Jersey Boys Blog

The Hollywood Reporter’s Rebecca Ford has the latest casting update in the film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS! Jeremy Luke and Joey Russo have been cast in Jersey Boys, the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, which will be helmed by Clint Eastwood. Luke, who has been cast to star in Frank Darabont’s upcoming TNT [...]

According to his own Facebook page, Broadway veteran Donnie Kehr, will join the cast of the upcoming JERSESY BOYS movie as “Norm Waxman.” Kehr made his Broadway debut at age twelve in “LEGEND,” a play starring F. Murray Abraham. Other Broadway credits followed such as “THE HUMAN COMEDY,” produced by the legendary Joseph Papp. He [...]

Have you heard the latest JERSEY BOYS movie casting updates? From Deadline.com: Director Clint Eastwood has set Christopher Walken to star in Jersey Boys, the Warner Bros and GK Films feature adaptation of the hit stage musical. Walken will play the role of Angelo “Gyp” DeCarlo, the Jersey mobster who, in the show, served an [...]

Breaking News from Justin Kroll at Variety.com! THIS IS BIG: After going through several hoops to get the adaptation of the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” off the ground, Graham King and Warner Bros. look as if they are getting closer to a start date. Broadway stars John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda and “Boardwalk [...]

Clint Eastwood How about this scoop from Deadline.com?! EXCLUSIVE: Don’t be surprised if Clint Eastwood is asked to host next year’s Tony Awards; he’s positioning himself to be that popular with the legit crowd. Eastwood is prepping to direct the movie version of Jersey Boys for Warner Bros. Instead of the Hollywood tradition of chasing [...]

It’s official! Clint Eastwood will be directing the film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS! According to a recent Equity casting notice, the legendary actor/director has signed on to helm the film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS, written by John Logan. The film is currently slated to begin shooting this summer in Los Angeles. The news comes a [...]

Clint Eastwood Would it make your day if Clint Eastwood would direct the JERSEY BOYS movie? A few weeks ago, JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas cast members were tweeting that Eastwood was in the audience! It’s all making sense now…Check out the scoop below from The Hollywood Reporter: Sources say the veteran director is looking to [...]

From Variety.com: Just six weeks after signing GK Films to an exclusive first-look deal for one year and acquiring the company’s planned “Jersey Boys” movie, Warner Bros. has backed out of Jon Favreau’s feature adaptation of the monster stage hit that is written by John Logan (“Hugo”). Warner Bros. had no comment on the development. [...]

Just the other day, I wondered why there hasn’t been a peep about the JERSEY BOYS movie in the press lately. In my usual daily routine, I just went to my JB news page and found some news on Broadway.com: Lindsay Champion reports that Paul Dano was offered a role in the forthcoming Jersey Boys [...]

Your browser doesn’t support iFrames Vote for this poll here. Thanks to everyone who voted in our last JBB Poll: What actor (who has not played in JB) should play Bob Gaudio in the Jersey Boys movie? Low voter turnout & a very close race! Shia LaBeouf and Robert Pattinson tied with seven votes each. [...]

From reporter Mike Fleming on Deadline.com today: EXCLUSIVE: Graham King and Tim Headington have made an exclusive first-look one year deal at Warner Bros, which puts GK Films back at the studio where he made Blood Diamond, the Oscar-winning The Departed, The Town and Dark Shadows. It’s also the studio that will release the Ben [...]

TODAY in NYC, GK Films is holding an open call for the principal cast members in the upcoming film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS! Can you imagine what it will be like on 55th Street today? I’m guessing there will be hundreds of handsome actors 35 and under walking like men, fast as they can into [...]

This Saturday in NYC, GK Films is holding an open call for the principal cast members in the upcoming film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS! Hmm, wonder if any Jersey Boys Blog readers will be going to the open call?!

About an hour ago, GK Films tweeted, “Check in at the Philly audition for #JerseyBoys is now closed. Lots of hopefuls looking for their big break” with a cool photo of young, dashing, dark-haired aspiring Four Seasons at the sign-in table. Entertainment professionals, bloggers, and reporters have all linked to the press release about the [...]

Your browser doesn’t support iFrames Vote for this poll here. Thank you to everyone who voted in our previous JBB Poll: What current or former JB cast member would you like to see play Tommy DeVito in the JERSEY BOYS movie? Christian Hoff received the most votes! For full results, click HERE. Now, we’d like [...]

Wow! Wonder if any JBB readers will be attending the open call in either NYC or Philadelphia for lead roles in the film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS?! For further info, visit: JerseyBoysMovieCasting.com!

According to MovieHole.Net, director Jon Favreau’s “Jersey Boys”, based on the stage musical of the same name, has begun casting. The flick, penned by “Gladiator” scribe John Logan, will shoot January 2013 in New York and New Jersey. Producers are currently out to fill the key roles. Here’s how they’re describing the “Frankie Valli” character: [...]

BIG NEWS: Deadline.com reports that Jon Favreau, the rumored frontrunner to direct the film adaptation of JERSEY BOYS, is in negotiations to direct the movie! John Logan has written the latest draft of the script for Jersey Boys: The Story Of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons after book writers Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice [...]

Your browser doesn’t support iFrames Vote for this poll here. Thanks to everyone who voted in our last JBB Poll: Which current or former Jersey Boys cast member would you like to play Frankie Valli in the JB movie? We had a record-breaking turnout with 20,871 votes and Jarrod Spector won by a landslide with [...]