Craig Brewer ('Dolemite Is My Name') wrote and will direct the project that is based on the 2008 documentary of the same name.

A musical film centered on a Neil Diamond tribute band is on its way. The Craig Brewer-directed Song Sung Blue, titled after the singer-songwriter’s 1972 #1 hit, started production today (Oct. 18), and stars Hugh Jackson and Kate Hudson.

Mike and Claire Sardina, who performed as Neil Diamond/Patsy Cline tribute act Lightning & Thunder, were the focus of the documentary "Song Sung Blue."

Memphis-based writer-director Craig Brewer is now in production on "Song Sung Blue," which casts Hugh Jackman as a Neil Diamond tribute singer.

Disney/Lorenzo Bevilaqua Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are both singers, as well as actors, and they’ll be able to show off both talents in an upcoming movie inspired by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Neil Diamond.

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson will play a married couple who form a Neil Diamond tribute band in Craig Brewer’s upcoming musical drama “Song Sung Blue.” From Focus Features and Davis Entertainment, the film began production on Oct.

Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman will star 'Song Sung Blue,' a movie musical based on a real-life Neil Diamond tribute band.

Focus Features has officially announced the casting of Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, who have signed on for the leading roles in the upcoming musical drama titled Song Sung Blue. Jackman most recently starred in Marvel Studios’ first R-rated movie Deadpool vs.