I caught a weekend matinee of Rock of Ages this last weekend. It was not the greatest but...it was fun and a kick. Tom Cruise & Catherine Zeta-Jones tore it up. But... anyone who says they don't make musicals anymore is wrong. They keep churning them out and they are all over the boards in terms of the audience they will find. I will be one of the first in line to buy tickets for them.
Les Miserables - the Movie
Sparkle - the Movie
Pitch Perfect - the Movie
And that is not counting possibilities in the wings. The Clint Eastwood/ Beyonce adaptation of A Star Is Born that may or may not ever happen. A new reboot of Annie with a score by none other than JayZ and a black orphan Annie. Frank or Francis - a musical brainchild of writer Charlie Kaufman starring Steve Carrell & Nicholas Cage that I can't even begin to fathom. How about Can A Song Save Your Life? with Adam Levine, Mark Ruffalo & Keira Knightley from the writer of Once. A bio pic of Jimi Hendrix with the outrageous Andre 2000 called All Is By My Side. Rocker musicals of American Idiot (if it ever makes casting and the transition from stage), Flawless with Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling about the independent band scene at Austin SXSW Fest, or CBGB (Country/ BlueGrass/ Blues) about a famed nightclub in NYC that played host to young stars in their bar band days. Yippee!
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