Brett Haley has been tapped to direct Paramount’s upcoming Grease prequel, Summer Loving. The film is based on a song (yes, really) that arrives early in the classic 1978 musical that starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The duo sing ‘Summer Nights’, both recounting to their friends a summer fling they had. The prequel’s story will reportedly tackle that[…]
HBO Max, trying to compete in the streaming wars with juggernauts like Netflix and Amazon, has ordered a full season of Rydell High, a musical series inspired by the 1978 hit Grease. The project is in partnership with Paramount Television, but confusingly, has nothing to do with the Grease prequel Summer Loving, also in development at Paramount. The[…]
Paramount is cashing in on the musical renaissance. The success of films such as La La Land, The Greatest Showman, and A Star Is Born has prompted the studio to move ahead with a Grease prequel. Titled Summer Loving, the studio has tapped live-action Aladdin co-writer John August to pen the script. August is a longtime collaborator with[…]
Looking like she just came out of the movie Grease, new school R&B sensation Ravyn Lenae shares with us her brand new video for “4 Leaf Clover” the duet with Steve Lacy from her latest tantalising project, Crush EP. Directed by Andre Muir, the stylistic video has Lenae embracing some ’50s retro glam, while longing after ‘the boy[…]
January 31 saw the incredible live TV performance of the musical Grease broadcast in the US on FOX. Those in the UK had to wait until this week, where the show was aired on ITV2. This is one of the best things I’ve personally seen recently. It was great fun and was as smooth as the TBirds themselves. The[…]