11 Movies That Should Be Musicals
Films that need to shift from screen to stage...
BY May 19th 2009 12:12PMFILED UNDER: Features
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Predator (1987)
The Film: While on a black-ops mission in the South American jungle, a US commando unit encounter a deadly extra-terrestrial hunter.
Why It ought to be a musical: Stage musicals have rarely been a macho affair. In a sublime role reversal, this would have guys dragging their girlfriends to the theatre.
It’s got the lot: big guns, blood, gore, explosions, gunfire, quotable dialogue… and a healthy portion of singing and dancing.
Music & lyrics by: Metallica (circa 1987). Maybe Queens Of The Stone Age could hit the hard-rock/hard-dancing sweet spot.
Hit songs: 'Goddamned Sexual Tyrannosaurus', 'Dillon, You Son Of A Bitch!', 'If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It', 'Get To The Chopper!', 'Ain't Got Time To Bleed' and 'Come on! Do it! Kill me! I'm here! Kill me! Do it now! Kill me!'
Producer’s notes: Could we get Arnie? Would Channing Tatum do?
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Print Comments (10)
1: jollieoldtime says
They totally made Evil Dead a musical off-Broadway.
They basically spent the entire time throwing blood on the audience. It was awesome.
Posted: May 20th 2009 // 8:30PMAlert a moderator
2: mic2803 says
definately 300 the musical starring john barrowman as Leonidas. giant elephants with the same technique as the west-end lion king. music and lyrics by muse perhaps?
Posted: May 20th 2009 // 10:49PMAlert a moderator
3: ebrown2112 says
Kevin Smith's ok, but New Jersey's finest? You're forgetting John Sayles.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 9:35AMAlert a moderator
4: Kelisha888 says
Well, at least you mentioned Sondheim - who at least knows how to write a musical. I can't help but thinking Andrew Lloyd Weber should write the music to Blade Runner.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 12:11PMAlert a moderator
5: jws1272 says
There's a production of Evil Dead:The Musical playing here in Cleveland, Ohio, USA right now. I've got tix for May 29! Not in the Splatter Zone (yes, they do spray blood at the audience), but tix nonetheless. Can't wait to see it. I've seen some footage from the Toronto production, & they DO reference the Boomstick speech from AOD.
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 8:01PMAlert a moderator
6: Phoenixtorn says
I saw the Evil Dead musical twice when it was here in Toronto (and saw the cast perform some of the songs at a convention). It was great and so much fun! An army of Darkness Sequel would be pretty spectacular. lol
Posted: May 22nd 2009 // 10:28PMAlert a moderator
7: dgoodswen says
It has become an unrelenting priority to get tix to the Evil Dead musical... in the splatter zone!
Posted: May 23rd 2009 // 1:40AMAlert a moderator
8: MovieDearest says
I'm pretty sure I just read recently that "Heathers" is being turned into a musical ... so one down, 10 more to go!
And don't forget the odd rumor that "Fight Club" may be turned into a musical, as well as "Wet Hot American Summer".
Posted: May 23rd 2009 // 7:07AMAlert a moderator
9: shovel says
Heathers! the Musical. awesome. but it can't happen without "cornnuts," either a rock ballad or dancy number for heather's last words. ooh. perhaps the old jingle "bust a nut" can be used.
Posted: May 23rd 2009 // 11:12PMAlert a moderator
10: magic8387 says
"The Jerk". It's already got a couple of musical pieces in it, and room for so many more. Open with his black family singing on the porch, the big dance number where he finds his rythym, along with "I'm somebody now!", "He hates these cans", "I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit", A musical pitch of the Opti-grab, "I AM A n****r!" and of course "All I need is..."
It'd be perfect.
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