PHOTO FLASH: Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand on Set of Rock of Ages Movie
(Photo courtesy of Adam Shankman
via twitter.com)
Director Adam Shankman has uploaded to his twitter account a first look of Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand in costume shooting the movie version of the musical Rock of Ages.
As previously reported, Baldwin plays Dennis, the owner of the Bourbon Room, the Sunset Boulevard nightclub at the center of the movie, while Brand plays Lonnie, a guy who works with Dennis at the club.
The musical’s score includes the hit songs of iconic rockers Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake, and many more. The musical’s book is written by Chris D’Arenzio, who has also penned the screenplay with Michael Arndt and Alan Loeb.
The cast also features Tom Cruise as decadent rocker Stacee Jaxx; 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.
