Photo Flash: Hairspray Films' Two Tracy's

Two Tracy Turnblads recently met on the set of Hairspray, New Line Cinema's upcoming film version of the Broadway smash.

Nikki Blonsky, who plays the spirited heroine of the movie musical, delightedly posed with Ricki Lake, who played Tracy in John Waters' original 1988 film.  Lake has a cameo in the movie musical as a William Morris talent agent.

Hairspray will open in theaters on July 20th, 2007.  In addition to Blonsky, the film will star John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Allison Janney as Prudy Pingleton, 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.

Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who previously brought Chicago to the big screen as an Oscar-winning movie musical, Hairspray will be directed by Adam Shankman.  The film will feature a screenplay by Leslie Dixon, who will adapt it from Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell's original book, as well as a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who will contribute new songs to their existing Tony Award-winning score.

Visit www.hairsprayonbroadway.com for more information on Hairspray.

Photo by David James for New Line Cinema

Nikki Blonski and Ricki Lake