Monday, March 17
When it was announced that Across the Universe director Julie Taymor was developing a Broadway musical based on Spider-Man, many of us dismissed it as some sort of practical joke. When it was revealed that Bono and The Edge from U2 would be writing the music, we dismissed it as a really elaborate practical joke. But the joke's on us, it seems, as Spider-Man: The Musical is increasingly close to becoming a reality. Taymor even recently brought in Universe stars Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood to workshop an early version of it. At a recent press event for his new card-counting flick 21, Sturgess recounted the experience:
"We just kind of saw it as a fun thing to do for two weeks in New York City, writing songs with Bono and The Edge about Spider-Man. By the end of the two weeks we'd performed an entire structure of what the play is going to be to Marvel Comics and people from Sony and stuff like that. So it's there and Julie's definitely gonna make it. Whether I'll be in it or not, I have no idea."
No word yet on how the musical's story will differ from the Spider-Man movies, but we're hoping Emo Spidey at least gets a cameo. We loved his moves in Spider-Man 3.
Next Showing: 21 opens March 28th.
Posted 3/17/2008 by reelz
Related: Julie Taymor | Spider-Man 3 | Across the Universe | 21 | Jim Sturgess
Tuesday, February 5
Diversity reigns this DVD Tuesday, with a wide variety of selections debuting on home video, including chick-lit themed chick-flick The Jane Austen Book Club, Jodie Foster's revenge fantasy The Brave One, Brad Pitt's critically-acclaimed western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, the trippy Beatles-inspired musical Across the Universe, the Pamela Anderson/Denise Richards buddy comedy Blonde and Blonder and Julie Delpy's romantic dramedy 2 Days in Paris.
Our pick for this week is Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which Heather positively adored.
Posted 2/5/2008 by reelz
Related: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | The Brave One | Across the Universe | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | The Jane Austen Book Club | Blonde and Blonder
Wednesday, January 23
Across the Universe screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais revealed to ReelzChannel.com today that they are working on a new project--and it's a doozy.
Clement and La Frenais are currently planning on giving the Across the Universe treatment (i.e., a movie-musical based on the Beatles songbook) to the music of the Rolling Stones. Said project would be entitled 'Ruby Tuesday.'
Posted 1/23/2008 by reelz
Related: Dick Clement | Ian La Frenais | Across the Universe