Roll Out the Red Carpet! Oscar Winner Catherine Zeta-Jones Joins Rock of Ages Film

Oscar- and Tony-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones is the latest A-lister attached to the upcoming film adaptation of metal musical Rock of Ages directed by Hairspray-helmer Adam Shankman, according to Deadline.com. Zeta-Jones will play a new character created for the film, the conservative wife of the Mayor of Los Angeles, out to do away with rock and roll.

"She's the moral majority person, kind of like if Tipper Gore and Anita Bryant had a love child in that era,” Shankman told Deadline.com. Rock hater or not, Zeta-Jones’ character will reportedly get to wail on ‘80s rock anthems like Pat Benatar's “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” and Twisted Sister's “We're Not Gonna Take It.”

Zeta-Jones joins an already starry cast that includes the previously reported Tom Cruise as rock star Stacee Jaxx, Alec Baldwin as club owner Dennis Dupree, Russell Brand as Lonny, Julianne Hough as Kansas-transplant Sherrie, Mary J. Blige as strip club owner Justice, Paul Giamatti as manager of Stacee’s band and newcomer Diego Gonzalez Boneta in the lead role of Drew. No word on who will play opposite Zeta-Jones as the Mayor of L.A.

Zeta-Jones certainly has the musical chops to take on the project. She earned an Academy Award for her role in the film adaptation of Chicago, and a Tony for playing Desiree Armfeldt in last season's Broadway revival of A Little Night Music, opposite Angela Lansbury.

Rock of Ages is set in 1987 on the Sunset Strip, where small town girl Sherrie meets a big city rocker at the Bourbon Room, L.A.’s most famous rock club. Their love story is told through the hits of Journey, Bon Jovi, Styx, Pat Benatar, Foreigner, Twisted Sister, Asia, Whitesnake and many more. The Broadway musical, which is now running at the Helen Hayes Theatre, received five Tony nominations (including Best Musical) after opening on April 7, 2009.

The film will have a script by librettist Chris D’Arienzo has reportedly gotten a rewrite from Michael Arndt, who penned Little Miss Sunshine. The movie is expected to begin filming in Florida on May 19, and will hit movie theaters on June 1, 2012.