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Get Ready For 'Thriller the Musical'!
Monday, January 26, 2009


By: MrDisgusting
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Get ready to groove as "Thriller" is prepping to thrill legit audiences. According to Variety, James L. Nederlander, prexy of Gotham producer and theater owner the Nederlander Org, has officially picked up theatrical rights to produce a musical theater version of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." The score for the tuner will consist of songs from Jackson's 1982 album "Thriller" as well as from his 1979 LP "Off the Wall" (come on "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"). The plot of "Thriller the Musical" will be based on the 1982 "Thriller" video, about a wholesome young couple whose date goes awry when one of them turns into a werewolf. No creative team is yet attached, and no timeline for the project has been announced, but I'm sure either way this one is gonna be interesting.

Since THRILLER is blocked from YouTube (unless you go here), here's a little sumthin'-sumthin'....




Source: Variety

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KingOfHorror
5:57pm, January 26, 2009

Not Horror! Worst news yet!


Son of Celluloid
6:45pm, January 26, 2009

Not horror? Uhm, considering the make-up effects for the original music video were done by Rick Baker and it was directed by John Landis with a voice-over by Vincent Price and a narrative that involved werewolves and dancing corpses, how can you say that it's, quote, "Not Horror!"? Gimme a break. I, for one, am curious. And thank you, Mr. Disgusting, for covering it.Sorry other folks are too narrow-minded to appreciate it.


Cathedral opf Demoni
8:13pm, January 26, 2009

This is even more gay than covering "Twilight".


rickdunn101
8:40pm, January 26, 2009

Gay is good.


macho555
10:10pm, January 26, 2009

I agree, thank you Mr. Disgusting for covering this. I don't have any huge opinions on Jackson himself, but I love Thriller.


Horror_Luva
10:16pm, January 26, 2009

"more gay"? Nice English. And wooo homophobics! Naht.


I AM THE EGG MAN
11:07pm, January 26, 2009

This is definitely horror-related, so I think we should cut Mr. Disgusting a break. Having said that, this is a pretty bad idea. Maybe it could work if the Zombie is a pedophile, and he's after the young man. That would be frightening. Hey, they could get Victor Salva to direct it, and Scott Bairstow could star as the Zombie. Throw in R. Kelly covering the title track, and we've got a movie only Roman Polanski would love. Hell, I'd green light it just to assemble all of that molesting, raping, pissing, and taping it talent.


HorrorChild
11:20pm, January 26, 2009

What...the...fuck was up with that video? Lol


chmima
11:36pm, January 26, 2009

I would pay to see that musical if they turned the video into a part of the show. Thanks Mr. D :)


Clare_Redfield
7:16am, January 27, 2009

Wooooo I so want to see that! I too would love to see a horror scene break out into "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" lol and the Bollywood version, pure gold :)


DBlock
12:16pm, January 27, 2009

I'm curious about this. I'm an avid visitor to the theater district in NYC and think this could work. I saw Evil Dead The Musical and loved it. I wish them the best with this project.


Guywiththegun
8:40am, January 28, 2009

This sounds fucking AWESOME. And fuck off to anyone who says this isn't horror related. The "Thriller" video is one of my first experiences with horror.


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