'(500)' Days of Jesus?

Should Universal be seriously considering a remake of Jesus Christ Superstar, they may look to the director of (500) Days of Summer, Marc Webb. One reason not to remake it? As The Hollywood Reporter so hopelessly puts it: "Webb could bring a modern, hipstery take" to the project. "Hipstery"? Someone, please, burn me alive if that word is ever used again. As for the logic behind hiring Webb, The Reporter says he loves the original film, or perhaps, the original musical, or perhaps, a revival of the original musical. I don't think it follows that because there's a scene where Joseph Gordon-Levitt reenacts a scene common to movie musicals (in which he dances with a crowd of extras) that Webb is somehow perfectly suited for the project, but whatever. Do we want/need a new Jesus? Probably, yeah. Just as a generational touchstone, the film, directed by Norman Jewison, is horribly out of date. The studio behind a possible update is Universal, which scored one of the biggest worldwide successes of 2008 with Mamma Mia!, so the inference that da U is in the market for another musical is certainly no surprise. Plus, the genre was proclaimed as being "back" at the Oscars, which was probably true enough at the time. They have shown an ability to be extremely profitable if nothing else, although you'd hope there would be something else, especially with a remake.

Comments

[SEAN]

YEAH!!
Go Marc Webb, Im a HUGE fan after seeing 500 days ...twice!

Im not i want another version but hey he's right for the job in my book, bring him together with the Mamma Mia folks and thats a winning formula