Amy Adams Will Not Star in ROCK OF AGES Film

According to Deadline.com, Amy Adams will pass on starring as a reporter in the upcoming big screen adaptation of ROCK OF AGES. Adams schedule was complicated by the recent announcement of her involvement in the new Superman movie.  This news comes after director Adam Shankman confirmed that Russell Brand has officially joined the cast of the film as 'Lonny.'

Brand will be joined on screen by Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, Mary J. Blige and Diego González Boneta.

ROCK OF AGES opened on April 7, 2009 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre to critical acclaim, following an off Broadway engagement in the fall of 2008. The Broadway production was nominated for Five 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and New Line Records released the Original Broadway Cast Recording in July 2009, featuring 28 songs from the show. The New Line Cinema/Warner Bros. film of the musical, directed by Adam Shankman (Hairspray), was originally scheduled to be released in 2011. As previously reported, a new release date has now been set for the film: June 1, 2012.

The music that 'ignited a generation' is heating up Broadway in ROCK OF AGES. The classic rock love story of the decade erupts into Broadway's best party, all to the sounds of such feel-good, sing-out-loud songs as Every Rose Has Its Thorn, I Wanna Know What Love Is, Here I Go Again, Don't Stop Believin' and more. This five-time Tony nominated musical is nothin' but a good time.

For tickets and more information on the show, visit www.rockofagesmusical.com

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