New group signs for movie series (Toomorrow)
Harry Saltzman and Don Kirshner, two of the entertainment world’s most successful trend-setters, today announced joint production plans for a series of new style musical adventure films starring a new musical group called “Tomorrow.”
The first of the films, all to be co-produced by Saltzman and Kirshner and released by United Artists, will be titled “Toomorrow.” Principal Principal photography is scheduled to begin in London on April 8.
The new group, discovered after a six-month, world-wide talent hunt, consists of four highly attractive youngsters. They are: Olivia Newton-John, 20, a singer from Australia; Karl Chambers, a 22-year-old rhythm ‘n blues drummer from Philadelphia: Vic Cooper, 25, a pianist and organist from England, and Ben Thomas, 24, a singer and guitarist from Georgia.
The motion picture will be written and directed by Ernest Pintoff whose credits include “The Violinist” (writer-director), “The Old Man and the Flower” (writer-director), “Harvey Middleman, Fireman” (writer-director), and “The Cri-tic” (director). The multi-talented Pintoff also composed the scores for many of his films.
Satzman, one of the most perceptive and successful film makers of cinema history due to the phenomenal popularity of his James Bond thrillers and many other of his films, predicted the pictures will offer a new musical sound and a fresh, original concept in movie making.
He pointed out that the films will be aimed primarily at the 14-30 year-old group, a group known to be the largest segment of the world-wide movie-going public.