On talkinbroadway.com (Rent movie)

[ceebeegee]

I read this today (although it was posted a couple of days ago):

I interned at a major studio recently and I actually read a script for a film version of RENT. I'm not a huge RENT fan, but even I was offended at this incarnation.

The script began when April was still alive and Mark & Maureen were still together. Roger sang "Rent" with his band at a club and they pulled Mark up on stage, so he was singing, too. None of the songs were written as typical musical songs. Some of the songs were in there, but they were performed differently. "La Vie Boheme" wasn't even sung by the main cast. It was sung by a random band at a bar. And "Light My Candle" was spoken. The lyrics became lines. It was ludicrous.

ANYWAY, after seeing that version I don't think that Chris Columbus can screw it up as much as that version that I read.

Interesting. Chris Columbus? Doesn't seem the type.

Comments

[darksheik.livejournal.com]

No, he certainly doesn't seem the type. I know there was a Baz Luhrmann rumor floating around a couple years ago, and I thought at the time that he did seem the type.

But it is confirmed:
http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0405074

[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

Baz Luhrmann might be a bit too "pretty"--I see Rent as needing someone grittier than that. Someone on that board suggested the guy who directed Se7en, which sounds intriguing.

[king-duncan.livejournal.com]

Spike Lee had his hands in it before Baz thought he'd do it. Spike would have been an interesting choice.

David Fincher would be cool.