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Disney Likes The Jailhouse RockBy Rafe Telsch: 2007-07-24 11:08:37
So far we’ve had “American Idol” actors trying their hand at a movie (the hated From Justin to Kelly) and real actors trying their hands at an “American Idol” type story (American Dreamz). Now the “American Idol” phenomenon is reaching cinema in a new way: “American Idol” in jail.
That’s the premise behind Jailhouse Rock, Disney’s next picture for director Brian Robbins, who will team with Nacho Libre producer David Klawans for the project. Robbins was previously behind Disney’s Shaggy Dog remake and just finished Starship Dave with Eddie Murphy, so you know his career is on the fast track. According to Variety, the movie will be about the real life “American Idol” type contest held in an Arizona jail, as told in an L.A. Weekly article by Joshuah Bearman. The story will focus on Bret Kaiser, a detention officer with a heavy metal past. He created the “Inmate Idol Singing Con-Test” which put prison hostilities aside for a music contest. Kudos to him for working both “inmate” and “con” into his title. Apparently the finale for the contest even had Alice Cooper as a judge, so expect him to probably put in an appearance in the movie. The movie will focus more on the healing power of music than prison life according to Robbins, similarly to what they did with Coach Carter, which Robbins produced. It’s a shame he didn’t have more to do with that movie than producing, I’d have a little more confidence in Jailhouse Rock to be a decent flick instead of another Disney generated piece of fluff it looks like it’s going to be. At least it’ll provide an excuse for the next generation of Disney entertainers to rip-off Elvis’s song for the title track. I know we’ve all been waiting for that to happen for quite a while.
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