Adam Shankman’s film version of the musical Rock of Ages, which continues to run at Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theatre, will now open on June 15, according to published reports.
The screenplay is by Chris D’Arenzio, Justin Theroux, and Alan Loeb. and the score includes may hit songs from 1980s.
The film’s principal cast features Tom Cruise as rocker Stacee Jaxx; Alec Baldwin as Dennis, the owner of the Bourbon Room, the Sunset Boulevard nightclub at the center of the movie, Russell Brand as Lonnie, a guy who works with Dennis at the club, Bryan Cranston as the mayor of Los Angeles; Catherine Zeta-Jones as his prudish wife; Diego González Boneta as aspiring rockstar Drew; Malin Akerman as a journalist who intends to write an expose on Jaxx; Paul Giamatti as the manager of the rock band headed by Jaxx; Julianne Hough as Sherrie; and Grammy Award winner Mary J. Blige as Justice. In addition, original Broadway star Constantine Maroulis has a cameo in the film.
