Straight from Warner Bros UK, we’ve got the first trailer for Clint Eastwood’s big-screen adaption of the Tony-award winning JERSEY BOYS, and it’s looking pretty darn good.
The film tells the tale of four young fellows from New Jersey, who came together from difficult backgrounds to form the 1960’s group The Four Seasons. This is set to be the story of their ups and downs through the early days, up to success with songs such as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Dawn,” “Rag Doll,” “Who Loves You” and so many more.
After running on Broadway for more than eight years and touring successfully across the world, this is surely a perfect time for the film version and – although I don’t know their specific history that well – this gives me a good sense in the mix of personal tribulations and that feel-good factor.
Starring in the film, John Lloyd Young reprises his Tony Award-winning portrayal of the legendary lead singer of The Four Seasons, Frankie Valli. Erich Bergen stars as Bob Gaudio, who wrote or co-wrote all of the group’s biggest hits. Michael Lomenda and Vincent Piazza star respectively as Nick Massi and Tommy DeVito, two original members of The Four Seasons. The legendary Christopher Walken stars as mobster Gyp DeCarlo, and alongside the lesser known (in a cinema sense), Walken brings that star-quality alongside some great talent that should make this a hit.
Click here for the poster from yesterday, and now here’s the trailer:
JERSEY BOYS opens on both sides of the Atlantic on June 20th.
