Focus Features to release Song Sung Blue, a musical, on Dec 25, 2025

Focus Features will release Song Sung Blue in theaters on December 25, 2025, the studio announced alongside a newly released trailer for the film. Written and directed by Craig Brewer, the musical dramedy stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a married couple who form a Neil Diamond tribute act and find love, ambition, and unexpected hardship as their career takes off and then crashes into crisis.

The film is based on Greg Kohs’s 2008 documentary about the real-life couple who performed as Lightning and Thunder. The trailer follows the characters Mike and Claire Sardina as they decide to launch a Diamond tribute band, transform their performances, and score high-profile opportunities, including opening for Pearl Jam. It also shows a severe car crash that derails their plans and forces the couple to confront recovery and disability. In one trailer exchange, Jackman’s character says, "I’m not a songwriter, I’m not a sex symbol. But I am an entertainer," while Hudson’s character declares, "I don’t want to be a hairdresser, I wanna sing and dance and say, Look at me I made it."

Brewer, who wrote and directed and produces alongside John Davis and John Fox, has cited musical and...