The Making of Rock Hudson Movie Updates

Tue., Mar. 19, 2013

from Deadline

Maven Pictures Plots Pic About ‘The Making of Rock Hudson’

Maven Pictures’ Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler have acquired The Making Of Rock Hudson, a script by Tyler Ruggeri about the transformation of a young Midwesterner into a legendary movie star.

• added biography as genre
• added Maven Pictures as a production company
• added Aaron Cruze as Producer to the credits
• added Trudie Styler as Producer to the credits
• added Celine Rattray as Producer to the credits
• added Tyler Ruggeri as Screenwriter to the credits
• added true story as a genre
• added a synopsis

• A young Midwesterner transforms from a shy kid into a sex symbol with rugged good looks, but he is forced to keep secret his homosexuality. Henry Willson, an agent, discovers Hudson and beyond changing the actor's name, Willson becomes adept at keepi... show all ng secrets. When the showbiz tabloid "Confidential" threatens to publish rumors that Hudson is leading a secret life in 1955, Willson arranges for Hudson to marry his secretary, Phyllis Gates. They do a good job of keeping Hudson’s private life private right up until he dies in 1985, when he becomes the first major movie star to pass away from complications relating to AIDS.

• changed the production status to Announced
• created the movie profile