So did Phil Collins.
Posted on 01/18/2018 4:07:57 PM PST by EdnaMode
It's a fine life, indeed! Hamilton's Tony-winning director Thomas Kail has signed on to direct a new film remake of Oliver! produced by Disney, Deadline reports. Rapper Ice Cube is slated to play the villainous Fagin in the movie musical that will feature a screenplay by Emmy winner Danny Strong (Empire, Game Change).
Featuring a book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart and based on Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist, Oliver! follows a young orphan who escapes a workhouse and lands among a group of thieves headed up by Fagin. The show's beloved tunes include "Food, Glorious Food," "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two," "As Long as He Needs Me," "Consider Yourself" and "I'd Do Anything."
Oliver! first debuted in England in 1960 prior to its 1963 Broadway debut for which Bart won the Tony Award for Best Composer & Lyricist. The 1968 movie version of Oliver! won four Oscars including Best Picture.
A previously speculated new movie version of Oliver! was reported to feature chart-topper Adele in the role of Nancy. Additional casting for Disney's Oliver! film will be announced at a later date.
Look back at the original film's trailer below.
I’m bored already ,YAWN
Consider yourself at homie.
Oliver is an artistic masterpiece.
Anyone has to have major balls if they thing they can do better
Will Chelsea manning play the female role?
I’m going down to the theatre and sleep on the sidewalk and wait for the premiere.
I want a Porgy and Bess remake with an all Chinese cast!
Now that would be original!
another remake with BLM HOMIES. No thanks. Anyone catch that horrible ANNIE re-make? This is the same thing.
Can’t wait to miss it.
So did Phil Collins.
Cultural appropriation at its finest!
Where is that rich treasure trove of African culture which we are always harangued about every February? If it exists at all it must be mighty thin gruel indeed.
Although Fagin was not specifically identified as Jewish in the musical, his clothing and music were Jewish. Lionel Bart’s tunes for Fagin are based on klezmer modes. Ice Cube doesn’t quite fit the mold.
So does Fagin run a crips gang in the remake?
Gonna rename pick a pocket or two to shoot a few cops or two?
Disney film? I’ll pass.
Why does Hollywood keep thinking they can improve on classic films? To the best of my knowledge they haven’t succeeded once.
Wait — American media is no longer allowed to cast black persons as characters who commit crimes. Only white people can be shown to commit crimes, act stupid, or not know how to operate household machinery. And all background music must be performed by blacks. That’s the rules.
L O L !
It’s like The Wiz all over again.
I suppose it’s a better gig than “Blacula.”
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