In a shocking announcement, Deadline is reporting that Alloy Leisure and musical artist Rupert Holmes are partnering collectively to show his 1979 hit “Escape (The Piña Colada Music)” right into a film.
What is going to The Piña Colada Music film be about?
In keeping with Deadline’s report, the film’s premise is being stored principally below wraps as of now, however is described as a romantic comedy movie. The film is at present on the lookout for writers and will probably be produced by Alloy’s President and Chief Inventive Officer Leslie Morgenstein and EVP of Movie Elysa Koplovitz Dutton. Holmes will even function an govt producer on the film.
“Escape (The Piña Colada Music)” was initially launched on Holmes’ 1979 studio album Companions in Crime. The track rapidly rose in reputation and have become the ultimate number-one track of the Seventies within the U.S. The track, well-known for its refrain, tells the story of a person who’s bored together with his relationship and, whereas studying the paper, spots an advert a few lady in search of a person.
Since its launch, the track has remained well-known for the previous 4 many years, showing in numerous movies, tv reveals, and extra.
Holmes initially started his musical profession within the Nineteen Sixties and has launched 9 studio albums. The British-American artist additionally is thought for his musicals The Thriller of Edwin Drood, which gained two Tony Awards, in addition to Curtains. Holmes additionally developed a comedy-drama TV collection, Keep in mind WENN, for AMC in 1966, in addition to wrote the 2023 novel Homicide Your Employer: The McMasters Information to Murder.
(Supply: Deadline)
