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Aug 31, 2021 · MARC PLATT There was, thankfully, a lot of interest from a number of studios to make the movie, and all of those studios were interested if it could be done timely, with Ben portraying the role ...
Feb 13, 2024 · Wicked's Marc Platt explains why the movie was divided into two films. ... “We didn’t want to end up making one four-hour movie and then cutting out songs. ... the Tin Man and the Cowardly ...
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Jan 4, 2019 · When most of Hollywood had already gone home for the holidays, producer Marc Platt was still hard at work one late December day, juggling the imminent opening of Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns ...
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Annabel Gutterman: As soon as I saw that they cut the musical’s first number, “Anybody Have a Map?” I knew we were in trouble. And I really wanted to like this movie. I loved the musical! Yes, Ben Platt does immediately look too old, but that’s nowhere near the top of my list of complaints here. While the original production was tense and anxiety-i...
AG: We do want musical film adaptations! I think. In theory, bringing Broadway to the masses should only be a good thing. But sometimes it just doesn’t fit. Dear Evan Hansen was a flop for me because it is too intimate of a musical to work as a big Hollywood movie. It is a story that doesn’t need all that extra stuff. If they had filmed a staged pr...
AG: Obviously, Mamma Mia is the first movie to come to my mind. And yes, it goes against everything I said in terms of celebrity because it has one of the most celebrity-packed casts of them all: Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan… But that movie also worked because it benefited from a bigger set (that they were able to film in Greece...
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May 29, 2021 · Where Rogers’ three-hour stage play was dense with overlapping dialogue and deep-end policy talk, the movie version (which counts Marc Platt and Steven Spielberg among its producers) pares that ...
Marc E. Platt (born April 14, 1957) is an American producer who has worked in film, theatre, and television. He has received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards , two Primetime Emmy Awards , as well as nominations for three Academy Awards .
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For once, the audience would be right in thinking we could direct this movie musical better than the professionals. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/05/21 Full Review Nik & Lex We ...
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