Focus Features Sets Christmas Day 2025 Release For ‘Song Sung Blue’ From Davis Entertainment As Stars Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson Reveal First Look

Neil Diamond tribute band feel-good drama Song Sung Blue with Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson will hit U.S. theaters on Christmas Day 2025.

Written and directed by Craig Brewer, the movie is based on a true story and stars Jackman and Hudson as down-on-their-luck performers who form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it’s never too late to find love and follow your dreams.

Jackman and Hudson revealed the December 25, 2025 launch in social media posts early Tuesday morning, as well as a first look of them in their roles.

Brewer, who also wrote and directed the Oscar-winning winning 2006 hip-hop world drama Hustle & Flow, produced the film alongside Davis Entertainment’s John Davis and John Fox.

A lot of people will love a movie with Jackman singing Diamond's songs

Christmas plans set. This was the A Complete Unknown slot in 2024.

This is a remake of Saving Silverman.

I’ll watch the is.

Jackman’s singing voice is kind of similar to Neil Diamond’s.

Why didn't they just make a biopic about Neil Diamond? Are people gonna line up for a film about someone who sings covers?

Maybe Diamond does not have an interesting life story?

This way they get the songs and whatever drama/comedy/romance they want to put in.

Isn't that basically what any music biopic is? Someone singing covers?

No, a music biopic is a movie about the life of a well-known singer or musician.
This is a movie about a man who starts a career impersonating a well-known singer.
Which I am fine with, BTW. Music biopic tropes are so worn out now. Every music biopic reminds me of Walk Hard.

I probably should have put a

At the end of the day, music biopics and cover artists are people more or less playing make-believe regarding a musician to bring an entertainment experience to an audience





A movie ABOUT a cover singer versus the actor singing covers.

You have to use all the words.

Early Access was this afternoon, but my screening was cancelled, so I guess my theater had trouble with setting up this one off showing. I still got the 45 vinyl-ish single featuring the leads singing Sweet Caroline. I'm going to the Screen Unseen tomorrow, reasonable chance that it will be this movie.

This was the Screen Unseen tonight. The first half of the movie was wonderful and joyous with lots of performances. Then once the accident happens, the movie became a chore to watch. The hospital scene was clumsy and frantic and quickly ended, missing emotional opportunities. The rest of the movie just seemed poorly written or edited or something, just didn't flow dramatically with her depression during her recovery.

There are things called spoiler tags. They work pretty well.

So is this a good movie? Not especially. Most of the plot stuff feels dour and condensed to the point of being almost silly.

Still, it's also a movie with a lot of Neil Diamond songs. I enjoyed that a lot.

The fact that they opened for

just blew my mind



Not a perfect movie (a little too long), but I enjoyed it. Movies about people coming together to create something (a business, a band...) is one of my favorite genres. Kate Hudson gives terrific performance. No, it's not flashy, but she creates the impression of a real person, someone familiar to me.

The director of the documentary this is based on has posted the video on YouTube for viewing. See the real footage of the Pearl Jam show.

Now available to watch on Peacock.

That was a fast turnaround from theaters.

As was said earlier, the first half is pure joy, then it takes a huge tone shift that's tough to watch. I was ok with it, though. If I just wanted to watch Neil Diamond songs, I'd watch a concert video. This was based on a story that actually happened. No, I didn't know what to expect going in, but it was a story for me to experience. If I get a craving for more Diamond songs in the future, I can make an informed choice now.

As for "why keep the bad stuff in the movie?", the filmmaker chose to keep those as part of the story, which I respect.

I liked it much more than I thought I would. Cheesy as hell but kind of wholesome, which felt ok to me right now.

I thought it would be kind of corny but it is not and they don't mock them for being impersonators.

Nice to see Michael Imperioli and a rare Jim Belushi appearance.

I never heard of the doc or never knew it existed until this movie came out.

It is cool the real life Claire is doing well and continuing to sing.

There's a house here in town that has had about half a dozen cars run into it. It sits at a T intersection and every so often somebody goes through the stop sign into front of the house.