Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson have been cast to star in the movie on the Neil Diamond Tribute Band, ‘Song Sung Blue.’
The pair will play the married couple who form a Neil Diamond tribute band in the musical drama.
Based on Greg Kohs’ 2008 documentary, the story follows the true story of Milwaukee couple Mike and Claire Sardina, down-on-their-luck musicians who became local icons by performing as “Lightning & Thunder.”
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Craig Brewer is set to helm the project, with Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens, and Jim Belushi, along with Ella Anderson, King Princess, Mustafa Shakir, and Hudson Hilbert Hensley, filling out the cast.
Producing alongside writer-director Brewer are John Davis and John Fox for Davis Entertainment. Erika Hampson and Kohs are executive producers.
