http://www.broadway.com/Tim-Burton-to-Helm-Batman-The-Musical/broadway_news/19988 (http://www.broadway.com/Tim-Burton-to-Helm-Batman-The-Musical/broadway_news/19988)
This sounds quite bizarre!
I'll try reserve my judgment, but reading about Tim Burton directing a new Batman project does sound thrilling.
This site has information about it:
http://www.freewebs.com/batman_themusical/home.htm
I remember reading about Burton's involvement while Batman begins was in the works.
It's an old story I'm afraid.
Yet it was in Broadway.com's headlines only yesterday.
It would make sense, being the 20th Anniversary of BATMAN.
it says it was slated for a 2005 release date in those stories - why are you even posting about this failed production?
Quote from: WingedFreak71 on Fri, 27 Feb 2009, 00:32
it says it was slated for a 2005 release date in those stories - why are you even posting about this failed production?
Well, it had to be brought up sooner or later. I mean, come on, it's Batman on Broadway, & Tim Burton was going to be its director! You could not have got anything better than that. 8)
i know it sounds interesting and is worth bringing up - it was just that the original poster made it seem like it was still in the works
or is it back in the works and there's new news?
there IS new news but all people can find and post are links to reports that it might be released in 2005???
NOTE: This was a response to someone saying YES there was new news - apparently deleted
Quote from: WingedFreak71 on Fri, 27 Feb 2009, 01:21
there IS new news but all people can find and post are links to reports that it might be released in 2005???
Check out the site I posted. I believe it has the info you're looking for.
In 2002, in the lead-up to the Broadway premiere of Jim Steinman's "Dance Of The Vampires" (Minskoff Theatre) a breakthrough was made. TIM BURTON, the director of the original "Batman" and "Batman Returns", would direct the musical for a 2004 out-of-town tryout and a 2005 Broadway production.
that's the NEWS on both posted sites - old stuff
Quote from: WingedFreak71 on Fri, 27 Feb 2009, 01:21
there IS new news but all people can find and post are links to reports that it might be released in 2005???
NOTE: This was a response to someone saying YES there was new news - apparently deleted
Hehe. I misread your message & made a mistake, so I deleted it (it was too late to edit).
Quote from: WingedFreak71 on Fri, 27 Feb 2009, 01:36
In 2002, in the lead-up to the Broadway premiere of Jim Steinman's "Dance Of The Vampires" (Minskoff Theatre) a breakthrough was made. TIM BURTON, the director of the original "Batman" and "Batman Returns", would direct the musical for a 2004 out-of-town tryout and a 2005 Broadway production.
that's the NEWS on both posted sites - old stuff
Did you read the whole summary on
The Dark Knight of Soul?
i give up - my point was that the original poster linked us to a story that said a musical might be ready in 2005 and he presented his post as if it was some current story - it's an old link from 2003 or so
there's no new news story about an upcoming musical that i see on those links
and "The Dark Knight Of Soul" thing says as far as they know it's not happening
Quote from: WingedFreak71 on Fri, 27 Feb 2009, 03:26
i give up - my point was that the original poster linked us to a story that said a musical might be ready in 2005 and he presented his post as if it was some current story - it's an old link from 2003 or so
there's no new news story about an upcoming musical that i see on those links
I understood your point. Maybe Batman had no clue about the musical as of now, that's all.
Would be really interesting to see Burton get back to the Bat-world... but this story about a Bat-musical is really old... let's wait ;)
Guys, I must apologize if I got anyone's hopes up.
Here's the story:
Last night I was on the IMDB to check out something in Tim Burton's page.
Under the "Biography" extract it said "Tim Burton is slated to direct Batman: The Musical."
When I read it, I took it for the latest news, seeing that it was the only extract of the biography shown.
I kinda hastened to quickly Google a link and posted it, without reading it fully through.
Anyway, my second misconception was, that the article was only posted yesterday, because the date right above the headline was today's date.
So, there you have it.
If you want to listen to some of the songs that were written you can go here
http://www.jimsteinman.com/dreampol.htm
The songs "Wonderful Toys", "(Vespers)Angels Arise/Graveyard Shift", "In The Land Of The Pig The Butcher Is King", "Catwoman's Song" and"We're Still The Children" are demos for the musical.
Here's some info from aintitcool.com too...the title of the page really cracks me up. You can check it out at http://www.aintitcool.com/node/24040 .