Diego Gonzalez Boneta is in talks to join the upcoming Adam Shankman's adaptation of the stage musical Rock of Ages. Just in case you have no idea who we're talking about, here's a little explanation.
Boneta is 20 year old Mexican singer and actor who appeared in ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars. According to the latest reports, he will star as Drew Boley, a guitarist and singer described as the nicest aspiring rocker you'll find in the Bourbon Room.
Rock of Ages is set in the 1980s and filled with rock music from that decade (when we say that we mean classic '80s tunes by Styx, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison and Whitesnake).
The project stars Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, Amy Adams, Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough.Tom Cruise will play Stacee Jaxx, character decribed as “the arrogant and charming star at the top of his career.”
Julianne Hough stars as the leading female role, Sherrie, character that Shankman described this way: “she's the lead, she's the girl who comes to Los Angeles looking for the dream. I asked her if she wanted to be in a movie with Tom Cruise and she wanted to not get on the plane so she could celebrate. Her audition was surreal – maybe the best I've ever seen.”
Mary J. Blige will play character named Justice, while Boldwin is set to star as Dennis. Paul Giamatti was cast as the manager of Stacee Jax and his rock band, and Amy Adams is set to play “a journalist who plans to write an expose on the hard-partying rock star but ends up having a fling with him instead after they do a duet of Foreigner's I Want to Know What Love Is.”
Chris D'Arienzo, the musical's creator, wrote the screen adaptation with Adam Shankman and Justin Theroux doing a polish. Adam Shankman will also direct and choreograph the film, while Carl Levin, Matthew Weaver, Scott Prisand, Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Gibgot will produce.
Rock of Ages is set to hit theaters June 15th, 2012.
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