{"id":13298,"date":"2014-02-05T11:26:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T19:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=13298"},"modified":"2016-09-09T16:10:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T23:10:48","slug":"joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html","title":{"rendered":"Joseph<\/i> and the amazing Technicolor animated film"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019ve seen a lot of Bible movies, and I have even seen or listened to a few Bible-themed plays and cast recordings and whatnot, but there\u2019s one production that I have never experienced in any way, shape or form, and it\u2019s a biggie: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/i>, which Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice first composed in the 1960s<\/a>, a few years before they wrote Jesus Christ Superstar<\/i>.<\/p>\n

I should probably familiarize myself with it fairly soon, though. In addition to some research I\u2019m doing on Genesis movies right now, it was also announced today<\/a> that Elton John, who has experience producing family films based on classic pop hits, is collaborating with Webber and Rice on an animated adaptation of the musical, which is apparently the most-produced musical in history and especially popular with schoolchildren.<\/p>\n

Elton John, of course, has worked on animated films before \u2014 and has worked with Tim Rice before! \u2014 having collaborated with him on the songs for Disney\u2019s The Lion King<\/a><\/i> (1994) and DreamWorks\u2019 The Road to El Dorado<\/i> (2000). Through Rocket Pictures, he has also produced Gnomeo & Juliet<\/i> (2011), an animated film based on his songs, and he is currently working on a sequel to that film, among other things.<\/p>\n

A number of Webber\u2019s musicals have been turned into feature films over the years \u2014 starting with Jesus Christ Superstar<\/a><\/i> (1973) and continuing with films like Evita<\/i> (1996) and The Phantom of the Opera<\/i> (2004) \u2014 but not Joseph<\/i>, until now, though an adaptation starring Donny Osmond was<\/i> released straight to video in 1999.<\/p>\n

The story of Joseph and the coat of many colours has been adapted many times, of course; one of the higher-profile animated films was Joseph, King of Dreams<\/a><\/i> (2000), a straight-to-video prequel of sorts to DreamWorks\u2019 The Prince of Egypt<\/a><\/i> (1998). It came out just a few years after one of the better live-action adaptations \u2014 the two-part TV-movie Joseph<\/a><\/i> (1995), starring Paul Mercurio as Joseph, Martin Landau as Jacob and Ben Kingsley as Potiphar \u2014 won an Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elton John is reuniting with his Lion King<\/i> and Road to El Dorado<\/i> lyricist Tim Rice to turn Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical into a feature film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[679,1880,728,1881,3634,680],"class_list":["post-13298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-andrew-lloyd-webber","tag-elton-john","tag-joseph","tag-joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat","tag-joseph-son-of-jacob","tag-tim-rice"],"yoast_head":"\nJoseph and the amazing Technicolor animated film<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elton John is reuniting with his Lion King and Road to El Dorado lyricist Tim Rice to turn Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical into a feature film.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joseph and the amazing Technicolor animated film\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elton John is reuniting with his Lion King and Road to El Dorado lyricist Tim Rice to turn Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical into a feature film.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FilmChat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-05T19:26:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-09T23:10:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/files\/2014\/02\/josephandtheamazingtechnicolordreamcoat-211x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Peter T. Chattaway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Peter T. Chattaway\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html\",\"name\":\"Joseph and the amazing Technicolor animated film\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-05T19:26:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-09T23:10:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/5759ddf28b81af08b29eb15b4e071fde\"},\"description\":\"Elton John is reuniting with his Lion King and Road to El Dorado lyricist Tim Rice to turn Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical into a feature film.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Joseph and the amazing Technicolor animated film\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/\",\"name\":\"FilmChat\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/5759ddf28b81af08b29eb15b4e071fde\",\"name\":\"Peter T. Chattaway\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c4b809df092b410d749a6995bcf4f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c4b809df092b410d749a6995bcf4f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Peter T. Chattaway\"},\"description\":\"Peter T. Chattaway was the regular film critic for BC Christian News from 1992 to 2011. In addition to his award-winning film column for that paper, his news and opinion pieces have appeared in such publications as Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Bible Review and the Vancouver Sun. He has also contributed essays to the books Re-Viewing The Passion: Mel Gibson\u2019s Film and Its Critics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Scandalizing Jesus?: Kazantzakis\u2019s The Last Temptation of Christ Fifty Years on (Continuum, 2005) and The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (De Gruyter, 2016).\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/author\/peterchattaway\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Joseph and the amazing Technicolor animated film","description":"Elton John is reuniting with his Lion King and Road to El Dorado lyricist Tim Rice to turn Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical into a feature film.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Joseph and the amazing Technicolor animated film","og_description":"Elton John is reuniting with his Lion King and Road to El Dorado lyricist Tim Rice to turn Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical into a feature film.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html","og_site_name":"FilmChat","article_published_time":"2014-02-05T19:26:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-09-09T23:10:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/files\/2014\/02\/josephandtheamazingtechnicolordreamcoat-211x300.jpg"}],"author":"Peter T. Chattaway","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Peter T. Chattaway","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html","name":"Joseph and the amazing Technicolor animated film","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-02-05T19:26:05+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-09T23:10:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/5759ddf28b81af08b29eb15b4e071fde"},"description":"Elton John is reuniting with his Lion King and Road to El Dorado lyricist Tim Rice to turn Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic musical into a feature film.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2014\/02\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-animated-film.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Joseph and the amazing Technicolor animated film"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/","name":"FilmChat","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/5759ddf28b81af08b29eb15b4e071fde","name":"Peter T. Chattaway","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c4b809df092b410d749a6995bcf4f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c4b809df092b410d749a6995bcf4f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Peter T. Chattaway"},"description":"Peter T. Chattaway was the regular film critic for BC Christian News from 1992 to 2011. In addition to his award-winning film column for that paper, his news and opinion pieces have appeared in such publications as Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Bible Review and the Vancouver Sun. He has also contributed essays to the books Re-Viewing The Passion: Mel Gibson\u2019s Film and Its Critics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), Scandalizing Jesus?: Kazantzakis\u2019s The Last Temptation of Christ Fifty Years on (Continuum, 2005) and The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (De Gruyter, 2016).","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/author\/peterchattaway"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}