Dream Cast?
Sony Pictures is plotting One Hit Wonders, a musical comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samberg and celebrity besties Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyonce.
In a concept dreamed up by Glee creator Ryan Murphy, One Hit Wonders shadows a gaggle of washed-up singers who form a girl supergroup in an attempt to stage a chart comeback.
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A few weeks ago, “Glee” showrunner Ryan Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter that at least three core members of the cast — Lea Michele (Rachel), Chris Colfer (Kurt), and Cory Monteith (Finn) — would “graduate” and leave the show at the end of the upcoming season. The media acted like this was some giant breaking news story, even though Murphy said the exact same thing to Ryan Seacrest a month earlier.
On the heels of the Reporter interview came reports that “Glee” characters Rachel and Kurt would be getting a spin-off in which they move to New York together after graduation to pursue their dreams of Broadway stardom.
Now, in a somewhat bizarre interview with Deadline Hollywood, Murphy addresses claims by some of the show’s cast that they didn’t know this season would be their last. He says they knew because they’d all been talking about a spinoff for quite some time, but because they said what they said, now there isn’t a spinoff. But there might be later on. Maybe. Maybe not. Or something.
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Not all Gleekers are created equal. If you’re a devoted Gleek, you’ll likely remember the brohuahua that broke out when Glee creator and executive producer Ryan Murphy bust a blood vessel when musicians like Kings of Leon and former Guns ‘N Roses guitarist Slash turned up their drumsticks at the thought of having their music covered on the Emmy-winning program.
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We already know who Willow Smith wants to play her Daddy Warbucks (Hint: One-half of the celeb duo Brangelina…), but you’ll never guess the Gleetastic producer Will Smith’s Overbrook Entetainment/Sony Pictures are eyeing to direct the tween in her upcoming remake of the Broadway gem-turned-movie musical Annie.
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Glee creator Ryan Murphy has some harsh words for Kings of Leon after the Grammy Award-winning band snubbed a proposed musical tribute on the ratings-winning musical-comedy last year.
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