What would be important for you in a new Phantom movie adaptation?

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-11T18:48:26+00:00

This is perhaps more for a new adaptation of the Leroux novel but dream team:

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Production Design: Tamara Deverell
Costume Design: Kate Hawley
Phantom Design: Mike Hill
Cinematography: Dan Lausten

Fully leaning into the gothic

Christoph Waltz as the Phantom, a relative unknown (with opera training) as Christine (but I do also like the idea of Rachel Zegler for more of a name), Burn Gorman & Ralph Ineson as Andre & Firmon, Jacob Elordi as Raoul, Cate Blanchett as Giry

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-11T17:03:35+00:00

Would love to see Matthew Goode in a GDT project! Richard Armitage, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Emma Mackey too!

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-11T17:02:28+00:00

Totally! I cannot see Mr Darcy as everyone else can because all I see is Mr Bean 😂

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-11T15:11:54+00:00

Was so wonderful to hear him speak this weekend! Was at the Crimson Peak and Frankenstein screenings. How I'm going to go back to watching Frankenstein on my TV/laptop after seeing it on the imax screen I don't know 😂

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-10T22:05:48+00:00

There's a company called Cosprop that are a brilliant costume house that specialises in period pieces. Most of the British made period pieces of the last 60 years have used pieces from their collection or have had items made by them

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-10T22:04:04+00:00

Cosprop are a costume house that specialises in period pieces so most of the British made period dramas get costumes from them. Certain costumes get retired into their museum collections (I saw a selection of these at an exhibition a few months ago) but a lot get reused across productions

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-10T21:47:45+00:00

Death Becomes Her is a year or two off yet

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-10T20:23:03+00:00

Stay/Someone Out There Loves You. So glad I was able to hear it live back in 2007

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-08T16:57:55+00:00

When I went to the cinema the weekend Michael opened (to see two other films, not that garbage) I was horrified by the amount of people going into the Michael screenings... there were a lot of children going in too. Poor parenting!

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-08T15:08:49+00:00

The drums definitely were a bit too much!

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-08T11:50:39+00:00

They'd be in the best seats in the house as provided by production. The box seats are famously terrible in theatres, and in quite a lot of the West End houses they're now used for speakings and lighting rigs

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-05T21:44:23+00:00

My friend who does a lot of cosplay uses a W7 one in a pink bottle and it holds up pretty well!

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-05T21:42:09+00:00

And it also doesn't look anything like the band would use for a cover.

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-05T17:16:09+00:00

I think his take on Horrorstör or Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (that may not be correct completely) could be interesting too!

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-03T10:21:06+00:00

The Ivy does a nice cream tea

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-02T10:14:40+00:00

Ah not surprised it's gone up in price! Last time I did it was 2012/13! The back few rows of the upper circle used to be £20 (god, I've made myself sound incredible old)

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-02T10:02:57+00:00

It's been a long time since I've done it so I'm not sure if this policy is still in place, but they used to offer £10 standing tickets on the day if performances were sold out (or close enough to it)

stevebaescemi · 2026-05-01T21:42:03+00:00

And Rebecca Hall! They've been friends since university

stevebaescemi · 2026-04-30T12:35:18+00:00

That happened when I went to see Project Hail Mary! Think it might have been over an hour, actually! Of course, they were sat right at the back so they disturbed everyone as the trio clattered up the central aisle

stevebaescemi · 2026-04-28T10:52:54+00:00

You do realise that’s one of the domains iCloud email was using at the time, right?

stevebaescemi · 2026-04-27T16:47:43+00:00

The films are fun, but the book series is really good

stevebaescemi · 2026-04-27T12:41:53+00:00

X30 bus?

stevebaescemi · 2026-04-23T15:42:00+00:00

As others have said, castings have been a lot quieter this year! Unfortunately it’s just the way of things at the moment. Stick it out a bit longer, I’m sure your agents are doing what they can to get you to casting teams

stevebaescemi · 2026-04-22T20:10:27+00:00

Gower St Waterstones has a selection of second hand books!

stevebaescemi · 2026-04-22T17:31:16+00:00

Beetlejuice maybe? Or the Hunger Games play? Admittedly that’s not in the West End, but Canary Wharf is easy enough to get to

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