Beatles films inspire new Jonas Brothers TV show

by angana on Jan.17, 2009, under TV, acting, career, movies, stardom

The Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers, are all set to star in a Disney Channel series inspired by the Beatles’ movies. The series is regarded by many as a funny American made-for-TV series which is not only foolish but dull in all sense of the term.

The Jonas siblings – Kevin, 21, Joe, 19, and Nick, 16 – will appear as themselves in the barely fictional comedy series “Jonas,” premiering on the cable channel in May.

President-elect Barack Obama’s young daughters are reportedly big fans of the super characters, The JoBros.  The JoBros are to play members of a popular band trying to live normal lives at a regular school, despite being trailed by throngs of ardent fans. In real life the musical brothers create hysteria while they perform in front of fans.

A single news or any common appearance lights up the minds of the wild JoBros fans. And the most stunning part is the brothers have achieved all this at a very tender age. So they are etched as the only paralles of The Beatles.

Described as a fusion of situation comedy and music video, the show also features so far unknown brother, Frankie, 8, (known as the “bonus Jonas”)  who would allegedly play their younger brother.

The TV show’s original design was to bring out a spy series. But the producers said on Friday that they planned for a change of concept  all because the Jonas Brothers became a global teen phenomenon over the past 12 months.

Several experts and industry veterans feel that the cult status and popularity of The Jonas Brothers have made them youth icons similar to the 1960’s Fab Four- The Beatles.

“It’s hard not to make parallel comparisons to the Beatles in 1962 and 1963 when you see the kind of response that the Jonas Brothers’ fans have to them. It’s a force of nature,” executive producer Roger Schulman told reporters at a preview.

Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers

He said the Fab Four’s 1964 big-screen romp, “A Hard Day’s Night,” was “very much a template,” as was their 1965 follow-up, “Help!” Another inspiration was the Monkees, who spawned a short-lived series in the mid-1960s, delirious fans and a succession of hit singles.

Any time you have a group of talented musicians who got along together, were kind of a family, and had a sort of air of being insubordinate and a little subversive, you can’t ignore that,” Schulman said.

The Jonas Brothers previously starred in the Disney Channel’s “Camp Rock,” which debuted last June and became one of the family-friendly network’s most successful TV movies with more than 100 million viewers worldwide. Camp Rock made JoBros an instant hit and an eerily cut out connection with the audience.

But Nick Jonas said the transition to acting in a 21-episode series was daunting.

“This gives us a great opportunity to have acting and music involved,” he said. “Acting is something that’s totally different for us, and going into it we were pretty nervous.”

Disney said on Friday a “Camp Rock” sequel was already in the works. The “Jonas Brothers – The 3D Concert Experience” feature film opens in the United States on Feb. 27, three weeks after the Grammy Awards.

The brothers will vie for the coveted best new artist award, a prize that went to the Beatles in 1964.

As for the Obama girls, the Jonas Brothers revealed that Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, had already fulfilled one of their dreams. The girls met the pop band in private last September after mother Michelle appeared on a TV talk show.

“They were very excited. It was very cool to meet them after knowing they were fans,” Nick Jonas said. “We played ping pong. They beat me!”

 
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