RENT: The movie?

The film industry (after Chicago) is continuing its trend of turning popular musicals into adapted full blown motion pictures. With this, comes RENT. When I received word from a friend that this was being made into a movie I couldn’t help but cringe. Just like the golden rule of movies: the book is better, the same is true with stage performance vs. movie adaptation. The only relief I had after hearing about this being turned into a movie is that the majority of the original cast members are the stars (including Idina Menzel!)

Check out the movie’s trailer here or here.

Also, check out the offical cast blog too...it has journal like posts of day-to-day experiences with the filming of the movie.

Click, Rent Movie Blog.