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Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
It will not be Jim Sturgess slinging webs on Broadway in the new comic book musical Spider-Man Turn of the Dark . Instead, director Julie Taymor ( Across the Universe ) has hired another young actor she recently cast in a film version of Shakespeare's The Tempest . Reeve Carney will play Peter Parker to Evan Rachel Wood 's Mary Jane Watson, and here's a look at the 26-year-old actor....
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
"As this Spider-Man tale opens, the audience sees New York City 'on fire and in ruins' as 'a section of the Brooklyn Bridge ascends with Mary Jane bound and dangling helplessly from the bridge'." The show's money troubles mean it risks passing both the Tony deadline and the expiration of the license from Marvel Comics....
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ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The producers of the long-anticipated musical are to meet with director Taymor and other creative team members to discuss the show's now-considerable cash flow, logistical and scheduling problems....
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IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... selected by fellow filmmakers, including actors William H Macy and Ellen Burstyn and directors Julie Taymor, William Friedkin and Marc Forster. Further prizes went to Catalina Saavedra, who won the breakthrough actor prize for Chilean-set The Maid , and Robert Siegel, who was named breakthrough director for his debut Big Fan . Kathryn Bigelow also took home a career tribute prize,...
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Celebrity Seats Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
After four long years, it’s time to introduce a new generation to the phenomenon of Disney’s The Lion King. Marvel at the breathtaking spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor, whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Thrill to the pulsating rhythms of the African Pridelands and an unforgettable score [...]
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The Guardian - The blog Theatre (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... responsible for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark . This Broadway musical, directed by The Lion King's Julie Taymor, with songs by Bono and The Edge, has ignored neither wealth nor fame. Rising costs and those ever pesky "creative differences" among its creators and producers easily make it the most expensive show to ever head for the Great White Way. After six years of development,...
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io9 (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... jumping about trying to desperately keep warm, why not give everyone a chance to see what U2 and Julie Taymor have cooked up for the perpetually-troubled Spider-Man musical Turn Off The Dark, thereby convincing everyone once and for all that Arena Rock and outsider superheroes really isn't a good fit after all. After all, given all the troubles the production has gone through already,...
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The New Yorker - Arts and Culture (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... 1959 drama, “The Miracle Worker,” directed by Kate Whoriskey at Circle in the Square (Feb. 12). | Julie Taymor’s “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark,” which features music by U2’s Bono and the Edge and has been dogged by rumors of scheduling and financial problems, stars Evan Rachel Wood, Reeve Carney, and Alan Cumming, at the Hilton (Feb. 25).
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The Playgoer (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Not too long ago $52 million was considered a fairly high budget for a movie . But a Broadway show??? Yes, it's true. And don't assume that the Julie Taymor/U2 "Spider-Man" musical is too big to fail. LA Times' John Horn breaks through the wall of silence and shows just how serious the obstacles are at this point. Despite all the talent in its corner, it's still far from certain...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... guests expected Saturday include Jeff Bridges, James Cameron, Dennis Hopper, Ron Howard and Julie Taymor.The event was being taped but not televised. Excerpts will be shown during the 82nd annual Academy Awards on March 7. MORE FROM MOVIES ‘Gidget’ director Paul Wendkos dies at age 84Movies
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Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... in early 2010 from Interscope Records.• The actor and singer has worked with Spider-Man director Julie Taymor before, in her upcoming film version of The Tempest. (As another film credit, back in 1999, he was in the movie version of novel Snow Falling on Cedars.)• Carney is Bono-approved. The music in Spider-Man comes from Bono and Edge, so Taymor said in a statement: “The...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... guests expected Saturday include Jeff Bridges, James Cameron, Dennis Hopper, Ron Howard and Julie Taymor.
The event will be taped but not televised, and excerpts will be shown during the 82nd annual Academy Awards on March 7.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... guests expected Saturday include Jeff Bridges, James Cameron, Dennis Hopper, Ron Howard and Julie Taymor.The event will be taped but not televised, and excerpts will be shown during the 82nd annual Academy Awards on March 7.---On the Net:
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Daemon's Movies (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... the dark' on all the wild speculation about the show -- it's moving forward!" SPIDER-MAN director Julie Taymor said, "With a team that includes Bono, Edge and Glen Berger, there was never a question in my mind that SPIDER-MAN would happen – it was just a matter of when. I am delighted that Michael Cohl is making this a reality." After an exhaustive search that included a casting call...
