ROCK OF AGES is a slight variation of movies we’ve seen before, most recently with BURLESQUE, which was basically a remake of SHOWGIRLS. In this case, Julianne Hough plays Sherrie, a small-town girl looking for fame and fortune in LA in 1987. Predictably, she gets robbed right away and then meets up with a struggling [...]
As the Young Adult genre continues to take over Hollywood, today we’re learning that director David Slade (THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE and HARD CANDY) will helm the upcoming film MATCHED. Based on the YA book by Ally Condie, MATCHED is set in a future society (of course) where residents are told what to read, what [...]
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that the rock musical comedy ROCK OF AGES (click the link to read the review), starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige and Bryan Cranston, will be available in a Triple Play edition Blu-ray on October 8th, 2012. Directed by [...]
She’s just a small town girl and he’s just a city boy, both meeting on the Sunset Strip in 1987 Los Angeles. As long as they “Don’t Stop Believin’” in their dreams of becoming musicians and their love for one another, Sherrie (Julianne Hough) and Drew (Diego Boneta) will be able to overcome all the [...]
It is a long running joke in our household that I will drop whatever I’m doing to watch a Queen Latifah movie if it is on TV. Probably because my husband was forced to sit through LAST HOLIDAY on more than one occasion and I admitted that JUST WRIGHT might be a guilty pleasure. Therefore, [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I’m not sure when Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin became a dynamic duo, but after starring in IT’S COMPLICATED and then hosting the Oscars together, the two seem like they’re BFF’s. The duo are set to test their chemistry again as they’ve agreed to star in a new comedy described as [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant It feels like the part of journalist that tries to do an exposé on Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) in ROCK OF AGES would never be cast. However, I’m happy to report that Malin Akerman has landed the gig that was originally offered to Anne Hathaway and Amy Adams. Which means maybe [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Catherine Zeta-Jones is such an amazing musical actress, Adam Shankman wrote a role for her in the upcoming film ROCK OF AGES. True story. Zeta-Jones will play a villain who is against rock ‘n roll and is described as “if Tipper Gore and Anita Bryant had a love child.” Sexy. Shankmn [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Good news and bad news for the upcoming musical ROCK OF AGES. Good news is that Adam Shankman has confirmed that Russell Brand will be joining the cast and will play Lonny who is the guy running the 80′s rock club for the owner (played by Alec Baldwin). Bad news is [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant It looks like Adam Shankman’s upcoming musical ROCK OF AGES just cast it’s leading man in Diego González Boneta. Boneta has most recently played the character Alex Santiago on the popular television series ‘Pretty Little Liars’ as well as had a recurring role on ’90210′. Boneta actually started out as a [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Adam Shankman is still lining up cast to star in his upcoming musical ROCK OF AGES and it looks like he has found his singing journalist in Amy Adams. In a role that was first offered to Anne Hathaway (who had to back out due to THE DARK KNIGHT RISES schedule), [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Adam Shankman’s next musical ROCK OF AGES is gathering quite the cast. Last week we had confirmation that Tom Cruise and Mary J. Blige were definitely on board, Julianne Hough was in final negotiations and now confirmed and today we find out that Alec Baldwin has committed to the film as [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Julianne Hough (best known for her role in BURLESQUE and televisions Dancing With the Stars) is the latest actress in negotiations to join the Adam Shankman musical ROCK OF AGES. She would join Tom Cruise and Mary J. Blige who are definitely on board, while Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand are [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant I’m hesitant to even call this news since it’s been speculated for so long, but just so we’re all on the same page- it has been confirmed that Tom Cruise will be joining the musical ROCK OF AGES. Producer and director Adam Shankman confirmed on the red carpet last night that [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Director Adam Shankman seems to already have Tom Cruise in the bag for his upcoming musical ROCK OF AGES, and now he wants to add Oscar hostess Anne Hathaway to the mix as well. He and the studio are in talks to have Hathaway board the 80′s rock musical and play [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant We posted late last year that Tom Cruise was circling the Adam Shankman project ROCK OF AGES, and he just needed to tweak the script a bit before signing on, and it looks like he’s a go. It’s been reported that Cruise is in final negotiations to star as Stacee Jaxx [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Adam Shankman’s upcoming musical entitled ROCK OF AGES seems to be generating a lot of buzz for big actors, although it doesn’t seem like anyone is definitely on board. Russell Brand is the latest to circle the project and he would play Lonnie. Lonnie runs the 80′s club for the owner [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Tom Cruise is in negotiations and Gwyneth Paltrow has been offered (but has not accepted yet) a roll in the upcoming Adam Shankman film ROCK OF AGES. The film (or musical) is about a young couple who’s story (meeting to falling in love and trying to stay together) is told through [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I guess it was only a matter of time that Disney would make a live-action Tinker Bell movie. Over the past several years, they’ve turned the bit character from PETER PAN into an iconic figure. Elizabeth Banks will be playing the mischievous fairy in the adaptation, which is being produced by [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Zac Effron has his own production studio called “Ninjas Runnin’ Wild Productions”. You know what that sounds like? It sounds like it was named by a 16 year-old kid with too much money. Anyway, Zac Effron and NRW have just jumped on a workplace comedy from scribe Jason Filardi that Effron [...]
