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 ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. MGM’s The Idolmaker remake has a new director.

After directing Taylor Swift: Eras Tour, live-event and documentary filmmaker Sam Wrench has found his next project. Wrench ...

Last month, when Nicholas Winding Refn's action thriller Drive his the Cannes Film Festival (read Alex's review here), we also learned that star Ryan Gosling was going to direct and star in a remake ...

EXCLUSIVE: MGM has hired Sascha Penn to write the latest version of The Idolmaker, the remake that has Craig Brewer attached to direct and Justin Timberlake circling to star. Hawk Koch and Gene ...

After diving into the world of rap in Hustle & Flow and following it up with the odd Black Snake Moan, director Craig Brewer is in talks to reunite with one of the co-stars from the latter Southern ...

UNDERAPPRECIATED in its day, “The Idolmaker” is based on the life of Philadelphia manager Bob Marcucci, who entered the record business in 1955 as a songwriter. He founded Chancellor Records, where he ...

EXCLUSIVE: After supplying the 2023 fall box office with $261M with his Taylor Swift: Eras Tour concert film, Sam Wrench is directing a redo of the 1980 United Artists feature film, The Idolmaker for ...