One thing about Hugh - he really does promote his movies. I expect the same when UC comes out.
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05/26/09 21:37:22 |
A Twitter-er from Mexico is going to the Wolverine premiere and will be on the red carpet and she said she is going to try to ask Hugh about UC - although very
unlikely, to which I agree but it will be interesting following her Tweets.
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=valewolf twilightpoison: If I can, I'll ask him about Unbound Captives with Rob. For live tweets from the red carpet follow my personal twitter: @valewolf
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iheartromance.moulinrouge |
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05/27/09 00:26:12 |
Awesome! I hope she is able to get something.
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narrows101 |
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05/27/09 06:18:47 |
In the press conference in Mexico City today promoting Wolverine, Hugh said this about "November" and I couldn't help thinking if there was a
corrolation since New Mexico isn't that far from the country of Mexico - unless the translation is all wrong since this is a Google translation from
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05/29/09 10:29:37 |
narrows101 wrote:Yep, sounds like they might take a little side trip on the way to New Mexico. |
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05/30/09 03:54:18 |
November = "good chance we may come back then" and then you have the possible Broadway play "after Sept. 7" - doesn't sound like it
would be a very long run if all the dates are correct (not that I think it would be that long anyway..).
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birchie47.theremyreport9033 |
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05/30/09 11:09:23 |
narrows101 wrote: They say the Chicago run was 6 weeks. Maybe they're planning a similar run on Broadway although I know a lot of people would prefer 3 months. If it's 6 weeks the tickets will sell out right away. |
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Jo.moulinrouge |
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05/30/09 16:54:51 |
Maybe they're planning a similar run on Broadway although I know a lot of people would prefer 3 months People would prefer that the play run for at least a year - LOL! It's easy to sell out 3 months on Broadway, even before the previews have begun. Check out Three Days of Rain with Julia Roberts and The Odd Couple. Denzel's Julius Caesar was also extremely difficult to get tickets to. What I am afraid of is if there is an advance tickets sales program to which only certain types of credit cardholders can have access to. I remember having to ask my niece's friend to pick up my Julius Caesar ticket in his name because I couldn't have access to the promo program myself 
Even Julia worked for 90 days on Broadway - I think the producers for A STEADY RAIN may need at least that period to break even. This is commercial theatre, so there should be some reasonable expectations of at least breaking even over a certain period. Even if the two actors donated their salaries to the producers, the revenues would still need to cover the theatre rental, the salaries of the creative team and the crew, the design/production of stage sets and props, the costs of rehearsals, royalties, advertising and promotion, and other weekly operating expenses, so a reasonable length of the run is expected. Also, for plays ( which are generally not miked) the theatre size is usually smaller than for musicals. Maybe more of a slightly over 1000 seaters than the 1500 seaters, so this prolongs the breakeven period even more. BUT, as there have been no confimations yet, no need to be overly worried about getting tickets  ...But as soon as lead producer Barbara Broccoli has found a theatre ( she is
supposedly scouting for one this weekend), maybe she will make certain official announcements...
The play is supposed to open after Labor Day. Technically speaking, that doesn't mean that the play may not already be previewing before that. I wonder how long the preview might last - I think it is much longer for musicals. Oh...the waiting 
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birchie47.theremyreport9033 |
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05/31/09 03:10:58 |
Jo wrote:We'd all prefer a year  but being realistic, I think 3
months is the best they can do with his (supposed) schedule. Even that seems a stretch. Yes, the waiting is driving me nuts too . I wish he'd just twitter
whether he said yes or no.
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05/31/09 04:35:14 |
I'm expecting about 12 weeks too, which is what Julia and Denzel did on Broadway. If he does this and it starts after Labor Day, he could be done by
November. I'm not sure he would ever do a year again - too much time away from movie making I think.
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05/31/09 06:40:40 |
I'd prefer a short run. I don't want this film to be postponed. Watching someone on stage is great but the memories fade whereas you can watch a DVD
many times. He's already taken almost a year off from films (yes, I know he's done reshoots and promotions). A year long run would mean another 18
months before he was ready to film which means at least two years before anything new would be released.
...without Baz and his crazy vision, I don't think it'd be happening.
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05/31/09 07:04:01 |
I totally agree Hengist, if I could have it my way he would do a few movies before going on stage and all that just so that his movie image doesn't fade
because his popularity is really high right now but he won't have anything out until late 2010? Which also makes me wonder if he does this short fun now,
is he really going back on stage in like a year for Houdini? I'm doubting it will open Spring 2010 like they're aiming for. But yea, from now on I
don't think he'll ever be on stage for longer than 6 months each time, but as long as he has films coming out in the mean time or at least in post,
then I'm good.
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05/31/09 07:08:38 |
I'm agreeing too - in two years all he's done is Australia and Wolverine, and he hasn't done a film in a year (reshoots don't
count) and we probably have to wait until the end of next year to see him again on screen. I *really* don't think he would take another year off from
movie making, especially if he didn't have anything in the pipeline.
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05/31/09 07:15:19 |
Man, in 2 years he could have done like 5 movies, lol. I also wonder if Hugh will stay away from huge budget films for a while, until Wolverine 2 at least.
They just take so long and time and energy when the payoff can really just sort of backfire like Australia did. I can't wait until production starts for
this, I'm so so very much looking forward to it!!!
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Jo.moulinrouge |
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05/31/09 07:55:32 |
I think if he ever does this one, that is one other ambition that he has achieved...the only remaining one is to work probably with Trevor Nunn on the staging
of a play by Shakespeare. He has always said that he loves the acting part best of this multiple talents and since the theatre is an actor's medium, it is
likely that it will always figure out in his career directions. At some point in time, he may even do that long-promised commitment to stage a play for the
Sydney Theatre Company, albeit a short run.
I also think that he needs to solidify his hold on his movie career with a few more artistic as well as commercial hits and that his theatre career needs to be accomodated within the demands of his movie career. It took quite a bit of time from the closing of TBFO ( September 2004) to his first movie appearance ( Was it XMEN:TLS?), which was in 2006 - all six movies in a row ( Xmen/Scoop/Flushed Away/The Prestige/Happy Feet and The Fountain)! One other factor which affects his time availability now - he seems to be relishing his other career ambitions of being a true movie producer and he continues to seek new projects for SEED. So, he also has to devote time both as producer as well as come-on star for SEED movie projects. Plus occasionally, hosting gigs do have some call on his time 
On a pragmatic note, because many of his new projects are SEED initiatives, they have to resolve not just the creative aspects of the project but also the funding requirements. I do wonder if the delays for CAROUSEL and DRIVE ( which could be more filming-ready than most of his other options) are not just issues on the creative side ( script/creative team/ casting) but also looking for the funding side. He did say that he wished that these 2 projects could have been filmed within the next 12 months, but we don't know when they will take place - prior to or after The Unbound Captives ( which I suspect was an option he chose because Carousel and Drive were expected to be delayed). We don't know what the problems with HOUDINI are (it could be because the famed director attached to the project, Jack O'Brien, has now been tied up with the delayed Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom sequel and which is expected now to open in the spring of 2010 both in London and Broadway...or there are unresolved creative aspects issue because the word is the book is being rewritten?) but it does seem that it might not make its spring 2010 target, as Hugh might be involved as late as March for TUC. As it takes about 2 months to rehearse a stage musical, it will be too late to preview it by April and to open it officially by first week of May (the deadline for inclusion in the TONY nominations for that season). Complicated - keep us guessing, Mr. Jackman 
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05/31/09 08:06:25 |
Jo wrote:Pfstt... if it were up to me I'd have him just do movies and a limited run on Broadway once in a blue moon and that's it. I know some disagree but I couldn't give a rat's patootie about Shakespeare and I want him to stay on this side of the ocean of course for purely selfish reasons (sorry to those that want to see him in the West End) since I would probably never travel to see him perform because of time and money. But good points Jo about what we may not know - but heck, just tell us when this movie is going to start filming and if the play is happening this fall....
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05/31/09 08:33:08 |
Despite the recession, Broadway is booming this season --
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004329.html?categoryid=15&ref=ra&cs=1 "Quality too good to pass up" -- maybe the call is not just for audiences attracted to good shows ( musicals and plays) but also for actors! While some sectors of the moviegoing public have moaned about or even mourned about the dumbing down of the movie taste ( check out what the current blockbusters are - they are a far cry from the Gone of the Wind and all the other big hits of the past), I wouldn't be surprised if actors also feel that their hunger for excellent acting parts ( that will sell!) is not being satisfied by what current movie scripts offer? Maybe some of them turn to the theatre because they find their best artistic expression in this medium at the moment. Most people expect acting fireworks from Hugh and Daniel in this play (if it ever happens). Maybe Hugh and Daniel relish the thought of that happening when they interact on stage
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004331.html?categoryid=15&ref=ra&cs=1 "Bright lights, big tally" lists all the successes this season. As for the coming season --
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Jo.moulinrouge |
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05/31/09 08:50:45 |
Watching someone on stage is great but the memories fade whereas you can watch a DVD many times To each his own
I am more of a theatre person than a movies person - so I am naturally biased ...But nothing beats the excitement of the interaction between the actors onstage and the audience savoring every move and every word ( and sometimes
every note and every dance step)! I think the actor's performance is immensely enhanced when he feels the palpable ( and occasional explicit expression,
such as a standing ovation in the middle of a show) reaction from the audience during the show. That is the foremost reason why I like to sit very close to the
stage in all the shows I see -- I like to see the facial expressions and all the gestures that an actor makes onstage - and I like to think that the voice I
hear is the natural voice and not simply the miked amplification when I am within hearing distance.
I am probably as starstruck as most people and I admit that I went to see Three Days of Rain and Julius Caesar because I was curious about Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington... but not star-struck enough not to recognize how disappointing their performances were on stage. Julia did not have the strong screen presence she showed in movies - she really paled in comparison to Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper. Denzel Washington was disappointing as Brutus because he did not have the eloguence of speech nor the regal figure of Brutus - he was completely outshone by some of his co-stars who were obviously trained in classical plays. I also saw Jessica Lange and Christian Slater in The Glass Menagerie not too long ago - they were excellent as theatre actors! True, a DVD can recall each moment, but no two performances onstage can be exactly alike on stage - so if I have a chance to see it more than once, I like to go as often as I can afford. My one regret - I live too far away from Broadway or the West End. We do have just a bit of a fairly active theatre scene here - but they can only produce a few plays and musicals a year. Theatre is very economics-oriented, sad to say.
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birchie47.theremyreport9033 |
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05/31/09 08:56:15 |
Several points...
Someone mentioned only two movies in the last two years but forgot Deception which got lost in the shuffle of big buzzing about the other two plus the marketing suffered because of Michelle losing Heath. I truly hope he only has a short run with A Steady Rain and that filming of Unbound Captives begins in November or December. If he could make 2 or 3 movies and have the dates scattered over a year and a half to 2 years, he could still do Houdini if they wait a year on that. The problem in '06 is that all the movies that he made after TBFO closed came out the same year even though some were filmed much earlier. He's mentioned in the past that he always wants to do theater and doesn't want to go more that 4 or 5 years without getting back on a stage. Patrick Stewart and some of the other theater trained actors often say the same things. So, I think we can believe that he'll be doing one of these plays if not both. As if he didn't have enough decisions to make I read an article today indicating that Soderberg still seems to have hopes of Hugh doing Cleo! Man, he's got a lot on his plate. And the poor guy's a Libra! Someone please decide something for him!!
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05/31/09 09:00:29 |
Man, how could we forget Deception (but a lot of people did LOL)! I'll never forget passing the trailers on my way to the subway in NYC while
they were filming that (didn't see anyone). And also still wonder about Cleo....
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