Members JackPeyton Posted October 12, 2011 Members Share Posted October 12, 2011 Interesting. This could be good, never know til its done and one gives it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted October 12, 2011 Members Share Posted October 12, 2011 The very same thing I feel about Rob Zombie's Halloween. Hi, Shawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted October 12, 2011 Members Share Posted October 12, 2011 Hey Roman! Long time no post! And you know I love that remake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted October 12, 2011 Members Share Posted October 12, 2011 Yeah it's gimmicky, but it's Lifetime, not a motion picture movie. So I say go for it, and cast it with all well-known peeps. Gotta see such gems like Phylicia Rashad, Robin Givens, and Jasmine Guy. Debbi Morgan would be a nice soapy bonus too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted October 13, 2011 Members Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'm a big believer in the idea that a truly well-written, universal piece and can be adapted a million different ways. Personally I would prefer a truly multicultural version but when your dealing with a beauty shop as a main set that becomes problematic. An ebony version will probably pay off quite nicely on cable and could lead to another run on Broadway or LA and give some good actresses a chance to work. I could see: Alfre Woodard or Angela Basset or Valerie Pettiford or Sonja Sohn as M'Lynn Loretta Devine, Jenifer Lewis or Whitney Houston as Truvy Renee Goldsberry, Sanaa Lathan, Keri Washington, Lisa Bonet for Annelle For Ouiser and Clairee there are plenty of the old guard to choose from,it would be a matter of health and availability and how old they wanted to make that rivalry: Leslie Uggams and Cicely Tyson? Viola Davis and Whoopi Goldberg For Shelby: I'd suggest Anika Noni Rose although she's pushing the limit on age. Paula Patton and Tessa Thompson would be good too. So would Shannon Kane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted March 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 19, 2012 Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard & Phylicia Rashad to star http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lifetime-Steel-Magnolias-Latifah-Woodard-Rashad-1045048.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Max Posted March 21, 2012 Members Share Posted March 21, 2012 I'm surprised there has been criticism of this project. If one is to apply the same sort of "logic" to this movie as is applied to Obama, then anyone who doesn't fully support it is a "racist." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted March 21, 2012 Members Share Posted March 21, 2012 Queen Latifah is the false note to me, not the right age and I just don't see her pulling off M'Lynn's vulnerability. Lynn Whitfield would have been superb as M'Lynn. I also would have loved to see Angela Bassett play Truvy, casting against type, but I know Bassett would soar with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted March 21, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 21, 2012 I just don't get why a remake is even necessary or needed and it's not about being racist before anyone says it. If it's not broke, then leave it alone, Hollywood needs to remember that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted March 21, 2012 Members Share Posted March 21, 2012 What?? When I saw Queen's name I automatically assumed she'd be playing Truvy since she seems best suited for that sassy role, plus her most recent connection to Dolly in that movie. Alfre is more of a M'Lynn than Queen. Debbi Morgan and Shannon Kane would have been a great M'Lynn and Shelby. Rosemary Prinz was the original M'Lynn on stage. In the '60s and '70s, there were tons of all-black productions of classic pieces and there's been a tiny resurgence of that, most notably with the all-star black productions of Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Streetcar which is about to open. I think Tyler Perry is following suit on screen. There was a Broadway revival of Steel Magnolias a few years back with Delta Burke as Truvvy, Christine Ebersole as M'Lynn, Rebecca Gayheart as Shelby, Marsha Mason as Ouiser, et cetera, I'm not sure if it did so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted March 21, 2012 Members Share Posted March 21, 2012 Love Phylicia Rashad! But I agree that hearing Queen Latifa will be M'Lynn is definitely a "huh???" We'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted July 3, 2012 Members Share Posted July 3, 2012 One of my FB friends posted the trailer: http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/lifetime-movie-club/video/a-preview-for-steel-magnolias Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ann_SS Posted July 3, 2012 Members Share Posted July 3, 2012 I confess I absolutely love Steel Magnolias. I cry every damn time Merline breaks down at Shelby's grave. What a wonderful movie, a tribute to women who hold their families and friends together with all their strength. I am open to the remake and if Loretta Devine is cast in the move, I am so there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted July 3, 2012 Members Share Posted July 3, 2012 I don't believe this movie needed to be made. It's sad that in 2012, people still feel the need to have a "black" version of a "white" movie. There's a suggestion that women of different races are incapable of having the same types of human emotions. What's next, the multracial version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ann_SS Posted July 4, 2012 Members Share Posted July 4, 2012 For f' sake, keep the politics and your wacky political views on the politics thread. No need to spread that crap all over the rest of the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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