U2 recently discussed their Spider-Man "opera," Turn Off the Dark, written for the Broadway play of the same name, weeks after all reports seemed to indicate the project was dead in the water. The band even confirmed that Evan Rachel Wood had been hired for the role of Mary-Jane Watson [Parker] and that Turn Off the Dark would feature a new, female villain not previously found in Spidey's Rogues Gallery. Bono said the characters really weren't the ones portrayed in the comic books, movies, and other media in which they have appeared; Bono explained it as "not a straight take on the myth."
The Edge, guitarist for the band, does not consider the play a "musical" - "Most musicals are... not very cool," he said - insisting instead that it is an opera. As for the music, they once again mentioned opera, but say "it touches on rock n roll," as well.
They also praised Woods' voice. Bono said, "She's the one to watch. She happens to sing like a bird - it's like a true voice."
The Edge added, "We made one rule for ourselves though that we would never have Spider-Man singing. A guy singing in tights can't happen."
With Disney's acquiring of Marvel, it is possible Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark may actually happen, though The Weirding suspects the current director, along with at least half of the production team, will have to buy tickets to see it.
© C Harris Lynn, 2009
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Call it "serendipity" if you will, but more appropriately, it's having too many bookmarks and too few eyeballs (and too little patience). Whatever the case may be, I left out quite a bit of news here:
Disney reportedly has no plans of saving Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark - what with its $45 million price tag and all - so Bono himself actually raised the money for the skeleton crew which went back to work on the sinking ship yesterday morning.
The key phrase in the last paragraph is "raised the money"; Bono is not funding the project on his own. Either way, he's going to have to do a lot more than that if he plans to get the thing back up and running - much less for it to open on time (Feb. 25, 2010).
Source: NY Magazine
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