Christina Hendricks Swept Up By The Hurricanes
He last brought us misfiring hit man comedy drama Wild Target, but Jonathan Lynn is hoping for more success with a musical buddy comedy. He’s now recruited Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks for The Hurricanes.Annalisa D’Innella wrote the screenplay. It follows Kim Ayers, who twenty years earlier was the perkiest member of hit '80s girl-band The Hurricanes. Today, she works as a children’s entertainer and struggles as a single parent. But then an iconic Hurricanes tune is sampled by top rapper Mc Freak and shoots straight to number one, so Kim figures the royalties will soon be pouring in.Kim tracks down Freak but soon discovers that a dodgy contract proves he owes her nothing. Nonetheless, struck by her fighting spirit, he offers her a lifeline. He will let her perform with him, but there’s a catch: he wants all three of the Hurricanes.
- 11/5/2014
- EmpireOnline
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