EXCLUSIVE: The story of The Lazy Susans is within the works for the display screen. TEG+ has acquired the movie and tv rights to adapt the story of the unlikely rock band shaped by 5 suburban Boston-area mothers.
The Lazy Susans first caught TEG+’s consideration following an article on the group final month in The Boston Globe. From there, the musical mothers went on to an look on The Kelly Clarkson Present. You possibly can watch a video clip of their interview with Clarkson beneath.
The Lazy Susans bought their begin in 2020 within the midst of the Covid pandemic lockdown. The 5 working moms between the ages of 45 and 55 — whose musical expertise ranged from restricted to nonexistent — determined it was their flip to type a band and signed as much as carry out at an area music competition. With six months to prep, the newly shaped The Lazy Susans got down to be taught a set that ranged from The White Stripes to the Go-Go’s to The Chicks (fka The Dixie Chicks) for his or her upcoming Milton Porchfest. Since their music fest debut, The Lazy Susans have been writing their very own music and have discovered themselves persistently gigging round their dwelling city of Milton, MA.
TEG+ is looking for a author and an A-list musician/composer to collaborate with the band. TEG+’s Vivek J. Tiwary and Jack Leslie will function Producers.
“After years of watching our husbands and youngsters play in bands, we thought, ‘Why ought to they’ve all of the enjoyable?’ And once we noticed a whole bunch of individuals dancing at our very first gig, we realized we’d tapped into one thing greater. Nonetheless, we by no means guessed we’d go all the best way to The Kelly Clarkson Present, and to having our story instructed onscreen,” The Lazy Susans stated in a joint assertion. “We couldn’t be extra excited to collaborate with TEG+ to encourage others to be daring and dream huge.”
Tiwary added: “All of us want reminders that unlikely desires do come true– we’re honored and excited to be sharing the exhilarating story of The Lazy Susans with others, within the hopes it’s going to encourage them too. Additionally– mothers rock!”
The Lazy Susans mission joins TEG+’s beforehand introduced restricted TV sequence The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story. Along with TV/movie tasks, TEG+ not too long ago introduced Broadway-bound adaptation of beloved youngsters’s guide Harold and the Purple Crayon with authentic songs by the band AJR. The Lazy Susans, The Fifth Beatle and Harold and the Purple Crayon are a part of a slate of ten new tasks revolving round high-profile music, the remainder of which can be introduced within the coming months.
The Lazy Susans are represented by Angela Cheng Caplan at Cheng Caplan Firm.
