Gimme that beat, fool! Zac Efron has long since graduated from the bubblegum pop of High School Musical and the vintage sound of Hairspray. Right now, EDM is where it's at, and Efron is looking to capture that sound in his latest film, We Are Your Friends, which finds him as a DJ specializing in dance music.
Directed by Max Joseph (Catfish: The TV Show) and co-starring Gone Girl's Emily Ratajkowski, Jon Bernthal (Fury), Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games), and Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead), the film centers on Cole (Efron), a 23-year-old EDM DJ with greater aspirations of being a record producer. He finds that getting his big break in Hollywood isn't so easy, and tensions mount when he falls in love with his mentor's girlfriend.
This may be trying too hard to capture the sound of a generation, but otherwise this looks like a solid dramatic effort by Efron. And at least we know it will have a pumpin' soundtrack. We Are Your Friends spins on August 28th.
