4 posts tagged ‘zac efron’
Will Mean Girls kick off a new era for the 'movie to musical to movie musical' pipeline?
AV Club,
Mean Girls, the movie-musical adaption that opens in theaters this weekend, feels like both an inevitable release and a bizarre confluence of trends that began long before its young cast was even born. We know that Hollywood will take any opportunity to expand an existing piece of intellectual property in a bid to… Read more...
The 15 best New Year’s Eve scenes in film
Whether it’s the tension of the countdown, the promise of romance, or simply the idea of letting go of the past and moving on into an unknown future, there’s just something about New Year’s Eve that brings on new revelations, fresh insights, and enticing connections. The holiday also happens to make for a great… Read more...
Iron Claw review: Zac Efron grapples with the curse of the Von Erichs
In pro wrestling, there are babyfaces (the good guys) and heels (the bad). The best matches tell the story of a babyface overcoming a dastardly heel’s dirty taunts and crooked tricks to win. The famed and supposedly cursed real-life Von Erich wrestling family of Texas was a brotherhood of babyfaces with a heel for a… Read more...
Zac Efron would play Matthew Perry in a biopic, sure
Zac Efron once played Matthew Perry—sort of—in the teen comedy 17 Again. So perhaps he is uniquely qualified to play the late actor in a biopic about his life. “I’m honored to hear he was thinking of me to play him,” Efron told People on the red carpet of his new film The Iron Claw. “We’ll see. I’d be honored to do… Read more...