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Watch Liam Neeson make his big holographic debut, as the new narrator for the The War of the Worlds musical, replacing the voice of Richard Burton. The show, based on the HG Wells classic, is getting a total technological overhaul — including a 100-foot wide CG animation wall, a hologram of Lian Neeson playing the role of journalist George Herbert (who will also be able to interact with the audience) and a Martian fighting machine that blasts fireballs at the audience. Watch the Liam Neeson hologram in action now! More »
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We've been anticipating Ruairi Robinson's evil robot short Blinky™ for years! Wait no more, the full short's out for public consumption! Watch it now, and don't worry — your kids are perfectly safe! Plus a musical short with Doug Jones! More »
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Despite the comedy of errors that is Broadway's Spider-Man musical, ticket sales continue to soar. But will this next news snip Spidey's web once and for all? Rumor has it director Julie Taymor may step down. More »
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Disney animator Heidi Jo Gilbert created a Wicked storyboard video, set to the tracks from Wicked, the musical, hoping to convince her bosses to make Elphaba the next Disney princess. Our reaction: Holy Hell, this is amazing. UPDATE: Youtube pulled the clip but if you go to her site you can watch the original (not embeddable) video. Thanks! More »
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While the Spider-Man musical might have a $60 million dollar budget, a team of Cirque du Soleil performers and Bono, the Hulk musical (Hulk: Inside and Out) has a tub of green paint, purple spanks and better music. Advantage: Hulk. More »
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Last night Glee took us on a strange journey with their G-rated version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. While the cast struggled through the poorly written script, the music, dancing, costumes, and shout-outs were electrifying! More »
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Can you imagine Kermit the Frog impersonating Arnold Schwarzenegger's Doug Quaid while singing a haunting refrain about finding himself "while climbing the mountains of Mars"? Well, now you don't have to. [Topless Robot] More »
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Want to be Peter Parker's next Broadway leading lady? With Rachel Evan Wood out of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, here's your chance to hit the Tony Award jackpot. Auditions are next Saturday in New York. More »
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Now missing a Mary Jane, will the Spider-Man musical ever happen? Alan Cumming, the show's Green Goblin, thinks so, but likens his involvement to a bad relationship where he's been hurt once too often. We sense another musical split coming... More »
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Now you can watch all three Cobra Commander musicals, Cobra The Musical, Cobra Christ, Superstar, and Return of the King... of Kings . That's right - someone made a villain-centric Cobra musical so you can learn what's behind the mask. More »
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Skywalker Ranch is producing a "top-secret" CG musical starring... fairies! What could it be about? A Ferngully reboot? A new Willow? Tinkerbell's teen daughter goes to fairy college, or something wholly original? Check our guesswork. More »
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The permanently troubled Spider-Man musical took a couple of steps in the right direction towards being able to open yesterday; not only did the show get a new lead producer, but an actor was finally announced to play Peter Parker. More »
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Not only is the Spider-Man musical Turn Out The Dark back on track, but if what musical Green Goblin Alan Cumming is saying is true, we're even more worried about it than before. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5368141&view=rss&microfeed=true We thought the Spider-Man musical fiasco was finished, crushed to death under its $45 million budget. But it seems the sunglassed superstar Bono, who wrote the show's score, has stepped in to save the day. [New York Post] More »
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Sounds like the rumors about singing Spidey's rapidly fraying money web are true. The $45 million musical written by Bono and The Edge, put the crew on hiatus and now the actors have been released from their contracts. The New York Post is calling it the biggest fiasco in Broadway history, and quoting experts saying it could never have broken even, absent a miracle. Still: the BIGGEST fiasco ever? Do we not remember Carrie: The Musical? [NY Post] More »
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Work on the upcoming superhero musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has stopped, due to rumored money troubles. But is the problem that the production is out of money, or just can't get to the money fast enough? More »
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Playing over and over in our minds, like some kind of fever dream, is this clip from the Bollywood He-Man musical. Reminder: What can be seen, can't be unseen. Thanks to Topless Robot for finding this bonkers clip. More »
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The identities of Mary Jane Watson and Norman Osborn's Broadway incarnations has been revealed, and fans of Marvel's movies may find the actor behind the latest Green Goblin slightly familiar... well, if they can imagine the blue fur for themselves. More »
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Celebrate the weekend right now, with the complete musical recreation of Harry Potter, all on YouTube. Everybody is there: Ron, Hermione and Cho Chang... who does a sexy dance. More »
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Terminator Salvation didn't live up to your expectations? Wash away your woes and disappointment with this look at what could've been: The Terminator power ballad musical. More »
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You've read the book, enjoyed the graphic novel and loved the movie. But can you really call yourself a true Coraline fan without going to see the musical... especially considering the 56-year-old child star? More »
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In this album art from Jeff Wayne's musical version of War of the Worlds, artist Geoff Taylor has recast the menacing tripods as robots who look like giant, horrifying iPods ravaging the Earth. More »
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In a special sneak peek at the multi-million dollar Spider-Man musical, director Julie Taymor spilled details on sets, villains, and sky high web-slinging. Plus Bono and The Edge played a few tunes. More »
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Will we ever see the web-slinging wonder underneath the bright Broadway lights? U2's The Edge seems to think the Spider-Man musical could open in just a year, and he shares more details on its sound. More »
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New gothpunk musical Repo! The Genetic Opera hits select theaters this evening with the sound of dissected organs hitting the pavement. Either you've never heard of this rock opera turned dystopian sci-fi story about organ repossession in the 2050s, or you're one of those internet fans who've been jamming to the 57-part soundtrack for weeks. It's one of those movies you'll either ignore or love, which is a sure sign it's headed straight for midnight movie status. Repo! is no-holds-barred outrageous, and Paris Hilton has a pretty major role. While it may not fit any comfortable niche in Hollywood, its bizarre charm will surely earn it a cult following. More »
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Toxic Avenger: The Musical is all sorts of spinal cord ripping, potty-mouthed, toe tapping fun. Based loosely on the classic Troma gross-out film The Toxic Avenger, the musical still has Melvin Ferd and his gooey toxic waste transformation into New Jersey's own superhero, who saves the land from pollution so we all "won't get cancer and die." It's the self aware lines like that paired with the phenomenal supporting cast that made this show a lot of fun to watch. We've got an exclusive video from the show, for you "Hot Toxic Love" fans. More »
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Back in April, we told you that Troma Productions was planning a new musical adaptation of its campy cult classic The Toxic Avenger. This month, audiences in New Jersey can watch Melvin Ferd the Third fight the forces of evil with the help of his superstrength and a four-piece rock band. Not sure if it’s worth schlepping to New Jersey to watch the green man sing? We’ve found five clips that give you a taste of the musical mutant love. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5063322&view=rss&microfeed=true The Bono and The Edge scored web-slinging musical is now the most expensive musical of its time. Rumors are circulating that the Spider-Man Musical is going to cost up to $40 million to create. At that rate, it would take the Julie Taymor extravaganza 8,000 years in a Broadway theater to break even. Most of the funds are being spent on designers, costumes and choreographed fight scenes. Crap, how much are tickets going to cost? [Monsters And Critics] More »
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Do you remember when Jaw Lennon, Pall IcKartney, Gorge Harryson, and Dingo Scarr appeared on the Dead Sullivan Show and took the US by storm? Together this quartet forms the Zombeatles, four undead heartthrobs looking to share their music with the world. And, thanks to zombie comedian Angus MacAbre, they're getting their chance, in a mockumentary chronicling their rise to fame. More »
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Today you can watch the final act of online supervillain musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, before the entire tale disappears from the interwebz on Sunday at midnight. Though the first and second acts were sweet and goofy, show creator Joss Whedon managed to make this final installment genuinely upsetting. Dr. Horrible has been mostly a failed science supervillain up to this point, characterized by his unrequited crush on Penny and an inability to perfect his Freeze Ray. But in the latest installment, as you can see in this clip, he emerges as a true supervillain who has penetrated the inner circle of Bad Horse and his Evil League of Evil. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5026991&view=rss&microfeed=true Open auditions for the Broadway production of the Spider-Man The Musical will be held July 28th at New York City's Knitting Factory. The crew is looking to fill the part for both Mary Jane Watson and and Peter Parker. Auditions will be from 10 am to 5 pm and are open to both male and females between the ages of 16-20 who can sing. Can't wait to see all the people that show up in their Spidey PJs. [Theater Mania] More »
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H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) pursues Jack the Ripper (David Warner) across time in the 1979 film Time After Time, set in a Morlock-free San Francisco. In this cult favorite, Wells invents a time machine in 1893, zooms into the "present" and meets a woman in what he considers a dystopian future (imagine thinking the future would be all gleaming steel and floating airships and ending up in Haight-Ashbury in 1979). Then he zaps Jack the Ripper, and heads back to his own time (lady in hand) to live happily ever after. It might not sound like something you'd ever see adapted into a musical, but brace yourselves for its Broadway debut sometime later this year if things go as planned. More »
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Darren Lynn Bousman's Repo! The Genetic Opera is one of the two organ repossession movies coming out this year, and now it's gone viral with a creepy-looking donation poster (jump below see it) urging you to give until it hurts. This "Warnerian-Rocky Horror-meets-Bladerunner musical" takes place in a future where massive organ failures plague humankind. But the sickly masses can ward off death by financing an easy-clone organ implant from GeneCo. If you can't pay when the loan comes due, a repo agent will yank your fancy new organs like a bad tooth. And it's an opera, of course. We've got the awesome repo poster below. More »
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