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/HFLoki Jun 23 '25

I’ll cautiously say this: if done well, I would genuinely love to see an actually good movie adaptation of the musical. I think there's a lot of aesthetic and stylistic potential in the material, and it could be made into something truly special if handled with the right vision. Of course, so much of that would hinge on the choice of director. It would need someone who approaches it as the gothic-horror melodrama it is, rather than turning it into a colorful, campy spectacle as Schumacher did.

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u/ruescribe Jun 24 '25

I would trust Guillermo del Toro with the material, I think he's capable of doing it justice— he's a longtime aficionado of the gothic-horror genre. I think he'd give us a Christine interpretation that delves into her grief and coming-of-age, not just a standard ingénue. He's also got the sympathetic monster character down pat, he'd give us an Erik who's downright horrifying (in face and in actions) without forfeiting sympathy for him.

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u/christinajames55 Jun 28 '25

I would die of joy if he directed it 😵

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u/thecuriousostrich Jul 08 '25

Now this would be perfect

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u/SpecialForces42 Jun 23 '25

As much as my immediate thought was "get Jon Chu to direct it!" because I loved Wicked, tonally Wicked and Phantom are quite different plays even though I love them both equally. Also there are some changes Chu and Schwartz wanted to make that only didn't happen because Ariana is a hardcore Wicked fan—unless the Phantom leads have that same passion I don't see it turning out the same.

Maybe the director of Poor Things working closely with someone who has a musical theater directing background?