Screen Gems has released a second movie trailer for Steven Antin's contemporary musical Burlesque (if you missed the first movie trailer, you can watch that at the link). I'm not a big fan of musicals, and when I have liked a film musical, it has usually been of the more cinematic variety. Burlesque is obviously…
Read MoreScreen Gems has released the first high resolution production photo of Christina Aguilera in her live-action big screen film debut Burlesque. USA Today is calling the photo a "first look" but there have been other low res photos and set videos online in the past. Check out eight photos from the movie after the jump.…
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Entertainment Tonight ran a behind the scenes feature on Christina Aguilera's live-action big screen film debut Burlesque. Steven Antin's contemporary musical tells the story of Ali, "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice" played by Aguilera, who "tries to escape a hollow past by performing in a neo-burlesque club in Los Angeles." The film…
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Christina Aguilera has signed on to make her live-action big screen debut in Steven Antin's contemporary musical Burlesque for Screen Gems. Antin wrote the script, which was later revised by Erin Brockovich scribe Susannah Grant. No mention is made of Diablo Cody's screenplay involvement in the Variety story, which makes me wonder if any of…
Read MoreBlogger turned Screenwriter Diablo Cody (NOT pictured right) is the new screenwriting IT girl in Hollywood. If you don't recall, Cody wrote Juno which is one of the best movies of the year. It's sure to earn her a best screenplay nomination. She's working with Spielberg, and now Variety reports that Cody has been brought…
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