STOP! THAT! TRAIN! - CATCHING UP WITH DIRECTOR ADAM SHANKMAN AND WHOLE BUNCH OF DRAG ROYALTY!

All aboard the Glamazonian Express! Buckle Up: It’s full steam ahead. Director Adam Shankman and an All-Star Cast of Comedy and Drag Royalty Bring the Laughs in 'Stop! That! Train!'

Super queen RuPaul Charles leads a glam cast in Adam Shankman’s STOP! THAT! TRAIN!, a campy comedy that features icons from the Drag Race universe like Jujubee, Ginger Minj, Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes and Marcia Marcia Marcia. 

Also making appearances are Sarah Michelle Gellar, Rachel Bloom, Nicole Richie, Lisa Rinna, Raven-Symoné, Jerry O’Connell, Chris Parnell, Charo… that’s just a few.  Phew!  The film opened Inside Out 2026.

Besties Tess (Ginger Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee) are train stewardesses who work dreary shifts on the low-rung Stank Rail.  When they get pink slipped, the duo end up wrangling jobs on the Glamazonian Express, a glitzy bullet train that promises a journey of excess. 

Mind you, they are relegated to coach duty.  But when a massive storm (Stormaganza!) threatens to derail the train and crash it into Florida, Tess and DeeDee join forces with the snobby first class attendants (Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia).  Along with Madame President (RuPaul), they must do anything to stop! that! train! 

Rachel Bloom and Latrice as “barbara”

A treat for the senses, the film is punctuated with color (reds, pinks, sparkle!) and sprinkled with a couple of original song-and-dance numbers in the aisles.

No surprise that Adam Shankman has his stewardesses dancing, given that his many credits include Emmy-winning So You Think Can Dance (judge), 82nd Annual Academy Awards (co-producer/lead choreographer), RuPaul’s Drag Race (guest judge/choreographer) and iconic Hairspray (director/
choreographer).  Script is by Christina Friel & Connor Wright.  Choreography is by Jamal Sims, and songwriting by Leland, both Drag Race contributors. Fun fact: Director of Photography is Luka Bazeli.  His father shot Shankmans’s Hairspray and Rock of Ages.  Luka had spent time on those sets as a teenager. 

I spoke with Adam Shankman, Rachel Bloom and Drag Royalty Jujubee, Ginger Minj, Symone, Brooke Lynn Hytes and Marcia Marcia Marcia about forming an instant on-set sisterhood, trading classic drag contouring for high-stakes drama, and why this project was an absolute no-brainer. #shefun

STOP!THAT!TRAIN! OPENS IN CANADA ON JUNE12TH