I never thought I'd have written that last sentence before visiting the set. It's got an amazing cast and a soundtrack that I can't wait to hear.
#Will there be a new rock of ages movie movie#
While I knew very little about the movie before the set visit, everything I saw and learned tells me this musical is going to be a big hit for Warner Bros. In director Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages, Cruise plays the biggest rock star on the planet and he's about to start playing his farewell show with his band Arsenal before he does a solo project.Īs you saw in the video blog, I've got a lot of enthusiasm for Rock of Ages. I really can't say enough about the footage I saw of Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx. I think anyone who ever walked the Strip in the 80's is going to love Rock of Ages and experience some serious nostalgia. It's the little touches like this that demonstrated how much love and care went into bringing the past to life. The production actually built a massive billboard of the busty blond, and she overlooks the strip like she did back in the '80's. In addition, with the movie taking place in '87, they made sure to include another famous Angeleno: Angelyne (read about her here). Of course the Tower Records wasn't the only store on the set, and the production also built The Comedy Store, Guitar Center, The Body Shop, Frederick's of Hollywood, Trashy Lingerie, Carney's, the Rainbow Room, Filthy McNasty's, and so many other places. It was great to see albums and other vintage posters when the doors were open between takes. Also, while the store wasn't real on the inside, the front door was open and they had a basic setup that would look real for the camera. Getting to see the store come back to life, with vintage album covers by Kiss, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Cinderella, and many others on the outside of the building, was a lot of fun. Until a few years ago when it went out of business, the Tower Records on the Strip was as much a part of Los Angeles as palm trees and the Coffee Bean. One of my favorite parts of the set was the Tower Records store. Would the production have built a theater, or converted a music venue into what they needed? Whatever I thought beforehand, the actual set was infinitely better. When we showed up on set last night, I wasn't sure what we'd see. All three of us were very impressed when we left the set. We talked about the amazing sets, the interviews, what we thought, how excited Adam Shankman was, and so much more.
Shortly after getting back to the hotel last night, I recorded a video blog about the set visit with Amy from Myspace and Jamie from IAmRogue. Hit the jump for so much more.īefore going any further, if you haven’t seen the recent trailer, I'd watch that first: And based on what I got to see and hear last night, Rock of Ages looks like it's absolutely captured the 80s in a really fun way.
recreated the strip on a few streets in Miami. However, since that's filming on the real strip and dressing it up in 1987 culture would be beyond expensive and impractical for a huge movie, Warner Bros.
In only a few moments, I believe Tom Cruise is a rock star, and I'm completely sold on director Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages.Īs I type these words, it's Augand I spent last night on Los Angeles' Sunset Strip in 1987. All of a sudden, I realize he's singing "Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard, and he's moving around the stage like he's been there for years. As the camera zooms in closer to the stage, the music starts and the crowd erupts in to cheers. In front of him are 1,500 screaming fans. Along his midsection and sides, he's got a number of smaller tattoos. His back has a huge bird like tattoo with longs wings that stretch from shoulder to shoulder. He's shirtless, wearing black jeans with long black hair and painted black nails. Tom Cruise is standing in the center of the stage.
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