The flamboyant life and premature death of Australian entertainer Peter Allen will be dramatised in a 2-part miniseries.
Shine Australia is developing Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, for the Seven Network, following their successful collaboration on Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart.
To be produced by Rory Callaghan and Kerrie Mainwaring, the Allen mini will be Shine.s third major Australian drama. In the can is Catching Milat, a two-part telemovie recounting the investigation that led to the arrest of serial killer Ivan Milat, which Seven commissioned.
The Allen project has not been announced but word has spread among talent agents and actors.
Shawn Seet (Love Child, The Code, Underbelly) is attached to direct. The plot will follow Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough) from his teenage years in Tenterfield, Nsw, where he sang and played piano at the local pub.
He and Chris Bell formed the Allen Brothers.
Shine Australia is developing Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, for the Seven Network, following their successful collaboration on Inxs: Never Tear Us Apart.
To be produced by Rory Callaghan and Kerrie Mainwaring, the Allen mini will be Shine.s third major Australian drama. In the can is Catching Milat, a two-part telemovie recounting the investigation that led to the arrest of serial killer Ivan Milat, which Seven commissioned.
The Allen project has not been announced but word has spread among talent agents and actors.
Shawn Seet (Love Child, The Code, Underbelly) is attached to direct. The plot will follow Allen (born Peter Richard Woolnough) from his teenage years in Tenterfield, Nsw, where he sang and played piano at the local pub.
He and Chris Bell formed the Allen Brothers.
- 10/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Blake Lively starrer The Age Of Adaline will open wide on January 23, Lionsgate announced today. The romantic drama from director Lee Toland Krieger tracks a 29-year-old woman (Lively) who stops aging after an accident and embarks on a series of incredible adventures throughout the 20th century until she meets a man who forever alters her isolated life. Adaline will face off against Universal’s thriller The Boy Next Door on the January date. Harrison Ford, Michiel Huisman, Ellen Burstyn, Amanda Crew, and Kathy Baker also star in the pic scripted by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz with revisions by Allison Burnett. The Sidney Kimmel and Lakeshore Entertainment production produced by Sidney Kimmel, Tom Rosenberg, and Gary Lucchesi.
- 8/15/2014
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline
“It’s our last dance in St. Louis. I feel like I’m going to cry!”
The movie Meet Me In St. Louis turns 70 this year but the Tivoli Theater’s got it beat by 20 years!
Join the party when the Tivoli celebreates in 90th anniversary by screening the 1944 classic musical Meet Me In St. Louis at 4pm this Sunday, May 25th at 4pm. Admission is only $5.
The Tivoli Theater is located at 6350 Delmar in The Loop, University City, Mo
If you’re in a mood for nostalgia and the idealization of family life in early 20th century St. Louis, check out the 1944 musical Meet Me In St. Louis, now famous for its classic songs and the brilliant performances of Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien. ‘The Trolley Song’, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, “The Boy Next Door” are just a few of the memorable numbers from director Vincente Minnelli...
The movie Meet Me In St. Louis turns 70 this year but the Tivoli Theater’s got it beat by 20 years!
Join the party when the Tivoli celebreates in 90th anniversary by screening the 1944 classic musical Meet Me In St. Louis at 4pm this Sunday, May 25th at 4pm. Admission is only $5.
The Tivoli Theater is located at 6350 Delmar in The Loop, University City, Mo
If you’re in a mood for nostalgia and the idealization of family life in early 20th century St. Louis, check out the 1944 musical Meet Me In St. Louis, now famous for its classic songs and the brilliant performances of Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien. ‘The Trolley Song’, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, “The Boy Next Door” are just a few of the memorable numbers from director Vincente Minnelli...
- 5/21/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The clear difficulty of identifying the definitive movie musicals is separating the musical itself from the film version. The Phantom of the Opera is, without a doubt, a top ten definitive stage musical. Movie musical? Not so much. Drawing a clear line between the two is what makes this list a little trickier. For this segment of the list, we have musicals that have no stage version, two Best Picture winners, a Palme d’Or winner, and a few musicals that may stretch the term a bit.
courtesy of writeonnewjersey.com
20. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Signature Song: “Jailhouse Rock” (http://youtu.be/HZJTgYzf9FE)
It brought “The King” to the big screen for the first time in a film about a man in prison who learns to express himself through music, rather than violence (he’s in prison for manslaughter). Vince (Elvis Presley) accidentally kills a drunk in...
courtesy of writeonnewjersey.com
20. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Signature Song: “Jailhouse Rock” (http://youtu.be/HZJTgYzf9FE)
It brought “The King” to the big screen for the first time in a film about a man in prison who learns to express himself through music, rather than violence (he’s in prison for manslaughter). Vince (Elvis Presley) accidentally kills a drunk in...
- 5/19/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has added an exciting roster of screen legends and beloved titles to the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival, including appearances by Maureen O’Hara, Mel Brooks and Margaret O’Brien, plus a two-film tribute to Academy Award®-winner Richard Dreyfuss. Marking its fifth year, the TCM Classic Film Festival will take place April 10-13, 2014, in Hollywood. The gathering will coincide with TCM’s 20th anniversary as a leading authority in classic film.
O’Hara will present the world premiere restoration of John Ford’s Oscar®-winning Best Picture How Green Was My Valley (1941), while Brooks will appear at a screening of his western comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). O’Brien will be on-hand for Vincente Minnelli’s perennial musical favorite Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), starring Judy Garland. The tribute to Dreyfuss will consist of a double feature of two of his most popular roles: his Oscar®-winning performance...
O’Hara will present the world premiere restoration of John Ford’s Oscar®-winning Best Picture How Green Was My Valley (1941), while Brooks will appear at a screening of his western comedy Blazing Saddles (1974). O’Brien will be on-hand for Vincente Minnelli’s perennial musical favorite Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), starring Judy Garland. The tribute to Dreyfuss will consist of a double feature of two of his most popular roles: his Oscar®-winning performance...
- 2/5/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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