While it does involve Hades, Imma still drop this riiiiiiight here
This. A hundred times this. I've always believed that if one was to adapt
Hamilton or
Hadestown to film, it needs to be animated.
Truth be told, I've actually been thinking of ways to adapt
Hadestown to animation. The biggest thing I have right now is having a live-action framing sequence where the story is told around a campfire, and the storyteller becomes Hermes
(I'm still torn on whether or not the listeners play the other characters, or having other people voice the characters). Just imagine the camera diving straight into the fire, transitioning into the animated story.
Plus, think of how effective the ending could be. After the storyteller reprises "Road to Hell (Reprise)", everyone is rather shaken by how sad the story has ended and trudge off. However, they are stopped by one of the female listeners, who has remained at the fire, and who starts to sing unaccompanied:
"Pour the wine and raise the cup / Drink up, brothers, you know how..." Her song gradually spreads to the other listeners and the storyteller, who join her in a toast "to Orpheus and all of us." As the song grows, so too does the musical accompaniment. And I'm debating on whether or not it would be cheesy to see the animated faces of Orpheus, Eurydice, Persephone and Hades watching them sing with pride, but it would be a nice touch, wouldn't you say? And the film ends with the singer addressing her fellow listeners--and us--with
"Goodnight, brothers, goodnight". The camera pans down, and the fire tapers out.
