Simon Cowell’s New Film Project
Posted on August 23, 2007
Simon Cowell is bringing TV show American Idol to the big screen in a movie project he’s calling Starstruck. The plot of the film revolves around the lives of 10 contestants battling to win a huge talent contest. The actors who will play the film’s leads will be cast through open auditions held in seven or eight U.S. cities early next year. Cowell is expected to be present during the selection process.
Cowell told the Hollywood Reporter, “The story is told through the eyes of those 10 contestants, We want it to be the musical version of Rocky—an underdog story, a feel-good film.” The movie has also been compared to the 1980’s classic film Fame.
The American Idol music mogul hired veteran British TV writer Jonathan Harvey, whose credits include a stint on the long-running prime-time U.K. soap Coronation Street, to begin work on a script. Cowell is hoping to release Starstuck in the summer 2008.
Let’s hope this film does better at the box office than the sad movie From Justin to Kelly starring previous Idol stars Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini.
Source - www.idolstalker.com
2 comments
[...] post by personalmedia and a wordpress plugin by Elliott Written by on August 23rd, 2007 with no comments. Read more [...]
[...] post by personalmedia and plugin by Elliott Back Written by on August 23rd, 2007 with no comments. Read more articles on [...]