Amazon MGM Studios Reimagining 1980 UA Pic ‘The Idolmaker’; ‘Taylor Swift: Eras Tour’s Sam Wrench Making Narrative Directing Debut
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deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: After supplying the 2023 fall box office with $261 million via his Taylor Swift: Eras Tour concert film, Sam Wrench is now set to direct a redo of the 1980 United Artists feature film The Idolmaker for Amazon MGM Studios.
The movie will rep the narrative helming debut for Wrench, the Grammy-nominated and Emmy-winning music documentary and live-event filmmaker.
Friday Night Lights Emmy winner Jason Katims is writing the script. Released in 1980, The Idolmaker was Oscar nominee Taylor Hackford’s first film and earned Ray Sharkey a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
The movie was based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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