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News Briefs: Paula Wagner taps Lee Daniels for ‘Miss Saigon’ movie
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RT @RyanOConnor Variety reporting "Miss Saigon" the movie http://bit.ly/Tsihz 10/21/2009 |
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OH? Musicals turning into movies, agree or disagree? RT @marcmalkin: miss saigon, the movie: http://bit.ly/Tsihz 10/21/2009 |
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Very exciting! One of my 1st Broadway shows! RT @marcmalkin: miss saigon, the movie: http://bit.ly/Tsihz 10/21/2009 |
Big Screen “Miss Saigon”–With Daniels Directing?
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... Are we in the middle of another mini-golden age of the movie musical? Perhaps yes, but maybe for worse, not better. I say worse not because I think the upcoming “Nine” is going to be a bust or because I’m worried about the planned transfer of “Rock of Ages” from stage to screen. No, I’m thinking about the news today from Variety that “Miss Saigon,” the long-running Broadway musical, may finally be made into a movie. Lee Daniels, indie critical darling this year for his “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire,” is ...
Paula Wagner taps Lee Daniels for ‘Miss Saigon’ movie
News Briefs —
Former United Artists CEO and Tom Cruise producer Paula Wagner is readying a film adaptation of Miss Saigon, Variety reports . Lee Daniels, hot off his awards-season contender Precious, would direct. No writer is attached yet. Wagner wants to get the film in production in 2010 for a 2011 release.The love story about a Vietnamese bar girl and American soldier ran for nearly 10 years on Broadway. Separately, Wagner is working on a ...
MD News Desk: One Single Sensation
Movie Dearest —
... (who's current Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire was a fest fave and is gaining strong Oscar buzz), is working on the film adaptation of the Tony winning musical Miss Saigon for producer Cameron Mackintosh. ...
Paula Wagner Producing "Miss Saigon"
Dark Horizons - News —
... Paula Wagner will produce a film adaptation of long-running musical "Miss Saigon" and is developing the project for Lee Daniels ("Precious," "Shadowboxer") to direct reports Variety. ...
'Precious' Director Lee Daniels May Finally Bring 'Miss Saigon' To The Big Screen
MTV Movies Blog —
... Daniels has been linked to the adaptation for awhile, but now Variety is officially reporting that he's the top choice to direct the Vietnam War-set musical. Apparently this is just one of multiple projects he's considering, however. ...
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Gawker —
... handing multi-national corporations zillion dollar gifts out to the goodness of his heart. [ LA Times ] • Miss Saigon may be coming to the big screen. Producer Paula Wagner has announced plans to bring show, famed for its mock on-stage helicopter landing, to the big screen, where seeing a helicopter land is, traditionally, not as big a deal. Wagner is eyeing the project for Lee Daniels , the director of the upcoming, hugely buzzed about Precious . [ Variety ] • The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , called by Variety "one of the most ...
Precious director's next gig: Miss Saigon?!
Oh No They Didn't! —
... which opened on the West End in 1989 and played on Broadway for nearly ten years, has been performed in 25 countries. Wagner was Tom Cruise’s longtime CAA agent before becoming his partner in Cruise/Wagner Productions. After producing the “Mission: Impossible” trilogy and other films, they agreed to steer UA for ex-MGM topper Harry Sloan. Wagner is separately developing a stage musical about the rise of hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC. Source
PRECIOUS DIRECTOR LEE DANIELS WANTS TO LOVE YOU LONG TIME, GI
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... . And one of the people getting big returns from that buzz is director Lee Daniels, who went from zero to hero overnight in Park City, Utah. Daniels is still trying to figure out what to do next, but the biggie in his future looks to be an adaptation of the Broadway musical Miss Saigon . At least according to Variety. Despite my general like of musicals I've never become familiar with Miss Saigon , so we must turn to Wikipedia for our summary: It is a modern adaptation of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance ...
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Armchair Commentary —
... HEY, WHAT ABOUT 'CATS'?: A film adaptation of Broadway smash Miss Saigon is in the works, to be directed by Lee Daniels (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) for a 2011 release. (Variety)
--Ellen ...
