With the cast and music just about set, Rock Of Ages is becoming one of the most talked about upcoming films.
Rock Of Ages tells the story, replete with hair-band music, of a small-town girl (Julianne Hough) who comes to Hollywood for the 1980s music scene and is nearly destroyed by it. Although she falls for a budding musician named Drew, she also catches the eye of Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise), an arrogant rocker at the height of his career, ends up as a stripper in a club run by Mary J. Blige but also finds true love at the end.
The movie’s script, with a polish by Justin Theroux, is sticking close to the stage script, although with some tweaks. Cruise’s Jaxx, for example, will not be heading into the sunset with the long arm of the law for having sex with a minor.
The movie will also star Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Amy Adams, Russell Brand and newcomer Diego Gonzalez Boneta.
The movie will mostly stick with same songs as the play, although some songs will be swapped out. Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me” is one of the new rockers featured.
And there will be an original tune as well, written by Adams Anders (who is also scoring the movie) and Desmond Child, and being created to sound as if it were straight out of the 1980s.
Ages begins shooting May 19 in Miami, which will double for the 1980s-era Sunset Strip and Los Angeles.
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