Hairspray Film Talent Search Contest Accepting Submissions

A new Hairspray Red Carpet Talent Search Contest is offering young performers the chance to attend the Hollywood premiere of Hairspray, the upcoming film version of the Broadway smash.  

"Just like Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, you can turn your talent into stardom. Submit a video of yourself showing off your talent... whether it's singing, dancing or spinning plates! The only limit is your imagination. Show us why YOU should be a star," state press materials.

The steps are as follows:

    1)   Submit a video of yourself showing off your talent.
    2)   5 Finalists will be selected, and MySpacers will vote for the winner.
    3)   You and a guest will fly to Los Angeles, get a complete make-over by Sebastian stylists, and will conduct interviews of the stars from the Hollywood premiere of Hairspray

Video submissions are due by June 7th.

The film version of Hairspray is directed by Adam Shankman (Bringing Down the House) and produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for their Zadan/Meron Productions, which previously executive produced the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning Best Picture Chicago.  It will be released in July of 2007.

The cast features John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle, Brittany Snow as Amber Von Tussle, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Elijah Kelley as Seaweed, James Marsden as Corny Collins, Allison Janney as Prudy Pingleton and newcomer Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, who helps to integrate a Baltimore dance show-and wins the heart of Link in the process.

Hairspray is originally based on the 1988 John Waters comedy. The new version of the film is based on New Line's hit Broadway adaptation of the film, which debuted in 2002, and went on to win eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Director. 

Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman contributed new songs to their existing Tony Award-winning score. Shaiman also serves as the film's music supervisor and will compose the music score for the film as well as produce its songs. Wittman and Shaiman will also serve as executive producers on the film. The new screenplay for Hairspray was written by Leslie Dixon (Freaky Friday, Outrageous Fortune).

Toby Emmerich, New Line's president of production, is overseeing the project along with New Line's Executive VP of Production Mark Kaufman, and Creative Executives Michael Disco and Daryl Freimark.

The MySpace Contest can be found at this link. 

Visit www.hairspraymovie.com for more on the Hairspray film.

 

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