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John Legend Is Producing New A ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ Adaptation

The new world of Universal monsters is continuing to expand. Recently reported on their upcoming film Renfield, starring Nicholas Cage as Dracula. Now, news has come (via Deadline) that the genre classic Phantom of the Opera is also getting a new adaptation that is simply titled Phantom. In the story, “a young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House.” We can expect a killer soundtrack with eight-time Grammy-winner John Legend producing the modern day set musical along with his Get Lifted Film partner Mike Jackson. The script was written by John Fusco and Harvey Mason Jr. of Harvey Mason Media. Phantom is being described as a contemporary take on the classic 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux and is set in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The original film debuted back in 1925 and starred horror icon, Lon Chaney, as the Phantom. before it was adapted for the stage,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 12, 2021

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An Exclusive Indepth Interview With Tony Award Winner Shuler Hensley

You don’t know this, but the only thing I love as much as horror are musicals, so when I got the opportunity to talk to actor, Tony Award-winner, and Broadway star Shuler Hensley I jumped at the chance. Known for his roles in films like Van Helsing, Odd Thomas, The Greatest Showman, “The OA”, and Cruiser as well as Broadway musicals such as Phantom of the Opera, Young Frankenstein, and Oklahoma, Shuler filled us in on a little of everything. I not only talked with Hensley about his role in the 2004 horror film Van Helsing but also Cruiser, the indie horror thriller from director Randy Ser and writer Sam Hensley Jr. The film follows a killer (Hensley) who after murdering a cop, steals his patrol car and sets off on a night of carnage and terror in a small Georgia town. Horror Fuel: “I really want to talk to you about your film career, but first, I have to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 12, 2020

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Malcolm McDowell In Talks To Star In ‘The Lost Boys’ Musical

Back in 2017 musician G Tom Mac, whose song “Cry Little Sister” became iconic after being featured on The Lost Boys soundtrack, sat down with us for an interview. During our conversation, G Tom Mac went into detail about plans to turn the classic movie into a musical. It’s been a few years since then, but the musical finally now seems to be moving forward. “I’ve been working on it for five years. I always thought ‘Lost Boys’ would make a great musical. I wanted to dig deeper into the characters and give everybody a backstory and how they all came together and how they became vampires. David is the most important vampire which Keifer Southerland played so well in the movie. We start the musical off with a five-year-old David and how he comes to America as an adopted child. That’s how it got started, figuring out how to build wonderful characters and keep the humor in there that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 18, 2020

MoviesNewsTrailers

Avengers Actor Chris Evans To Star In The ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake

Avengers star Chris Evans is set to star as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in Greg Berlantieg’s upcoming remake of 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, Geek Tyrant reports. Originally played by Steve Martin, the character is the abusive boyfriend of Audrey who enjoys inflicting pain on his patients. Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star as Aubrey. Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed up to voice the killer alien plant that needs blood to survive. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, a meek florist who works at Skid Row Florists, where he is bossed around by the shop’s owner. Secretly in love with Audrey, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers the talking alien plant. His life becomes complicated when the plant begins to demand people to eat. Marc Platt and Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are producing the film which will begin filming this summer. Check out the original

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 25, 2020

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‘Felix The Reaper’ A Rom-Com Musical Game About Death And Love

As the title of this article says, a new video game is coming next year with a twist; a musical romantic comedy about a grim reaper named Felix. “Felix the Reaper” is a puzzle game being independently developed by Danish game developer Kong Orange. Players will take on the role of the titled character, Felix, who works for the Ministry of Death, but alas, Felix is in love with Betty the Maiden who works for the Ministry of Life. Felix hopes to meet Betty while on the job as he works in the human world reaping souls as he groves to the tunes on his walkman. In each level, Felix works in the shadows (as he dances to music) where he can manipulate the surroundings to cause the death of a mortal. Each level is frozen in time allowing players to try to solve the puzzle where once they think they solved it, they can unfreeze time and let fate

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Capt McNeely

Aug 16, 2018

News

Beetlejuice On Broadway

While we all wait impatiently for Beetlejuice 2, there is exciting news from the world Tim Burton created. Beetlejuice is coming to Broadway! There is an advanced off-Broadway run coming to Washington DC this October. Music a lyrics are being written by Eddie Perfect who is also working on the stage version of King Kong. This classic, weird, and wonderful film will surely translate in a twisted and beautiful way onto the stage. Personally, I am extremely intrigued and excited about this news!

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Capt McNeely

Mar 31, 2018

From the Crypt

Warner Bros. In Talks With Two Stars For The ‘Little Shop Of Horror’ Remake

Last year, we reported that Warner Bros. was remaking The Little Shop of Horrors with Arrow’s Greg Berlanti in the director’s chair. Based on Frank Oz’s 1986 movie-musical, the new script was penned by Matthew Robinson (Black Box). According to The Hashtag Show, the studio is now circling two well known actors for the lead roles of Seymour and Audrey, Josh Gad, who recently played LeFou in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and Pitch Perfect actress Rebel Wilson. While the two musically talented actors have not officially signed the studio is reporting that they are very interested. In the original film, Rick Moranis starred as Seymour Krelborn, a down-on-his luck florist who comes across a strange plant who has a taste for blood. While raising the ever growing and always hungry plant, he watches as the woman he loves, Audrey, is mistreated by her boyfriend (Steve Martin). Little Shop of Horrors is one of my favorite horror-comedy-musicals. While I find

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 29, 2017

From the Crypt

Little Shop Horrors Reboot Pushing Forward With Arrow Director At The Helm

After years of being stuck in development limbo, Warner Bros’ re-imagining of the 1986 musical hit ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is pushing forward with Greg Berlanti (Arrow) in the director’s chair and Matthew Robinson (Monster Trucks) writing the script, and Marc Platt (Drive) producing, Deadline reports. The 1986 film was a remake of Roger Corman’s 1960 sci-fi film that centers on Seymour, a clumsy young man who discovers a strange new plant. The plant only wants blood at first, but as it grows he must kill to feed it or risk loosing his newly acquired fame and possibly Audrey, the girl of his dreams. Rick Moranis, Steve Marting, Ellen Green, Vincent Gardenia, Tichina Arnold, Michelle Weeks, and Tisha Campbell-Martin co-starred , with cameos from Jim Belushi, John Candy, Bill Murray, and Christopher Guest. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, The Interview) was in talks to play the lead role of Seymour at one time. There has been

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 9, 2016

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