Category Archives: Movies

More HAIRSPRAY 2 News

Posted on December 8, 2009 by David Fick

Marc Shaiman was interviewed on MTV and spilled some new details about Hairspray 2, the movie musical sequel to Hairspray that is aiming for a July 2010 release: Scott (Wittman) and I are certainly on board. John Waters wrote a … Continue reading →

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First Look at A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

Posted on December 2, 2009 by David Fick

People has a first look of Catherine Zeta-Jones as Desiree: All right, haters, so she looks younger than Glynis Johns – but she does not look 18 either and one part of the approach to this revival is to pitch … Continue reading →

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Rob Marshall and NINE: the Cynic’s Edition

Posted on November 28, 2009 by David Fick

Daniel Day Lewis tries to explain to Rob Marshall how NINE works dramatically and how so much of what seems to be happening to turn it into another Marshall-fest seems to work against that. Continue reading →

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Rob Marshall and NINE

Posted on November 28, 2009 by David Fick

My doubts are primarily in regard to whether Marshall’s concept will end up justifying all of the choices he’s made in the making of NINE. If, in the final analysis, it works, then it works and the cuts (and interpolations) won’t matter. Whether it does (and whether they do) is what we’re waiting to see. Continue reading →

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HAIRSPRAY Sequel Outline

Posted on November 27, 2009 by David Fick

Adam Shankman has revealed a possible outline for Hairspray 2, the proposed sequel to the recent hit film musical based on the Broadway show Hairspray. With the view of a July 2010 release, the John Waters penned outline takes Tracy … Continue reading →

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THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

Posted on November 17, 2009 by David Fick

The Princess and the Frog represents Disney’s return to their filmmaking roots – the animated musical. We’ve already had a teaser trailer: A trailer: And a sneak peak: And I think all look very promising indeed. It’s obviously not a … Continue reading →

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Disney’s RAPUNZEL: Thanksgiving 2010

Posted on November 11, 2009 by David Fick

When last we heard about Disney’s Rapunzel, Kristen Chenoweth was going to be the voice of Rapunzel with Dan Fogler as the Prince; Glen Keane was at the helm; and some initial character designs had been released. Things have changed. … Continue reading →

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5 Smashing Musicals of the 1940s

Posted on November 1, 2009 by David Fick

This is a list of 5 of my favourite musicals of the 1940s. Anyone who is even vaguely interested in musical theatre should know about these shows and if you don’t… well, there’s no better time than the present to … Continue reading →

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ASSASSINS on film?

Posted on October 24, 2009 by David Fick

Having been rather ill this week, I’ve had some time to think about the idea of a film version of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, which I discussed a lot with my favourite guy, Eric, in the many hours I couldn’t sleep … Continue reading →

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A New DADDY LONG LEGS Musical

Posted on October 5, 2009 by David Fick

Anyone remember Daddy Long Legs? Cute novel (by Jean Webster), adapted 5 times for film and once for TV as an anime series, about an orphan and her sponsor. Well, it’s headed for the musical stage, in an adaptation by … Continue reading →

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