Saturday, October 18, 2008

'Fame' remake will feature new music

The upcoming remake of 1980 movie musical "Fame" will feature new music from the Matrix, James Poyser and Damon Elliott.

The storyline for the film, from Lakeshore Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, remains the same as the original: following the competitive students at New York's School of Performing Arts from their freshman to their senior years. The music in the film includes two songs from the original movie ("Fame" and "Out Here on My Own") as well as the new tracks.

Gary Lucchesi, president of Lakeshore Entertainment and a producer of the film, says he expects the new singles to have a life beyond the movie and the soundtrack; they will be promoted to radio and distributed to television as music videos. "You wouldn't hire these kind of (music) producers if you weren't praying to hit it out of the park," Luccesi says.

The movie and theme song of the original launched the career of Irene Cara.

The expected release date is September of next year.

Source: Yahoo!

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