{"id":16143,"date":"2011-09-12T21:05:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T02:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=16143"},"modified":"2021-02-05T17:34:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T22:34:58","slug":"the-book-of-mormon-will-be-a-movie-just-not-right-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/12\/the-book-of-mormon-will-be-a-movie-just-not-right-away\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BOOK OF MORMON Will Be A Movie… Just Not Right Away"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It seems like a fait accompli<\/em> that at some point there will be a film adaption of The Book Of Mormon<\/em>. The Broadway musical has opened to rave reviews (including our own<\/a>), won nine Tony Awards earlier this year, is currently sold out for nearly the next two years and has a touring version being prepared to hit the road in December 2012. The show is a smash success for creators Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez and back in April<\/a>, Parker and Stone stated that a big screen adaption was definitely something that was being talked about.<\/p>\n

That possibility now much more of a reality, and we will be seeing a cinematic version of Book Of Mormon<\/em>. It just won’t be right away.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a>, Parker stated that a Book Of Mormon film is an inevitability after the Broadway show and touring company run their courses.<\/p>\n

Hopefully [the show] will have a big run and a big tour and then we can do the movie in several years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Stone added –<\/p>\n

We want to do it some day. The great thing is, a lot of Broadway teams would have to go team up with a Hollywood producer and bring on a Hollywood director, but Trey\u2019s a director and [the musical’s producer] Scott [Rudin]\u2019s a great producer. We\u2019ve all made movies. So it\u2019s kind of cool, it can stay in the same family.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I said back in April, I would love to see a big screen adaption of Book Of Mormon<\/em>, especially if they can get as much as of the original cast to participate as possible. (Josh Gad is a must!) I think the show has enough material in it that can be opened up for a cinematic version. And as subversive as the musical is of certain Broadway tropes, I can easily see Parker, Stone and Lopez being equally so with a movie version. And, if you\u2019ve seen the show, you just know that the show-stopping production number \u201cSpooky Mormon Hell Dream\u201d could only be even cooler when realized on film.<\/p>\n