Rebel Wilson is already a comic, actress, singer, author and producer. But now she will be able to add one other title to her rising record of multi-hyphenates: Record label proprietor.
The 43-year-old Australian star simply signed with Warner Music to have her personal label, Rebellionaire.
“Take the ‘b’ out of billionaire and replace it with an ‘r’ for Rebel,” she defined to Deadline of the identify.
According to the outlet, Wilson scored the personalised document label take care of the studio after they heard a few of the music from her upcoming film musical, The Deb, which is ready to start filming in rural Australia in September this 12 months.
The soundtrack for The Deb can be Rebellionaire’s first launch, anticipated to drop later subsequent 12 months alongside the movie.
The Deb was initially a stage musical written by Hannah Reilly that premiered in Australia simply months 12 months. The manufacturing received the 2019 Rebel Wilson Comedy Commission – a scholarship program within the actress’ identify for aspiring younger feminine writers on the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).
The manufacturing follows a farm lady and highschool outcast Taylah Simpkins (performed by Natalie Abbott), who is decided to make use of the upcoming Debutante Ball, aka the Deb, as her likelihood to redefine herself.
But her cynical city-slicker cousin Maeve (Charlotte MacInnes) arrives on the town and calls out the “sh*t-show” the place cool women and footy hunks reign, instantly disrupts Taylah’s plans.
The movie additionally stars Jay Laga’aia and Shane Jacobson.
“The Deb is my type of movie – full of humour, full of heart, and uniquely Australian but with universal themes,” Wilson mentioned, as reported by ET.
“It came out of my scholarship program at the non-profit Australian Theatre for Young People, a program that I’m very proud of and has had incredible success. If there was ever a movie I was going to direct, it would be this one.”
“I grew up watching Australian classics like Muriel’s Wedding, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Baz Luhrmann’s early films.
“My goal is to create an Australian work that rivals those masterpieces and travels internationally. I know I can bring the funny, and hopefully it’ll be just as moving as well.”
Source: www.news.com.au
