Movies in 1998?

[luis-rj 1,092]

I was watching some old interviews and found this one:

On 12:50 she mentions that she's going to do 2 more movies that year (I believe it's 1998, right?). Does anyone know which movies is she referencing about? She even mentions about making a new record to be the soundtrack of one of them... Is it Hello Suckers? Does anyone know?

[EgoRod 5,430]

43 minutes ago, luis-rj said:

I was watching some old interviews and found this one:

On 12:50 she mentions that she's going to do 2 more movies that year (I believe it's 1998, right?). Does anyone know which movies is she referencing about? She even mentions about making a new record to be the soundtrack of one of them... Is it Hello Suckers? Does anyone know?

Beautiful Stranger was just after this

[EgoRod 5,430]

In fact yeah, Was Austin Powers and The Next best Thing a year later. Beatiful Stranger was in 1999 and The Next Best Thing (Time stood still) was filmed in 1999 too.

Edited April 10, 2020 by Ego Rodriguez (see edit history)

[lmvc 951]

Hi @luis-rj! I think they are: "The Red Door" and "The Next Best Thing". In an interview from 1999 she said finally she stopped "The Red Door" and the only one to do is "The Next Best Thing".

[Unruhe 1,431]

I think she's talking about 50 Violins (later became Music Of The Heart with Meryl Streep) cause she mentions she's gonna be a violin teacher and Chicago (she was going to star in it with John Travolta and Goldie Hawn) cause she mentions a musical, this one ended up coming out in 2002 I think

[Enrico 15,788]

This Variety article explains everything.

M says she is doing a violin teacher = 50 violins, later renamed Music of the heart

The other one is a musical = Chicago

https://variety.com/1998/film/news/vexed-madonna-exits-violins-1117478594/

Vexed Madonna exits ‘Violins’

NEW YORK — After spending three months learning to play the violin by the woman she was to portray in “50 Violins,” Madonna abruptly exited the Miramax project on Friday.

She was to begin work in early August starring in the film based on the life of Roberta Tzavaris, the East Harlem violin teacher who overcame a tough divorce and taught the instrument to inner-city kids, some of whom became Carnegie Hall-level fiddlers. That start date seems certain to be scratched even as names of possible replacement violinists like Sandra Bullock and Meg Ryan surfaced. Miramax denied it had made any overtures to other actresses.

A rumor coursed through the Gotham production community Friday that the Material Girl was dropped from the project following a read-through and because of an accumulation of demands she had made that irked director Wes Craven. Those sour notes were met with a chorus of denials from Miramax and Craven.

In a statement, Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein called the parting of the ways “a mutual decision.”

Craven echoed that sentiment: “Despite rumors to the contrary, this has resulted from genuine mutual creative differences. So although we’ve decided not to go forward on this project, our decision is accompanied by great respect for one another. I have nothing but goodwill and admiration towards Madonna. She is a brilliant artist and her talent and achievements speak for themselves,” Craven said.

Other sources close to the fray backed up that contention, saying that Madonna’s exit was due to irreconcilable differences over how Craven was going to depict the story of Tzavaris. They said Madonna had gotten to know her teacher and her family quite well and couldn’t stomach how different the movie was from her actual story.

More projects in the works

There is little reason to sound the violins in sympathy for Madonna’s lost employment opportunity. Though it’s the second consecutive film she’s ankled (she recently bailed from the indie drama “The Red Door,” which will star Diane Lane), Madonna’s sudden availability has Lakeshore Entertainment aggressively trying to move up a start date on “The Next Best Thing,” the film in which she’s slated to star with Rupert Everett.

Madonna also is producing the screen adaptation of the Jennifer Bell novel “Going Down,” which Christina Booth has scripted and will direct, and which is creating buzz as a hot project with both distributors and young actresses vying to play the NYU student who becomes a prostitute to pay tuition.

In January, Madonna’s set to topline with Goldie Hawn the screen version of the musical “Chicago,” which Nicholas Hytner will direct. The film based on one of Broadway’s hottest tickets has much brighter commercial prospects than “50 Violins,” and it is unlikely that Weinstein would risk a relationship with Madonna built since “Truth or Dare” by allowing her to be summarily dismissed.

[Enrico 15,788]

M signed for Chicago in June 1997:

Madonna plays ‘Chicago’

By Monica Roman

Apparently not yet tired of bringing Broadway musical roles to the bigscreen, “Evita” star Madonna has signed to star alongside Goldie Hawn in Miramax Films’ screen adaptation of “Chicago.”

Madonna will play Velma Kelly, the tough jailmate of Hawn’s character Roxie Hart. The casting had been anticipated (Daily Variety, April 18).

Miramax acquired screen rights to “Chicago” several years ago, before the revival of the Bob Fosse, John Kander and Fred Ebb musical became a Broadway smash (winning six Tonys Sunday). The film, which was scripted by Larry Gelbart, will be produced by Broadway veteran Marty Richards, whose credits include “The Life,” which took home a pair of Tonys.

https://variety.com/1997/film/news/madonna-plays-chicago-1116680119/

[Voguerista 11,737]

1 hour ago, Enrico said:

This Variety article explains everything.

M says she is doing a violin teacher = 50 violins, later renamed Music of the heart

The other one is a musical = Chicago

https://variety.com/1998/film/news/vexed-madonna-exits-violins-1117478594/

Vexed Madonna exits ‘Violins’

NEW YORK — After spending three months learning to play the violin by the woman she was to portray in “50 Violins,” Madonna abruptly exited the Miramax project on Friday.

She was to begin work in early August starring in the film based on the life of Roberta Tzavaris, the East Harlem violin teacher who overcame a tough divorce and taught the instrument to inner-city kids, some of whom became Carnegie Hall-level fiddlers. That start date seems certain to be scratched even as names of possible replacement violinists like Sandra Bullock and Meg Ryan surfaced. Miramax denied it had made any overtures to other actresses.

A rumor coursed through the Gotham production community Friday that the Material Girl was dropped from the project following a read-through and because of an accumulation of demands she had made that irked director Wes Craven. Those sour notes were met with a chorus of denials from Miramax and Craven.

In a statement, Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein called the parting of the ways “a mutual decision.”

Craven echoed that sentiment: “Despite rumors to the contrary, this has resulted from genuine mutual creative differences. So although we’ve decided not to go forward on this project, our decision is accompanied by great respect for one another. I have nothing but goodwill and admiration towards Madonna. She is a brilliant artist and her talent and achievements speak for themselves,” Craven said.

Other sources close to the fray backed up that contention, saying that Madonna’s exit was due to irreconcilable differences over how Craven was going to depict the story of Tzavaris. They said Madonna had gotten to know her teacher and her family quite well and couldn’t stomach how different the movie was from her actual story.

More projects in the works

There is little reason to sound the violins in sympathy for Madonna’s lost employment opportunity. Though it’s the second consecutive film she’s ankled (she recently bailed from the indie drama “The Red Door,” which will star Diane Lane), Madonna’s sudden availability has Lakeshore Entertainment aggressively trying to move up a start date on “The Next Best Thing,” the film in which she’s slated to star with Rupert Everett.

Madonna also is producing the screen adaptation of the Jennifer Bell novel “Going Down,” which Christina Booth has scripted and will direct, and which is creating buzz as a hot project with both distributors and young actresses vying to play the NYU student who becomes a prostitute to pay tuition.

In January, Madonna’s set to topline with Goldie Hawn the screen version of the musical “Chicago,” which Nicholas Hytner will direct. The film based on one of Broadway’s hottest tickets has much brighter commercial prospects than “50 Violins,” and it is unlikely that Weinstein would risk a relationship with Madonna built since “Truth or Dare” by allowing her to be summarily dismissed.

 

1 hour ago, Enrico said:

M signed for Chicago in June 1997:

Madonna plays ‘Chicago’

By Monica Roman

Apparently not yet tired of bringing Broadway musical roles to the bigscreen, “Evita” star Madonna has signed to star alongside Goldie Hawn in Miramax Films’ screen adaptation of “Chicago.”

Madonna will play Velma Kelly, the tough jailmate of Hawn’s character Roxie Hart. The casting had been anticipated (Daily Variety, April 18).

Miramax acquired screen rights to “Chicago” several years ago, before the revival of the Bob Fosse, John Kander and Fred Ebb musical became a Broadway smash (winning six Tonys Sunday). The film, which was scripted by Larry Gelbart, will be produced by Broadway veteran Marty Richards, whose credits include “The Life,” which took home a pair of Tonys.

https://variety.com/1997/film/news/madonna-plays-chicago-1116680119/

These two roles would have been so perfect for her!

[luis-rj 1,092]

Thanks @Enrico! Imagine Madonna as Velma Kelly??? I looove Chicago!!!

[Enrico 15,788]

3 hours ago, luis-rj said:

Thanks @Enrico! Imagine Madonna as Velma Kelly??? I looove Chicago!!!

Apparently that 1998 photoshoot was like a test for the movie:

I remember I was soo excited about it!

I played Amos in a local production.

[Kieran 1,153]

ROL era is so 'time-bendy'. Imagine - this was only 11 years after WTG Tour! How 'different' she is in almost every way... 

[luis-rj 1,092]

16 minutes ago, Kieran said:

ROL era is so 'time-bendy'. Imagine - this was only 11 years after WTG Tour! How 'different' she is in almost every way... 

Yes!!!! I always think the same thing! To me, ROL is much closer to where she is now, when, in reality, it's been twice the time since WTG Tour!

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With all the criticism Madonna gets it seems to me she gave up two great roles based on her ethical beliefs. She doesn't play the game in her artistic choices and it has cost her. 

Do you know how many actresses or actors that are seen as "the girl next door" or "the talented genius" who would take a role they wanted no matter what got changed or whom got sacked? 

I mean today is not the day for me to be anything but angry at people who get away with things and are put on some kind of undeserving pedestal on top of that.