Will is an up-coming musical-comedy-romance movie produced by Walden Media and Summit Entertainment, the film is centered around very different people, all with a shared love of music. Will is set for release in 2008. It stars Gaelan Connell, Lisa Kudrow, Alyson Michalka and Vanessa Anne Hudgens. Shooting has started in Austin,Texas.

Plot

Will Burton (Gaelan Connell) is used to being bullied or completely ignored by his schoolmates, so when cool and popular former cheerleader Charlotte Barnes (Alyson Michalka) starts inviting him to hang out with her, the quirky teenager is stunned—and so is his doting single mom Karen Burton (Lisa Kudrow). Impressed by his eclectic knowledge of music, Charlotte, a gifted singer-songwriter, asks Will to manage her fledgling rock band. The goal: go head to head against her egotistical musician ex-boyfriend Ben Wheatly (Scott Porter) at a regional battle-of-the-bands.

Unsure of what he’s getting himself into, Will agrees to help Charlotte’s off-beat trio, eventually expanding it with a crew of like-minded outcasts. Against all odds, the group’s sound starts to come together and their prospects for success look bright. Even more amazingly, Will’s loser status finally seems to be a thing of the past; he even has a potential romance brewing with a kindred spirit named Sam (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), a classmate with untapped musical talents. But when Charlotte is faced with a family tragedy, she suddenly breaks off her friendship with Will and quits the band, leaving their competition chances in tatters. With Will’s new-found self-confidence on the ropes and the contest almost upon them, he and the band must choose whether to admit defeat or face the music and stand up for what they believe in.

The Daze and Joker are local bands performing in the battle of the bands competition.

Cast

• Gaelan Connell - Will Burton
• Lisa Kudrow - Karen Burton
• Vanessa Hudgens - Sam
• Alyson Michalka - Charlotte Barnes
• Scott Porter - Ben Wheatly
• Bobby Bones - Gordy
• Ryan Donowho - Basher Martin
• Tim Jo - Omar
• Elvy Yost - Irene Lerman
• Charlie Saxton - Bug
• Kai Roach - Quinton Pierce
• JW Wright - Dylan Dyer
• Chris Copeland - Boe Butroux
• David Bowie