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CultOfByron 04:30 pm UTC 05/25/10 |
| In reply to: | (More) Bat Musical Musings - Scaramouche 11:57 am UTC 05/22/10 |
> Get the feeling the project is kinda rudderless at the > moment? I fear that if Jim is (still) in control and the > 'driving force' then it may never happen. > > Forget Lord of Excess, more Lord of Procrastination? > > I would suggest that any projects he has had success with, > have always seemed to have someone else at the helm? > (Todd, Polanski, ALW and various record labels geeing the > thing along). Not a criticism, just an observation that if > Jim concentrates on the songs/music and someone else looks > after the project as a whole, it gets to the finish line a > lot quicker? > > I can't really comment on the current so-called producers, > as no-one really knows who they are or what they have done > already (apart from an Evening Standard Ad), but perhaps > someone with a fresh impetus & perspective needs to take > over (as what has happened with Spiderman)? > > Is the book too 'weird', and therefore not getting the > financial backing? Never a huge fan of Jim's 1977 > Neverland script, and if the new show is based on this, > then it may be proving too weird for the money men? > > I can't believe there isn't the necessary investment out > there to bankroll a musical based on BOOH songs, so it > must be the book, right? > > Can Jim write great musicals ON HIS OWN? There is no > disputing his songwriting abilities but is he a musical > book writer? Dream Engine, Rhinegold, Neverland etc are > all wired & wonderful in their own right, but need a lot > of work to make them viable for Broadway/West End? > > Maybe a (solo) Jim Steinman book isn't right for > Broadway/West End? Maybe as a book writer he is merely > destined for off-broadway cultdom? > > Maybe it should be a film first? I can see Tim Burton > taking Jim's script (& songs) and turning it into > something great, with Depp as Hook. I loved what he did > with Sweeney Todd, and I think Peter Pan is right up his > street? > > Jim's scene descriptions for the show (albeit 4 years ago) > seemed far more suited to film than a stage and I'm sure > with Tim Burton's name attached, the project would be > 'green lit', as they say in Hollywood (I think). > > Having said all that, maybe the show is just around the > corner, as a musical, and I've just wasted 15 minutes > talking bollocks? I hope so. LoL With the level of secrecy that usually surrounds Jim's projects, magnified by the time it takes for them to manifest, I'd say this is a very hard call. Bearing in mind the Dream Engine and how very very close 'they' came to releasing an album - I still cannot think of any good reason why 'they' didn't - any trepidation is quite understandable. It seems that if Jim wants to put this on as he envisions it (if the book is as left-field as you say) then absolutely off-broadway or the film idea you mention is probably the best approach. Sadly, I feel the moneymen want a WWRY style jukebox show. WWRY, whatever it is, it is not art. The Bat musical has every potential to be good art if it is allowed to be what I can only assume Jim wants it to be. (inspired by Dave) ;) | |
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