Light My Candle?

The RENT trailer is online. I'm a huge fan of the play having been lucky enough to perform in the Manila and Singapore runs, and I sincerely hope to God in heaven that Chris Columbus does not fuck this up. Martin Scorcese was once rumored to direct this, and so was Spike Lee (making the line "maybe it's not the moon at all, I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street" instantly and unintentionally narcissistic) and I would have loved to see how both those directors would have done this. Watching the Columbus trailer, I'm getting a sappy St. Elmo's Fire/ Party Of Five vibe. Damn you Columbus. Make us all happy and write Goonies 2 instead. It's great to see most of the original cast doing the movie version though. And Rosario Dawson as Mimi is perfect casting. I wonder who they got to play Paul? Heheh.