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'Rock of Ages' Becoming a Movie; Jack Black Just Assumed To Be Involved
iwatchstuff.com - 10/20/2009
'Rock of Ages' Becoming a Movie; Jack Black Just Assumed To Be Involved
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Rock of Ages , the Tony Awards-nominated Broadway musical known for combining live theater with frat boy karaoke--and, locally, for having this really, really obnoxious guy in the commercials (above)--is getting the ol' movie treatment. Variety reports Adam Shankman ( Hairspray ) will ...
Adam Shankman gets ready to 'Rock'
variety.com - 10/20/2009
Adam Shankman gets ready to 'Rock'
— variety.com — 'Hairspray' director takes on New Line film "Hairspray" helmer Adam Shankman is signing on to direct and... choreograph the screen version of the Broadway musical "Rock of Ages" for New Line Cinema. The film will begin production by next summer and be ... (more) Adam Shankman gets ready to 'Rock'

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weblogs.variety.com - 10/20/2009
Shankman Takes "Rock of Ages"
— weblogs.variety.com — “Hairspray” helmer Adam Shankman is signing on to direct and choreograph “Rock of Ages,” the screen version... of the Broadway musical for New Line Cinema. The film will begin production by next summer, and will be released by Warner Bros. in 2011. The ... (more) Shankman Takes "Rock of Ages"

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Adam Shankman Will Headbang To 'Rock of Ages'
cinematical.com - 10/20/2009
Adam Shankman Will Headbang To 'Rock of Ages'
— cinematical.com — If you live in New York, you may have caught the Broadway musical Rock of Ages ,... and left high on hairspray and Whitesnake. But most of us will be encountering this little-hit-that-could in its big screen incarnation. Late last year, Tobey Maguire ... (more) Adam Shankman Will Headbang To 'Rock of Ages'

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Can Adam Shankman Make a Guy-Friendly Musical, Oscars? Today in Film Bloggery 10/20/09
SpoutBlog — ... will adapt another Broadway smash for the screen: the musical “Rock of Ages,” which follows two people who fall in love at a Sunset Strip club, and features 80s rock from the likes of Journey, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi and Pat Benatar. [...] There are literally no circumstances under which we would see this movie. Mark at I Watch Stuff doesn’t get the appeal of this musical for anyone, male or female: With ...

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Adam Shankman Directing Rock of Ages — GeekTyrant
There seems to be a stigma against musicals amongst the male contingent of movie watchers out there, but with Chicago winning the Best Picture Oscar in 2003, Dreamgirls garnering some award attention a couple years ago, and now “Glee” picking up steam on FOX, perhaps the tides ...
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Adam Shankman is a busy, busy man. Since directing 2005’s The Pacifier and Cheaper By the Dozen , Shankman has barely had a break, taking on numerous projects directing, producing, and choreographing films, as well as being a judge on the hit show So You Think You Can Dance . Now Shankman ...
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The Broadway jukebox musical Rock of Ages becomes a movie.
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Adam Shankman, who directed the movie musical version of John Waters’ “Hairspray,” is returning to the genre with “Rock of Ages,” a rock-themed 80s love story set to the tunes of Journey, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi, and Pat Benatar, among others. More ...