Rocky Horror Film Remake

Is in the works. For me, Adam Lambert's the only choice for Frank, and he is up for it.

Crossing my fingers!

it's a definite plan. Not a bad idea, since I understand attendance is down at the midnight showings. The film needs a B12 to spark new interest.

The announcement for this was made in April 2015 so I don't know if that's considered a while or not.

haha, thanks JG, and here's why I'm in. I'm friends with a guy whose career has been working with 20th Cent. Fox with the film since day one, and his sister, who is as invested in it as her brother. If there were any people whose hearts and souls were tied to the original RHPS, it's them. They're ok with it, so I am too, because it could actually be good for the original.

Yeah, it looks like Marilyn Manson was approached to star in a remake as far back as 2006. And Ryan Murphy was said to be attached to a remake in 2010. I assume it's been in and out of production hell for at least ten years, then.

Forget the movie remake. I want a TV series. Something really gonzo, playing fast and loose with the continuity. Brad and Janet live in Denton which is weird but normative. Just outside the city, the Transylvanians have their weird castle, which is weird but liberated. Weird stuff goes down between the two worlds on a weekly basis. Sometimes Frank gets killed or Brad gets Janet's genitals in a Fly experiment gone hideously wrong. Every week continuity resets completely so that nothing is ever off limits or impossible. Throw in a new song by Richard O'Brien every episode and it's all good.

Think half Rick and Morty, half Muppet Show.

Me too. I can't even think of a cable station that would air it, though.

Who is Farley? and who's your Rocky Horror? And Eddie?

Updated On: 7/12/15 at 09:59 AM

Farley is from Shock Treatment.

He's Brad's evil twin.

In my head canon for "The Rocky Horror Show Show," Frank has rigged Eddie, along with several of his former consort and victims, with animatronics and every so often activates them like Chuck E Cheese statues for musical numbers. I think I saw the Cee-Lo/Rockafire crossover and internalized the idea. So you could probably get a singer for the role, if not an actor: maybe Jack Black, who certainly loves to do singing voiceovers for shows.

As for Rocky, I go back and forth between him as a spoken and as a mostly-mute character on television. He would probably be more of a cameo than anything, just one of Frank's experiments that didn't turn out QUITE right.

I changed my mind- Tara Strong can do Magenta- Amanda Palmer would be fun but I don't think she's that variable of an actress. And for Columbia, Yael Stone of "Orange is the New Black."

FRANK: "It's only a simple body transferrence, Brad. What's the worst that could happen?"

BRAD: (glasses pull) "What's the worst that could happen? God dammit, don't you remember when you built that sex android? Everyone was killed and the house blew up! Have you forgotten already?"

FRANK: (after a beat) "Yes. Throw Lever One, Columbia!"

(Columbia's hand hovers over a lever marked "Lever One.")

COLUMBIA: "Throwing Lever One, boss!"

FRANK: "Throw Lever Two, Magenta!"

(Magenta's hand hovers over a lever marked "Lever Two.")

MAGENTA: (to herself, mocking) "Throw Lever Two, Magenta."

FRANK: "Throw Lever Three, Riff Raff!"

(Riff's hand hovers over a lever marked "Lever Three," before moving to a different lever, marked in gothic typescript "F*CK SH*T UP.")

RIFF: "Hmm..."

Would Richard O'Brien get a fairer share of the profits from any re-make?

If it lines his pockets as some sort of redress for past injustices, I guess I'm for it.