Is the next big thing in superheroes a masked man who leaps from skyscraper to skyscraper, saves the world and suddenly breaks into song? Audiences will find out on June 23, when “Krrish” — a film that showcases Bollywood’s first fully realized Superman-style hero — reaches screens.
I think I’m going to have to make the first American 3D animated musical (the Hungarians already beat me to it with their phenomenal “Nyócker!“) Everything is so much more awesome when the lead characters burst into song and dance. I hope “Krrish” is released in America!
And SQUEEEEEEE!!!! Why did no one tell me that Enchanted, Disney’s upcoming live action/2D animated hybrid, was going to be a musical, too? With music by Alan Menken (yay!) and STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (EEEEE!!!), who did the music for Wicked! And it will feature Patrick “McDreamy” Demspey (mom would say “yay!”), Idina Menzel (bwee!) and… James Marsden? Wow, first we had Hugh Jackman and Alan Cumming, and now Marsden. Who’s up for X-Men: The Musical?
Speaking of Hugh Jackman, last year he signed a non-exclusive deal with Disney to star in three movie musicals for the big screen. Two were to be classics (Guys and Dolls and probably Pippin or Damn Yankees) and one was to be original (‘If You Could See Me Now,’ based on the novel by Cecelia Ahern). Shiny.
And then there’s Tim Burton and Johnny Depp’s Sweeney Todd to look forward to.
*adds MovieMusicals.net to list of blogs to keep track of*