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Posted: 10/25/09 at 6:08pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kenny_Ortega_Exits_Big_Screen_FOOTLOOSE_Redo_20091025
Variety reports the news that director Kenny Ortega has exited the upcoming big screen musical remake of "Footloose." The trade paper cites differences with Paramount Pictures on tone and budget as the cause for Ortega leaving the production.
The Ortega directed Michael Jackson concert film "This is It," which hits movie screens next week on October 28th.
Variety reveals that Paramount will start the search for a new director on Monday, and is sticking to its plan of starting production in March, when star Chace Crawford is on hiatus from the CW hit "Gossip Girl." Crawford is will start alongside Julianne Hough of "Dancing with the Stars" fame.
Variety reports the news that director Kenny Ortega has exited the upcoming big screen musical remake of "Footloose." The trade paper cites differences with Paramount Pictures on tone and budget as the cause for Ortega leaving the production.
The Ortega directed Michael Jackson concert film "This is It," which hits movie screens next week on October 28th.
Variety reveals that Paramount will start the search for a new director on Monday, and is sticking to its plan of starting production in March, when star Chace Crawford is on hiatus from the CW hit "Gossip Girl." Crawford is will start alongside Julianne Hough of "Dancing with the Stars" fame.
