Little Shop of Horrors
Joseph Gordon - Levitt has been a spicy discussion matter over the past week , thanks to the prominence of his graphic symbol in thethirdDark Knight Risestrailer . The conversation refer the in - requirement thespian should change a bit , though , now that newfangled theme have revealed Levitt is play an significant originative character in an upcomingLittle Shop of Horrorsremake over at Warner Bros.
Roger Corman ’s original 1960 cult B - movieThe Little Shop of Horrors(supposedly inhale by John Collier ’s 1932 story " Green Thoughts " ) was the basis for a stage melodious in 1982 - which in twist kick in rise to Frank Oz’Little Shop of Horrorsfilm four years later . Levitt ’s task , it seems , will be a revamping of the 1986 movie musical .
Heat Visionreports that Marc Platt ( the producer behind Broadway’sWickedmusical ) will back theLittle Shop of Horrorsremake . The writer behind the upcomingCarrie re - interpretation , Robert Aguirre - Sacasa - who is perhaps well be intimate for salvage theSpider - humans : move around Off the Darkstage musical following director Julie Taymor ’s passing - has been set to script the project .
TheLittle Shop of Horrorsmusical takes billet in New York City during the sixties , accompany the mishap of mild - mannered flower shop supporter Seymour Krelborn - after he discovers a strange plant ( of mystical source ) that grows into a giant , talking , monstrosity that feeds on human stemma . Ghostbustersfranchise alum Rick Moranis spiel Seymour in the 1986 film version .
Oz’Little Shop of Horrorsalso boasted such memorable elements as Steve Martin playing a masochistic , Elvis - like dental practitioner - along with Oscar - put forward music from composer / lyrist duo Alan Menken and Howard Ashman ( The Little Mermaid , Beauty and the Beast ) and an ending that was well retooled , after negative test audience feedback to the original conclusion ( persuade over from the stage melodious ) .
Levitt is presently tell to be"developing"theLittle Shop of Horrorsremake , with the plan being that he will also play Seymour in the factual movie . There ’s no director attached to the project as of yet , but that could quickly deepen now that a major player fromInception(among other films ) is affect .
Ever since Levitt re - established himself as a credible adult character doer withBrickback in 2005 , he ’s gone on to become one of the most respected and in - demand young male leads in the biz . This year alone , Levitt will be appearing in the latest projects from heavy - hitters like Christopher Nolan ( The Dark Knight Rises ) and Steve Spielberg ( Lincoln ) - while also pulling leading man duty in David Koepp’sPremium RushandBrickdirector Rian Johnson’sLooper .
Levitt looks to continue flesh out his repertoire to admit feature - length writinganddirecting , beginning with the upcomingDon Jon ’s Addiction(which he will also headline ) . However , his conclusion to also push ahead with a retooling of a pretty beloved furor movie musical from the ' eighty wo n’t win him any favor , as far as the initial chemical reaction from the cinephile crowd goes .
Depending on what approach Levitt and Sacasa take to make over Oz’Little Shop of Horrorsmovie ( restoring the original , more gruesome termination from the stage musical seems a likely itinerary ) , that may or may not change in the future tense .
We will keep you posted on the position of theLittle Shop of Horrorsremake as the tale develops .
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Source : THR
