CBS films recently acquired a music-based comedy script titled “Born to Rock” from Jess Walter and Mark Steilen. David Duchovny and Tea Leoni are set to produce the film, which follows a group of aging musicians, who through a mix-up with their demo tape end up with a record deal… as a children’s band. Groan…
Duchovny describe the project as “Rock and Roll meets the sippy cup crowd.” He also noted that, “It speaks to a cultural phenomenon that is happening right now in music.” Really David? What you mean Dane Zane? Or 40-something aging hipsters that can’t grow up? This type of thing is happening all the time in music today? Sure, we suppose it’s happening, but “phenomenon”?
There is no word yet on who is to star in the film, but hopefully Duchovny has to desire to take a stab at the big screen after the abysmal “X-Files” movie. It would be kind of interesting to see him channel his small-screen, gratuitous nudity loving character, Hank Moody from Showtime’s “Californication” on this project. Or not.
