Sunday, January 9, 2011
IT DOES MEAN WE'D BE SPARED LEA MICHELE AS ELPHABA: While Wicked: The Movie Musical remains in turnaround (finding names with the right look and vocal range for the leads who are in the right age range and who are big enough to support the budget that'd be needed is going to be tricky--best I can do at the moment is Anne Hathaway or Mandy Moore as Elphaba and Reese Witherspoon as Galinda), ABC and Salma Hayek are apparently pursuing the concept of an 8-hour non-musical miniseries based on the book. The book is a lot darker, more complex, and heavier on the political metaphor than the movie, and makes Elphaba the clear protagonist, unlike the musical, where Glinda is a co-lead. Not sure if I'm sold on this as an idea, and the casting Michael Ausiello proposes at the link is godawful (love me some Heather Morris on Glee, but no, this is not the right part for her), but would certainly mean HBO would have some competition in all those Emmy categories we've suggested could be abolished.
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