In a competitive bidding war, Paramount Players has acquired the rights to develop an untitled country music musical with “Across the Universe” producer Matthew Gross and country music super-producer Mark Bright on board to develop.
Gross brought the project to the studio, and the fact that Bright was producing the film’s soundtrack stood as a prominent selling point in the bidding war. Bright produced for major acts including Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood. Both he and Gross will produce the album, with Gross producing the film.
Following the success of musicals like “The Greatest Showman,” studios are seeing a huge market for the genre, and Paramount is now fast-tracking the pic to pre-production.
The script will be penned by “Galavant” showrunners Kat Likkel and John Hoberg based on an idea conceived by Gross at the 2018 Stagecoach musical festival. Likkel and Hoberg will also exec produce. Shane Stevens and Karyn Rochelle...
Gross brought the project to the studio, and the fact that Bright was producing the film’s soundtrack stood as a prominent selling point in the bidding war. Bright produced for major acts including Rascal Flatts and Carrie Underwood. Both he and Gross will produce the album, with Gross producing the film.
Following the success of musicals like “The Greatest Showman,” studios are seeing a huge market for the genre, and Paramount is now fast-tracking the pic to pre-production.
The script will be penned by “Galavant” showrunners Kat Likkel and John Hoberg based on an idea conceived by Gross at the 2018 Stagecoach musical festival. Likkel and Hoberg will also exec produce. Shane Stevens and Karyn Rochelle...
- 8/1/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Singer, author, entrepreneur and TV chef Trisha Yearwood offers the first taste of her forthcoming album with the new single “Every Girl in This Town.” A scintillating, slow-building power ballad that soars with Yearwood’s rafter-raising vocals at its center, the tune offers a message of empowerment and solidarity to young girls and women everywhere.
“It’s an emotional song, because the lyrics remind me of that little girl who believed anything and everything was possible. It’s something we all share in common, and I love being reminded it...
“It’s an emotional song, because the lyrics remind me of that little girl who believed anything and everything was possible. It’s something we all share in common, and I love being reminded it...
- 6/6/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
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