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Joseph Gordon-Levitt Eyeing 'Little Shop Of Horrors' Remake
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an interesting guy. He got his start as a child actor, with his big break coming on TV's '3rd Rock from the Sun.' He's made a tremendous comeback in the last few years, and will even be featured in Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises,' one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. So naturally now he would want to...star in a 'Little Shop of Horrors' remake? Well, word from skid row is that is exactly what's happening. JGL is helping develop Warner Brothers' remake of 'Little Shop' and, if all goes according to plan, he will also star as nerdy, put-upon florist Seymour Krelborn. Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who brought us 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' and who is currently writing the 'Carrie' remake, will pen the script. No official deals have yet been made and as of now it is unclear when production would begin.
I really like 'Little Shop of Horrors.' A lot of people have seen the stellar 1986 Frank Oz version of the film, but I'd hazard far fewer people have seen the 1960 movie directed by b-movie king Roger Corman. I recommend both, but for very different reasons. I think, as out-of-left-field as this project seems, Joseph Gordon-Levitt would be an outstanding Seymour. I know he's become something of a dashing leading man of late, but this would be such a great opportunity for him to once again explore the geek roots (no pun intended) that launched his career. Also, both existing film versions of 'Little Shop' are pretty campy so it's not as if we're in danger of treading on holy ground here. All that being said, I can't help but have trepidations about seeing Aguirre-Sacasa's name on this. I recognize that it is a fallacy to blame a Broadway musical's production issues on its playwright, but it's not as if people had real nice things to say about the story there either. In any event, I'm excited to see if JGL can get this one off the ground. Now the real question: will Audrey II be practical or CG?
What do you guys think? Would you see a 'Little Shop of Horrors' remake starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt? Is he too cool for the role now?
Source: THR
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Comment by PoisonPirate on May 5, 2012 at 6:13am -
From what I hear, it's not going to be a musical. How can you beat " Feeeeed me Seymo' !"
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Comment by Klatez on May 5, 2012 at 5:14am -
'Little Shop Of Horrors' is one of my favourite musicals of all time. I don't know what's for the best!
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Comment by Kyle Roger on May 5, 2012 at 2:02am -
What the really REAL question is: Will this be a musical? Gonna be tough to beat the music from the 86 film.
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Comment by HudsonsirhesHicks on May 4, 2012 at 8:10pm -
I'm down. The films and stage shows are both great so more can't be a bad thing.
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Comment by Ferry2dead on May 4, 2012 at 7:45pm -
NO NO NO NO FUCK NO!!
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Comment by Wanka! on May 4, 2012 at 6:26pm -
I'm glad that JGL got the chance to do something like Little Shop, really, I am. What I 'm really worried about is... who's going to be the Dentist?
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Comment by PoisonPirate on May 4, 2012 at 5:11pm
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I've seen both versions of Little Shop and love them both. I can totally see JGL playing Seymour.
Only thing is, the guy wrote he Spiderman musical. Hmmm. Wait and see!
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Comment by Black Dynomutt on May 4, 2012 at 4:21pm -
The real issue for me is who will voice Audrey II cause Levi Stubs did such an amazing job in the Frank Oz version. My fear is that they try to update and make all the music more like pop music of today. Probably get some American Idol reject to do the voice.
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Comment by Stephanie on May 4, 2012 at 4:09pm -
I'm intrested, mostly because Gordon is so good, and I like him, and if they remake the original.
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Comment by Davril Chorster on May 4, 2012 at 4:06pm -
The original was great, the remake sucked. If they remake the original I'm game.
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