Brenda Song boogies to theather

Look who is going to be dancing onto theaters this summer?

Did I hear someone say Brenda Song? Yep, that’s right.

Brenda is one of the stars in the upcoming movie, Boogie Town, a modern take on the classic Westside Story.

Boogie Town will take place in a future New York City where illegal dance contests takes place in the underground world since battle dancing is outlawed. Along with Brenda, the movie stars Marques Houston (”You Got Served”), Vanessa Simmons (”Run’s House”) and newcomer Mykal Anthony Bean. It is being directed, written and produced by Chris Stokes of You Got Served and in-charge of choreography is Shane Sparks (”America’s Best Dance Crew,” “You Think You Can Dance”).

Looks like it’s going to be an exciting new year for Brenda (and her fans). The movie is expected to hit the big screen June 2009.

Note: IMDB for “Boogie Town” has not been updated with this info, so the character Brenda is playing is unknown, at the time of this writing. It’s most likely going to be the character Nathalie, the main character’s (Marques) love interest

source: MarketWatch

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3. No “New Moon” for Brenda Song

Reader's Comments

1. 

   Well that should be fun. My school’s drama club just did the original West Side Story play and it was pretty amazing. The girl who played Maria had an incredible voice. Anyways, I probably won’t see this movie, seeing as I’m not too big on modernizing classics, but lots of luck to Brenda. Seems like 2009 is going to be former Disney stars’ year. Or in her case current.
2. Krystal on 01 Jan 2009 11:13 pm
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   who says vanessa was even considered for the role? believe it or not most roles DO still require auditions… as far as we know, vanessa didn’t even audition. it’s not like they just hand out roles, especially ones that call for talent in more than just acting. not that vanessa doesn’t have that talent, i’m not saying that at all, but chances are brenda auditioned for this role and got it based on that.
   and it’s not a matter of bringing vanessa up just for the heck of it. those who mentioned her had good reasons for it, but nobody knows if vanessa even wanted this role. i personally would have loved to see either one of them in the movie, but am glad brenda’s getting her name out of the london tipton shadow of typecasting.
4. me on 02 Jan 2009 11:54 am
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   hopefully this would be the last time I address this:

   First: read what Crystal posted as the synopsis of the movie.

   then, take a look at Mykal’s Myspace (he plays Jay, the brother of girl the lead falls in love with): http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=144677511

   if appearance is the only criterion to cast the role of Natalie, wouldn’t you say Brenda is the perfect pick?

   let’s try to learn all the angles first before making a jump…
6. Chay on 02 Jan 2009 1:10 pm
7. 

   This is wrong, I shouldn’t try so hard to defend myself…
   I didn’t mean to sound disrespectful or dismissive; I’m sorry I brought up Vanessa, I’m sorry if anyone here thought I was in any way trying to insinuate that Brenda shouldn’t have gotten this role, I’m sorry if I hurt anyone with my words – I really didn’t mean to.
   I just.. I don’t know what to say. I’m hurt more than I should be; I just hate being misunderstood.
   Can we please move on now? Just keep your thoughts to yourselves, and I’ll do the same.
8. Lian on 02 Jan 2009 2:36 pm
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     don’t worry about it Lian. you were expressing an opinion; and so was I (and others). discussions are great as long as they don’t get too heated..
   • Chay on 02 Jan 2009 2:44 pm