If you’re like MGM, you’ll agree that cinema just doesn’t have enough remakes of thinly veiled biopics that aren’t biopics. In that respect, you should be happy to know that their upcoming update of 1980’s The Idolmaker has landed a director with his own history of music-infused filmmaking. Footloose director Craig Brewer will stand at the helm for an all-star trio of producers: Justin Timberlake, Hawk Koch, who produced the original, and Rocky producer Gene Kirkwood. (Fun fact: Kirkwo...
Black Snake Moan's Craig Brewer Reteams With Justin Timberlake For The Idolmaker
Cinema Blend - 5 Mar 2014 07:37
If you’re like MGM, you’ll agree that cinema just doesn’t have enough remakes of thinly veiled biopics that aren’t biopics. In that respect, you should be happy to know that their upcoming update of 1980’s The Idolmaker has landed a director with his own history of music-infused filmmaking. Footloose director Craig Brewer will stand at the helm for an all-star trio of producers: Justin Timberlake, Hawk Koch, who produced the original, and Rocky producer Gene Kirkwood. (Fun fact: Kirkwo...
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