'Jersey Boys' Trailer: Clint Eastwood Adapts Tony-Winning Broadway Musical
The first Jersey Boys trailer is here. See how director Clint Eastwood adapts the Tony award winning Broadway musical in film form, out June 20.
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First Image From Clint Eastwood's 'Jersey Boys' Takes Center Stage
The first image from Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys is now online. It doesn't feature any stars, however, just the four members of the Four Seasons at the heart of the show, played by John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza and Michael Lomenda. What's interesting about the image is it looks almost like a carbon…
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Clint Eastwood's 'Jersey Boys' And Ben Affleck's 'Live By Night' Get Release Dates
Briefly: Warner Bros. has just given release dates to two upcoming Oscar hopefuls. Clint Eastwood's musical adaptation of the hit Broadway show, Jersey Boys, will be released next summer, on June 20, 2014. Ben Affleck's follow-up to Argo, the Dennis Lehane adaptation Live By Night, will be released December 25, 2015. That means he'll shoot it after…
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'Jersey Boys' Casting Begins; First Up Is Christopher Walken
Having grossed over a billion dollars across the globe as a musical, one might think the title Jersey Boys alone is enough to sell a film adaptation. That's likely part of why director Clint Eastwood is casting the lead roles of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons with performers from the various stage productions. But…
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Clint Eastwood Looking To Fill 'Jersey Boy' Movie Cast With Stage Stars
Though the odd stage actor may make it into a movie musical here and there (e.g., Samantha Barks in Les Misérables), for the most part film versions of stage musicals tend to feature a correspondingly cinematic cast (e.g., everyone else in Les Misérables). But Clint Eastwood apparently wants to buck that trend. According to a…
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Clint Eastwood May Take Over 'Jersey Boys' Film Adaptation
The musical has struggled to find new life over the past decade. Glee and similar TV shows may find success, and the occasional film, such as Chicago or Les Miserables, rises to prominence, but for the most part the musical remains a tough sell. Just look at the recent Oscar attempt to highlight great musicals…
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Warner Bros. Puts Jon Favreau's 'Jersey Boys' In Turnaround; Musical Being Shopped To Other Studios
Much as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons had a difficult road to the top, so too is the film adaptation of their Broadway musical Jersey Boys facing a tough trek to the screen. Purchased by GK Films for a hefty sum in 2010, Jersey Boys soon had director Jon Favreau prepping the John Logan-penned film…
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Jon Favreau Hosting Open Casting Call For 'Jersey Boys' Leads
Director Jon Favreau is looking for unknowns to star in his upcoming adaptation of the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, Jersey Boys. Over the next two weekends, in Philadelphia and New York, he's looking for male singers to audition for the four lead roles of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, the legendary music group at…
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Stephen Daldry Courted To Direct 'Wicked', Jon Favreau In Talks To Helm 'Jersey Boys'
As film after film gets reworked for the Great White Way, two Broadway smash hits are, in turn, inching closer to the big screen. Universal's been trying to put together a movie adaptation of Wicked (itself the stage adaptation of Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West)…
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Jon Favreau Front Runner To Direct 'Jersey Boys'
After Cowboys & Aliens, Jon Favreau went back to acting for a bit and produced a tiny film called The Avengers, all while developing a movie we've been excited about since its announcement: Disney's Magic Kingdom. It seems as if that film might be on hold, though, as Favreau has now emerged as the front runner…
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'Gladiator' And 'Hugo' Screenwriter John Logan To Write 'Jersey Boys'
Late late year, the rights to one of Broadway's biggest hits went up on the auction block. Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons was coveted by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox. They all lost out. GK Films paid over seven figures for the musical and…
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Broadway Musical 'Jersey Boys' Coming To The Big Screen
One of the biggest and most celebrated Broadway musicals of the past decade is finally coming to the big screen. The film rights to the Tony award winning Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons have just been purchased in an auction that was rumored to have included Steven Spielberg at…
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