By Molly Snyder Senior Writer Published Sep 09, 2025 at 3:01 PM

The long-awaited trailer for "Song Sung Blue" dropped today and it looks goooood. 

The Focus Features film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a husband-and-wife duo who perform in a Neil Diamond/Patsy Cline tribute act called Lightning & Thunder. 

The story is based on real-life Milwaukeeans Mike (Lightning) and Claire (Thunder) Sardina. The act was a staple at local fairs and festivals from the late '80s until Mike's death in 2006. Claire still resides in Milwaukee.

Read more about the Sardinas back story here.

"Song Sung Blue" will come out in theaters on Christmas Day, 2025. Here's the trailer that dropped today:


Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.

Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.