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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:36 pm
by anonymous1980
I hear Streep turned down Sweeney Todd for this.
IMO: If Johnny Depp hits a homerun with Sweeney Todd, I think he can win.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:55 pm
by Big Magilla
I don't see this as Oscar baiting role for Streep any more than Sweeney Tood wil lbe for Depp. We're more likely to see noms for Close in Sunset Blvd. and Travolta in Hairspray.
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:16 pm
by Sonic Youth
At least they're adapting in the right direction (theater to film, rather than vice-versa.)
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:01 pm
by FilmFan720
Should we take bets as to how long it will take for those on the Kiddie Boards to proclaim her Best Actress winner of 2008. Especially after she will be "robbed" of the Oscar this year. It will be Streep vs. Close, the battle of the musical divas, and everyone should better begin taking sides now. My only question is which musical is worse, Sunset or Mamma Mia?
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:19 pm
by kooyah
Oh god. Is Cats far behind?
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:21 pm
by Eric
Lord...
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:52 am
by Penelope
Meryl Streep Joins Mamma Mia!
Source: Variety January 10, 2007
Less than 24 hours after Variety announced that theatre director Phyllida Lloyd would be directing a movie based on the hit Broadway musical Mamma Mia!, they have broken the story that Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep is set to star in it. Lloyd, who directed the original "Mamma" in London as well as its Broadway incarnation, will make her feature directing debut on the pic, which will be shot in London and Greece.
Streep will play the rebellious single mother of a bride-to-be who never met her father. The daughter invites three likely paternal candidates to her wedding, and the ensuing conflict triggers the performance of 22 Abba hits including "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All."
The crowd-pleasing musical has played in 130 cities around the world and had grossed $1.6 billion since its 1999 opening. Casting of Streep adds a level of prestige and comes at a time when the actress is coming off a the boffo mainstream pic playing the boss from hell in Fox 2000's comedy The Devil Wears Prada. An accomplished singer, Mamma Mia will be Streep's first full-blown musical after singing in Postcards From the Edge and Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion.