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variety.com - 10/21/2009

Wagner heads to 'Saigon' with Daniels

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'Precious' director to helm musical adaptation In what would be her first film producing project since leaving the CEO slot at United Artists in 2008, Paula Wagner is mobilizing a screen version of "Miss Saigon" as a directing vehicle for Lee Daniels. Daniels, who has drawn festival acclaim for ...

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weblogs.variety.com - 10/21/2009

Wagner, Daniels in "Miss Saigon" Talks

— weblogs.variety.com — In what would be her first film producing project since leaving the CEO slot at United Artists in 2008, Paula Wagner is mobilizing a screen version of “Miss Saigon” as a directing vehicle for Lee Daniels. Daniels, who has drawn festival acclaim for ... Wagner, Daniels in "Miss Saigon" Talks

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seriouslyomg.com - 10/21/2009

Miss Saigon is coming to the big screen!

— seriouslyomg.com — Miss Saigon is living The American Dream by being adapted for the big screen! According to Variety Tom Cruise’s ex-partner Paula Wagner is hoping to release the hit musical in 2011 with production starting on the film next year. ... Miss Saigon is coming to the big screen!

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variety.com - 10/21/2009

Wagner in tune with Run-DMC

— variety.com — Liz Smith: Producer to meet with music icons on musical -- Paula Wagner is a producer you might recognize because she did the "Mission: Impossible" movies and other Tom Cruise hits such as "The Last Samurai" and "Vanilla Sky." Wagner in tune with Run-DMC

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Lee Daniels planning Miss Saigon movie
Total Film News — Lee Daniels, who is winning praise for his new film Precious: Based On The Novel Push Bt Sapphire, is mulling the idea of turning Miss Saigon into a film. While it's still to early to say if he'll commit to it as his next project, it looks like he'll have some major producing support - Paula Wagner is backing the film as her first job since leaving Tom Cruise's faltering United Artists. There's still the small matter of a script to be written, and whoever tackles the job will have to stay faithful to Claude-Michael Schonberg and Alain Boubil's story of ill-fated love between a Vietnamese girl and a US soldier before the ...

Precious Director Daniels Moving On To Miss Saigon
Cinema Blend News — ... heard some hints from Precious director Lee Daniels that a movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Miss Saigon might be his next directing project. Now his reps have confirmed it in Variety , where they report that Paula Wagner will produce the film under her new Chestnut Ridge Productions. Cameron Mackintosh, who produced Saigon 's Broadway run as well as just about every giant-budget Broadway show you can think of from the 90s, will be producing the screen version as well. The story follows the basic outline of the opera Madame Butterfly , with the setting updated ...

10/21 Oscarweb Round-up
In Contention — • Pete Hammond joins the speculation that yesterday’s Oscarcast producer announcement bodes well for a Jackman repeat. [Notes on a Season] • Nathaniel Rogers is awed in the presence of Tilda Swinton at the New Yorker Festival. (Where, apparently, “Michael Clayton” was never mentioned. Huh.) [Tribeca Film] • David Poland brands the Gotham Awards “meaningless” for not trying to predict the Oscars. I despair. [The Hot Blog] • Anne Thompson digs into the “cannily constructed façade” that is the ...

'Precious' Director Might Make 'Miss Saigon' Musical
Get The Big Picture — ... There is, of course, a high degree of difficulty with that project, but there's also a ton of potential. Says Variety, "The movie will be faithful to Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil's tragic love story of a Vietnamese bar girl and an American soldier before the fall of Saigon in 1975." ...