In a stunning announcement, Deadline is reporting that Alloy Leisure and musical artist Rupert Holmes are partnering collectively to show his 1979 hit “Escape (The Piña Colada Tune)” right into a film.
What’s going to The Piña Colada Tune film be about?
Based on Deadline’s report, the film’s premise is being stored largely below wraps as of now, however is described as a romantic comedy movie. The film is presently searching for writers and can be produced by Alloy’s President and Chief Artistic Officer Leslie Morgenstein and EVP of Movie Elysa Koplovitz Dutton. Holmes may even function an govt producer on the film.
“Escape (The Piña Colada Tune)” was initially launched on Holmes’ 1979 studio album Companions in Crime. The tune shortly rose in reputation and have become the ultimate number-one tune of the Seventies within the U.S. The tune, well-known for its refrain, tells the story of a person who’s bored along with his relationship and, whereas studying the paper, spots an advert a couple of girl searching for a person.
Since its launch, the tune has remained well-known for the previous 4 a long time, showing in numerous movies, tv exhibits, 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 received 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)
