‘Rock the Kasbah’ set for April 2015 release

LOS ANGELES, Aug 22:  Open Road Films has announced the release date of upcoming comedy “Rock the Kasbah”.
The all-star film directed by Oscar-winner Barry Levinson and written by Mitch Glazer and is scheduled to hit theatres on April 25, 2015, reported Ace Showbiz.
The movie stars the likes of Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride, Taylor Kinney and Bill Murray. Shia LaBeouf was originally set to play a role but he departed, and Scott Caan was brought in as replacement.
The film follows Richie Vance, a rock manager who takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan. When he finds himself in Kabul, abandoned, penniless and without his passport, he discovers a young girl with an extraordinary voice and manages her through Afghanistan’s version of “American Idol”, the wildly popular “Afghan Star”. (PTI)