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LOTR to be made into a musical

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Fresh from its runaway success at the Oscars, fantasy epic Lord of the Rings is set to hit the stage as a lavish musical, reports say.

Producers are planning to turn the book series into the most expensive musical ever seen in London, according to the Sunday Telegraph.

News of the musical version comes weeks after the final film installment of the trilogy, Return Of The King, won 11 Academy Awards.

The £8m production will see dozens of actors portray hobbits, elves, wizards and orcs in complex battle scenes.
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Oh gawd.
 
Flowbee said:
OK... was *everyone* high in the 1960's??
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Not everyone was high in the 1960's. I'm an example of that fact, other classmates of mine weren't either. Our little corner of the world was quiet.

As for the LOTR musical, it seems that success breeds success. I wouldn't denie them taking a chance. Disney does many of his as "Disney on ice"
 
Counterfit said:
No. Just, no. I think Tolkein will be rolling in his grave...
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Nah he is loving the millions going to his name... ;)



My school is having a play 'based LOOSLY on the film 'The Matrix''

Yeah... but they have the whole Script... and they aren't changing anything...


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This is disgusting...And wdlove, don't take things so literally! I think that Flowbee was just commenting on how ridiculous this is (to the point of necessitating drug-induction).
 
*Shudder Shudder* After such an amazing epic film trilogy it'll be painful to hear people singing and dancing to some odd "musicalization" of Tolkien's work.
 
Mudbug said:
I just can't imagine anyone willing to sit through an 11 hour musical. :eek: :D
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Well, back in the 1980's, "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" was a big hit in London and on Broadway. It was a non-musical play that ran 8 1/2 hours...

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Looking back at the original article...

The show, to open next year, would last a mammoth three and a half hours, Wallace said.
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Personally, I don't think that's nearly enough time to tell the whole story... especially if you're throwing in a dozen or so songs.

Zzzzzz...
 
MongoTheGeek said:
Ever hear of the ring cycle...

hmm.... That's going to cause confusion.
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I think even when people had longer attention spans (as I assume they must have back then) the Ring Cycle was too long for most...
 
I can see it now.

Smeagol singing "My precious, oh so precious. It's so precious and golden and round..." (To the tune of West Side Story's "I Feel Pretty"). :eek:
 
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