Rocking with Shankman

“Hairspray” director and choreographer Adam Shankman is hopping into the director’s chair for “Rock of Ages”. This Broadway musical is getting the feature film treatment, being the latest of many Broadway plays to get the Hollywood treatment. Underneath Warner Bros Pictures and New Line Cinema, this 80s era setting piece has a yet to be announced 2011 release. Here’s what else the multi-talented man had to say on this decision:

“I had the best time of my life making ‘Hairspray’ and badly wanted another musical, and when I watched ‘Rock of Ages,’ I was struck by the fact that not only had much of the audience seen it more than once, every guy in the audience knew the words to the songs,” Shankman told Variety. “What an extraordinary opportunity to open the genre to an audience that otherwise wouldn’t go see a musical.”

Shankman said, “I’m thinking big, and absolutely am going to attempt to cast with movie stars. Now that musicals are working again, actors are much more open to it.”

“Rock of Ages” is set in 1987 on the Sunset Strip, where a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA’s most famous rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the 80s. Filming will take place possibly in Los Angeles, with no word on who will be casted.