie Taymor in a while because she’s been making films. Broadway ain’t the end all of everything, folks.
#36Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/21/20 at 7:04amShe’s making films because it’s not unusual to spend 75 million dollars on one.
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#38Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/22/20 at 7:05am
CATSNYrevival said: "She’s making films because it’s not unusual to spend 75 million dollars on one."
If Taymor was hired, she would spend the whole budget on the monkeys and the broom.
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#39Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/22/20 at 10:36am
Globefan said: "I think Baz Luhrmann should do it."
I agree Globefan. I know Baz is a love him or hate him style over substance director but I would love to see the visuals he would bring to a movie like this. Thinking of Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge singing I'll Fly Away I also have faith that Baz could handle more quiet scenes like I'm Not That Girl.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#40Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/22/20 at 10:48am
Globefan said: "What about Patty Jenkins doing it?"
Absolutely, positively, definitively yes.
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
#41Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/22/20 at 6:09pm
henrikegerman said: "Globefan said: "What about Patty Jenkins doing it?"
Absolutely, positively, definitively yes.
"
Patty doing it would be FAB
BwayLB
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/17
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#43Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/24/20 at 1:12pmAre they going to rework the score? Fix some lyrics...make it sounds less...tinny....add some melodies...cut some songs? If they do that, they should also rethink the entire Broadway book and work from scratch from the source material.
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
#44Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/24/20 at 6:08pm
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Are they going to rework the score? Fix some lyrics...make it sounds less...tinny....add some melodies...cut some songs? If they do that, they should also rethink the entire Broadway book and work from scratch from the source material."
They're adding two new songs. And they're not gonna be slavish to the stage production.
#45Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/25/20 at 6:00am
VintageSnarker said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Wasn'tDamien Chazelle's name thrown out there at some point?
Sorry, I just threw up a little in my mouth."
why do you say so?
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#46Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/25/20 at 7:42amIf nobody else wants the job, I’ll do it. You know the saying “fast, cheap, good- pick two?” With me, it’s “fast, cheap, good- you wanted any of those, you would have hired somebody who’s directed a movie before.”
#47Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/25/20 at 8:00am
“ why do you say so?”
My guess is because people still think hating La La Land is a personality trait
#48Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/25/20 at 7:32pmJoe Mantello would be my pick, so long as he has an amazing team of art directors, costume designers, cinematographers, and CGI directors etc.
Globefan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/31/12
#49Wicked Movie Seeks New Director
Posted: 11/25/20 at 7:43pm
MadonnaMusical said: "Joe Mantello would be my pick, so long as he has an amazing team of art directors, costume designers, cinematographers, and CGI directors etc."
Mantello has had more TV experience than film
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