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Post by nash16 on Jan 16, 2020 12:14:26 GMT
Exciting to see that casting has begun.
Wonder who’ll play Trunch?
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Post by pianowithsam on Jan 16, 2020 12:58:54 GMT
Exciting to see that casting has begun. Wonder who’ll play Trunch? Ooh. Didn’t know this. Hopefully Bertie Carvel.
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Post by Theatre Fan on Jan 16, 2020 16:34:00 GMT
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Post by ceebee on Jan 16, 2020 19:02:22 GMT
What appallingly written copy.
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Post by Theatre Fan on Jan 16, 2020 19:28:25 GMT
What appallingly written copy. Why thank you lol
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Post by amp09 on Jan 16, 2020 23:53:48 GMT
What appallingly written copy. And it looks like the source of this comes from a teenage fan on Facebook who found a casting notice for kids that requests you apply to matildafilmcasting@gmail.com. Surely a legit casting agency wouldn’t use a gmail account. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong on your source Theatre Fan
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 10:22:22 GMT
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on Jan 17, 2020 12:41:26 GMT
I'm looking forward to this release, everything seems legitimate and they've been talking about doing it for a while now. I just hope they cut the acrobat subplot for the film and favour presenting Miss Honey's story like it is in the book and film, it worked much better in my opinion. I'm predicting we may get an Easter/Summer 2021 release it seems like the type of film that would work really well on the school holidays.
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Post by Jon on Jan 17, 2020 19:33:29 GMT
Working Title is the producer but hopefully it'll turn out more like Les Mis than Cats.
I am assuming Columbia Pictures/Sony will be involved given they produced and distributed the 1996 Matilda film.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 20:05:54 GMT
I am assuming Columbia Pictures/Sony will be involved given they produced and distributed the 1996 Matilda film. I don't see any connection with the 1996 film. This will be a film version of the musical, which was based on Roald Dahl's book. The 1998 film of Les Mis was also distributed by Columbia Pictures, but they had no involvement in the 2012 musical version.
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Post by Jon on Jan 17, 2020 20:14:12 GMT
I am assuming Columbia Pictures/Sony will be involved given they produced and distributed the 1996 Matilda film. I don't see any connection with the 1996 film. This will be a film version of the musical, which was based on Roald Dahl's book. The 1998 film of Les Mis was also distributed by Columbia Pictures, but they had no involvement in the 2012 musical version. Les Miserables the book is in the public domain so it wouldn't be difficult to have a straight film adaptation done by a different film company whereas in the case of Matilda, the film rights to the book are with Sony and so they would have the option to be involved in any remake or adaptation to either produce the film or distribute it. It's the same with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Warner Bros back in the 70s bought Wolper Productions who made Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and so the rights to Charlie went to them and that's why they ended up making the 2005 film and also why they are the producer of the stage musical.
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Post by jvoom on Jan 17, 2020 20:31:23 GMT
Hoping for Julia Davis as Mrs Wormwood ....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2020 23:43:17 GMT
Frankly, I am liking where this is heading so far...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2020 0:32:12 GMT
Good casting if they sign them up, but with this being a known and much loved story anyway, subscribers should want to see this regardless of who is cast. So I hope they manage to hire some west end talent for it, and it’ll be nice to have Matilda set back in the UK like the book.
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Post by Jon on Jan 31, 2020 0:35:15 GMT
It will be released in cinemas in the UK as Sony is one of the producers and will be releasing it here
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2020 0:47:15 GMT
It will be released in cinemas in the UK as Sony is one of the producers and will be releasing it here For two weeks.
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Post by Jon on Jan 31, 2020 0:55:49 GMT
It will be released in cinemas in the UK as Sony is one of the producers and will be releasing it here For two weeks. If the Hollywood Reporter is correct, the UK will be the only market gets a full cinema and home entertainment release. It’s very similar to how films like Shaft and Isn’t it Romantic were shown in cinemas in the US but on Netflix elsewhere
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Post by latefortheoverture on Jan 31, 2020 2:05:05 GMT
Glad Netflix are behind this, it will get it into a lot of homes! I don't have any mates or family who don't have it!
Nice to see them expanding into more musicals; they are also producing 'The Prom' with quite a cast, and I recently finished a series called 'Soundtrack'. Concept is quite hard to explain, instead of breaking into song they break out miming along to a song you'll know, but after the third episode I was hooked! Loved it! Definitely worth checking out!
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Post by Deal J on Jan 31, 2020 12:00:30 GMT
[...] and I recently finished a series called 'Soundtrack'. Concept is quite hard to explain, instead of breaking into song they break out miming along to a song you'll know, but after the third episode I was hooked! Loved it! Definitely worth checking out! Ooh that sounds interesting. What sort of music do they use, pop/rock?
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on Jan 31, 2020 12:15:40 GMT
I'm so onboard with the Ralph Fienne's as Trunchbull train, I am not so sold on Emma Stone as Miss Honey.
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Post by latefortheoverture on Jan 31, 2020 12:27:54 GMT
[...] and I recently finished a series called 'Soundtrack'. Concept is quite hard to explain, instead of breaking into song they break out miming along to a song you'll know, but after the third episode I was hooked! Loved it! Definitely worth checking out! Ooh that sounds interesting. What sort of music do they use, pop/rock? All sorts. At the start it is very pop; Sia etc. But the music changes depending on the character. Theres an episode where we follow Gigi, and that had some jazz in. Theres Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, a little rock. There really is a great mix! Definitely worth a watch.
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Post by Deal J on Jan 31, 2020 13:41:10 GMT
Sounds right up my strasse! Thanks for the reply.
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Post by talkingheads on May 1, 2020 8:46:09 GMT
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Post by poster J on May 1, 2020 8:55:27 GMT
I'm so onboard with the Ralph Fienne's as Trunchbull train, I am not so sold on Emma Stone as Miss Honey. I'm the opposite - I think Emma Stone is perfect for Miss Honey but am not sold on Fiennes (he is a great actor but I don't see him as Trunchbull). But really I don't think the film is necessary at all and will probably just stick to the 90s version, which was perfect. It doesn't need a screen copy of the musical version, I enjoyed it but didn't really think the songs added much.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2020 17:47:53 GMT
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Post by wanderingranger on May 3, 2020 6:56:24 GMT
In fairness, unless you are from York, David's profile possibly isn't massive. Producers of a big movie probably didn't think he's well known enough.
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on May 3, 2020 13:27:37 GMT
Im dubious about Jodie's singing ability does anyone have any videos? I recently seen a few clips of Emma Stone singing in Cabaret and was starting to warm to the idea.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2020 1:04:22 GMT
Never heard Jodie sing but I’d be very surprised if she went for this if she couldn’t - the woman is basically top of the ‘ones to watch’ on both sides of the Atlantic right now and on the verge of cracking Hollywood (she’s in the next Ridley Scott movie with a Christmas Day release date - suggesting the studio are at least thinking it will be oscar worthy).
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2020 1:17:07 GMT
I'm so onboard with the Ralph Fienne's as Trunchbull train, I am not so sold on Emma Stone as Miss Honey. I'm the opposite - I think Emma Stone is perfect for Miss Honey but am not sold on Fiennes (he is a great actor but I don't see him as Trunchbull). But really I don't think the film is necessary at all and will probably just stick to the 90s version, which was perfect. It doesn't need a screen copy of the musical version, I enjoyed it but didn't really think the songs added much. I agree that there isn’t really a need for another Matilda movie, but if they stick to the narrative structure of the musical, both will be very different adaptations of the same source material. Plus it will be nice to have a British Matilda - I never understood why they had to make it American. The movie also changed things up and added new parts that weren’t in the book, so they won’t transfer over and hopefully people will remember the source material before calling the musical out for not including certain moments. Somewhat confusingly, Netflix are also working on an animated adaptation of Matilda, as part of their deal with the Dahl estate to adapt basically everything Dahl wrote into either an animated movie or series.
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Post by couldileaveyou on May 4, 2020 1:25:56 GMT
Plus it will be nice to have a British Matilda - I never understood why they had to make it American. I'm always so bothered when Americans do that. They have this thing when they change the characters' nationality or the setting in a way that doesn't really have an impact on the plot, but somehow suggests that the audience won't care if the story is not about America and Americans. Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage was still set in Paris when it opened in the West End, but by the time it opened on Broadway it had become a Brooklyn story. In the new Moulin Rouge musical Christian is an American in Paris and no longer an Englishman. It doesn't change the story at all, but why do you need to do that? I mean, Aaron Tveit has his own limits in the acting department without burdening him with an accent, but still, won't the audience be able to connect with the character is he's not from the States? End of the rant.
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