Hollywood is headed to Skid Row once again, as casting is underway for a new version of Little Shop of Horrors. Full Circle Cinema exclusively reported that Academy Award nominee Taron Egerton is up for the lead role of Seymour Krelborn. Soon after, Jeff Sneider of Collider tweeted that Egerton’s fellow Oscar nominee, Scarlett Johansson,…
Category: Musicals
Ever since Pixar announced Coco, a movie inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration, comparisons to Reel FX’s 2014 film The Book of Life seemed inevitable. The main plot of both movies takes place on Dia de Muertos, both star a young man who wants to be a musician despite his family’s wishes,…
Fox is about to find out how you measure a year, as Entertainment Weekly reports the studio has filled out the cast of their latest live musical Rent. Among the cast is the once and future Iris West, Kiersey Clemons (playing Joanne, a role originated by Shelley Johnson on stage and by Traci Thoms on film),…