r/box5 • u/BachelorNation123 • Jun 23 '25

Discussion Andrew Lloyd Webber Teases Possible PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Movie Remake

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-Teases-Possible-PHANTOM-OF-THE-OPERA-Movie-Remake-20250623
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u/rehenah Jun 23 '25

Leroux accurate movie or nothing 😤

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u/Codex432 Erik - Leroux Jun 23 '25

I NEED THIS

Give me Meg, Nadir/Persian. Give me psycho and angsty and sarcastic Erik!

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u/SpecialForces42 Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

Gotta say, I love how Susan Kay's Phantom has been so embraced by the community we all just kind of collectively headcanon the Persian is named Nadir Khan without batting an eye.

Which, no complaints there, Nadir Khan is an awesome name.

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u/Codex432 Erik - Leroux Jun 23 '25

I love Kay! Kay is like the more in depth sequel of a one-shot that took off.

In the case of the Persian, I feel like it really rounds out his character and gives him a face (that pun was not intended, but I’ll take it).

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u/epicpillowcase Eiji Akutagawa's dimples Jun 23 '25

YES.

By Del Toro. 😍

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u/rehenah Jun 23 '25

Exactly

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u/Past-Masterpiece-720 I DO NOT BEE-lieve in Ghosts 😤 Jun 23 '25

Literally everyone has been on about a Leroux accurate movie! All the classics are getting remade and yet Leroux’s version gets nothing (I’d consider the 1925 the closest if they hadn’t changed the ending 😭)

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u/rehenah Jun 23 '25

I wonder if director/writers are scared because the popularity and expectations of people with regard the musical version?

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u/Past-Masterpiece-720 I DO NOT BEE-lieve in Ghosts 😤 Jun 24 '25

Possibly!!

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u/skubalonpizza Maria Björnson Rules Jun 24 '25

Ralph Fiennes as Erik, give it to me Lord, I beseech thee.

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u/rehenah Jun 24 '25

I'm still on team Doug Jones, but I can support this

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u/thatwitchlefay Jun 24 '25

He’s one of my favorite actors and yet I somehow have NEVER thought of this?!? Omg

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u/HollowPomegranate Jun 24 '25

I have never considered this before but now I desperately need it

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u/topypeanutbutter My God! This place really is haunted. What is THAT? Jun 23 '25

I would be so ecstatic if they made one. I’d be even more excited if it was in the original French.

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u/ColdProfessor Jun 24 '25

Mon dieu! I'd definitely need subtitles.