Wednesday, December 10, 2008

What Is New Line Thinking?

Playbill reports that New Line bought the screen rights to Rock of Ages, an off-Broadway musical playing at the New World Stages. I'm not in the film business, but this doesn't seem like a great idea, especially in these troubled times. This musical has a fan base, but it is by no means a well-known hit. It's also not very good, a weak and unoriginal story that's basically filler to showcase '80s songs. The audience members that enjoyed the show when I saw it seemed to be more into the alcohol (which can be ordered during the show right to your seat) than anything else. It's also a show that encourages audience participation, so I can't see how these aspects will be brought to the big screen.

3 comments:

Dante A. Ciampaglia said...

It's got cult hit written all over it. Probably more in the vein of Hedwig than Rocky Horror, but cult nonetheless.

Linda said...

Perhaps, but I don't think it has enough of a fan base to merit a cult following, at least not yet.

Linda said...

For anyone keeping tabs, this show is now going to Broadway. I'm not how smart a move this is, with so many shows struggling right now, but I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.