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Reports say the R&B singer and Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx has signed up to star in a musical biopic titled The Soloist. Jamie is a great actor, he won the best actor Academy Award for playing Ray Charles in “Ray”, this role could represent a second award for him, as the actor will play the part of Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a schizophrenic homeless musician whose biggest wish is to play at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The musical biopic is a DreamWorks film project and will be directed by Joe Wright (”Atonement”, “Pride and Prejudice”) while Susannah Grant (”Erin Brockovich”) adapted the screenplay. Inside the movie team are also Gary Foster (”Ghost Rider,” “Elektra”) and Russ Krasnoff who are set to produce, while Tim Bevan is executive producing having Rikki Lea Bestall as co-producer. The musical is based on a “12-part series of articles that was written by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez called ‘From Skid Row to Disney Hall’”.

According to the news, ‘Gladiator’ is apparently set to be adapted into a musical to be shown at London’s West End. The script follows the story of legendary gladiator Maximus Decimus Meridius, played by Russell Crowe in the Hollywood film and it is currently being re-written for the stage by William Nicholson. It seems the musical will reportedly use the film’s score and Broadway regular Brian Stokes Mitchell will most likely take the leading role.

Take The Lead is a movie about the values of teamwork, respect and dignity, lessons of hard work and trust all for love of the dance. Based on a true story, Antonio Banderas plays Pierre DuLaine, a Spanish-French New York City polite dance instructor who gets the idea of teaching the aesthetics of ballroom dancing to a group of problem detention students in a tough inner-city Manhattan high school.

Mr. DuLaine shows his devotion to guide people, to help them reach their full potential and in his old-world elegance, he teaches them to feel the dance and learn discipline, honor and self-respect. (more…)