Sky launched a brand new teaser for his or her upcoming restricted collection, “Amadeus,” on Tuesday — although, it didn’t obtain a standing ovation from followers on-line.
The Sky Authentic, which is about to premiere in December, dropped a first-look for the reimagining of Peter Shaffer’s 1981 play (that, in flip, impressed the 1984 movie of the identical identify that gained Finest Image on the Academy Awards).
Nevertheless, followers had been fast to place the brand new iteration of “Amadeus” on blast, calling out the collection for casting Will Sharpe, a half-Japanese performer, within the titular function — as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was traditionally not Asian.
After one X person shared that “actually not a single particular person was asking for this,” one other fan commented on Sharpe’s casting: “I had no concept Mozart was East Asian. It’s factor we’ve got Hollywood to supply such historic accuracy right here. Have been one thing irregular to occur, like Hollywood painting Obama as a White man, I wouldn’t hassle watching.”
“Is that this the one the place we discover out that the true genius behind Amadeus is a paraplegic non binary Black girl that taught him the whole lot,” one other particular person sarcastically wrote on X, “and wrote his music?”
Many additionally took problem with Sky declaring that they “imagine in unique tales” whereas concurrently selling a remake. One X person sounded off on Tuesday, “Can we do one thing new that hasn’t been executed earlier than? Perhaps? Please?”
“Why on Earth would we’d like a retelling of a well-known story, when this banger of the film already exists?” one other weighed in. “Simply remaster in 4K and make an annual run in film theaters. I’ve watched it so many instances and can watch once more gladly.”
A 3rd famous: “lol they actually ended that trailer with ‘imagine, in unique tales??’ Actually?? After remaking maybe the one film that by no means, ever, must [be] remade??”
“Amadeus,” written by “Black Doves” creator Joe Barton, sees Sharpe entering into the footwear as soon as crammed by Tom Hulce because the famed classical composer.
Barton has since hit again on the criticism, writing on X: “I wrote this. As a part of our promotion we’re going to destroy each single copy of the 1984 unique film in existence and there’s completely nothing you are able to do about it.”
Paul Bettany, Gabrielle Creevy, Rory Kinnear, Lucy Cohu, Jonathan Aris and extra spherical out the forged.
The collection is produced by Two Cities Tv, part of STV Studios, in affiliation with Sky Studios. Megan Spanjian, Michael Jackson, Stephen Wright, Julian Farino and Paul Gilbert function govt producers alongside Sharpe.
Watch the brand new teaser above.
