Into The Woods -Spring 2022
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Gilliam has said numerous times that he has tried to make a film out of Leonard Bernstein's operetta "Candide" based on the eponymous Voltaire novel. In the past he tried to do it with Johnny Depp in the lead : https://www.broadwayworld.com/board/read...ad=1082018
Now he seems to think about it again, as he talked about that idea in 2 separate french interviews during the promotion of his staging of Benvenuto Cellini in Paris (*).
https://www.pressreader.com/france/le-fi...8076086436
https://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Terry-G...rs=lacroix
I'd be very curious to see Gilliam on a musical, to say the least.

(*)(another project he seems to toy with woul be a "digest" of Wagner's Ring cycle, but for the stage)
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#2
Thanks for the links, B.
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#3
I gotta say, I'd prefer an epic adventure period piece like "Munchausen" to a musical approach on film. Being another epic film set during roughly the same period, the images in the trailer to the recent Hollywood adaptation of "Les Miserables" looked quite promising, but what kept me from seeing it in any format was the fact that it's another campish musical version pandering to American audiences who seem to have not the faintest idea that it's originally a novel.
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#4
Richard Lester once said, "I have always said that there are three works that should never ever be made on film, all for the reason that they will never, ever work. I recall saying this to Terry. One of them is Candide, a great story, the second is Baron Munchausen, and the third is Don Quixote. And with unerring accuracy, Terry leaps towards these projects."

At least it's the musical version of Candide that Terry is aiming for.
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#5
In the "Crew Call" podcast from Deadline on December 18th, Gilliam says that his next project is a "Sondheim musical" at the Old Vic in London next year. So my guess is that he'll finally do Candide but for the stage, not for the screen.
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#6
So the Sondheim musical is not Candide, it's Into the Woods ! Which seems perfectly fit for Gilliam, actually.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Te...c-20200312
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#7
So Gilliam's staging of Into the Woods is now announced for Spring 2022 (April to June) at the Old Vic theater : https://twitter.com/WhatsOnStage/status/...2904086529
He is reteaming with Leah Hausman who co-directed his 2 Berlioz operas with him.
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#8
The show has just been cancelled at the Old Vic : https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/ar...S-20211028
No reason has been given. The tone of the press release let think that it could get picked up by another theatre but when ?
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#9
"A faction at the theatre refused to engage with Gilliam, saying they didn't want to work with 'old white men like him'. They were referring to comments he made in an interview about former movie boss Harvey Weinstein and the women who accused him of sexual assault."
"The reaction from the theatre when I asked for details was hostile. It seems they never wanted to do the show in the first place. And certainly not with Gilliam."
Yikes.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar...Blair.html
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#10
"The unrest is understood to have stemmed from director Gilliam’s previous comments in the press relating to trans rights, race and the #MeToo movement, which some within the Old Vic team felt to be at odds with the theatre’s culture and values.

On the day Into the Woods was first announced in May, an all-staff meeting was held by the theatre, during which executive director Kate Varah addressed concerns raised by members of the Old Vic team.

The venue has confirmed this meeting took place, and that Varah also met with Gilliam and co-director Leah Hausman to discuss the theatre’s values during their time working on the show."
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"The Stage is also aware of at least one resignation related to the theatre’s decision to host the production. The Old Vic refused to comment on this.

The Old Vic’s decision last week to part ways with the musical came soon after Gilliam urged his followers on social media to watch comedian Dave Chappelle’s new show on Netflix. The show has been widely criticised as transphobic, with Netflix staff staging walkouts organised by the company’s trans employees and allies."

https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/old-vic-...nvolvement
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