MTV remaking Rocky Horror

[JP2]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:52pm

And you thought Hairspray 2 was bad.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=47129

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:54pm

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[thejcm]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:56pm

MTV just failed at everything.

I'm a huge RHPS fan, I play Frank N Furter in my city's shadowcast and Rocky is a major, major part of my life. If they ruin something that close to me, I'll probably never watch anything on MTV ever again.

It's that bad.

It's like remaking The Wizard of Oz...you just don't do it.

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:56pm

kill me. you cannot mix a classic, campy, amazingly culty movie with MTV, the sellout of the century!!!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:57pm

A TV-musical "remake" (if you will) was once planned with Marilyn Manson starring. It's development was stop-and-go for years.

[JP2]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:57pm

And it appears that it will be made for TV :/

[killertofu333]

Posted: 7/23/08 at 11:57pm

Please tell me you're joking. Where'd you find this out JP2?

[JP2]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 12:00am

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=47129

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 12:00am

I Love ROCKY HORROR, but please !
Throw that few Million Dollars at Hunter and Jeffy and say
"Write the Linda Carter story!"

[shh282]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 12:12am

Why.
Oh, Why.

MTV just stick to your bad reality TV and leave quality things alone

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 12:16am

Noooooooooooooooooo.... *sobs*

[NYC10040]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 12:22am

When are auditions for the reality show to cast it? I think Emma Zaks would make a great Janet :)

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 12:28am

Why remake something that is perfect to begin with?

Argueably one of the top 10 stage to film translations (if not one of the top 5), with 95% of the original cast intact (Bostwick, Gray and Sarandon being the exceptions)

I will personally pee on anyone involved in this, in a symbolic gesture of how they are peeing on a classic.

[bundy5000]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 12:31am

MTV failed when they stopped running constant Music Videos, without the Reality show crap.

[Actorman112]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:25am

I came up with a really sick cast for this actually, tell me what you think.

Oh.. and don't knock on MTV, they have made mistakes in the past, but I feel they will stay true to this piece, they are professionals.

Frank - Alan Cumming
Brad - Neil Patrick Harris
Janet - Amy Adams
Riff Raff - Tom Waits
Magenta - Tracie Thoms
Columbia - Sara Bareilles (If she can act)
Rocky - Cheyenne Jackson
Eddie - Benji Madden
Dr. Scott - Christopher Walken

[JP2]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:38am

"Frank - Alan Cumming
Brad - Neil Patrick Harris
Janet - Amy Adams
Riff Raff - Tom Waits
Magenta - Tracie Thoms
Columbia - Sara Bareilles (If she can act)
Rocky - Cheyenne Jackson
Eddie - Benji Madden
Dr. Scott - Christopher Walken"

I like that. My cast was:

Frank - Johnny Depp
Brad - James Marsden
Janet - Brittany Murphy
Riff Raff - Alan Cumming
Magenta - Rosario Dawson
Columbia - Kristen Bell
Rocky - Cheyenne Jackson
Eddie - Jack Black
Dr. Scott - Richard O'Brien (lol)
Criminologist - Sir Anthony Hopkins


Though this is MTV, so we'll get:

Justin Timberlake as Rocky
Puffy as Frank
And random Danity Kane girl as Janet

[Actorman112]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:52am

I'm gonna mix both your's, Mine, and MTV type cast cause i like alot of yours as well.

Frank - Mika
Brad - Neil Patrick Harris
Janet - Amy Adams
Riff Raff - Alan Cumming
Magenta - Tracie Thoms
Columbia - Kristen Bell
Rocky - Cheyenne Jackson
Eddie - Jack Black
Dr. Scott - Christopher Walken
Criminologist - Tom Waits

[JP2]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:53am

LOL, Mika.

[Tkt2Ride]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:56am

"Though this is MTV, so we'll get:

Justin Timberlake as Rocky
Puffy as Frank
And random Danity Kane girl as Janet "


Too terrible for words. I love "Joe's Apartment" but that was original. Why must they re-make stuff that is already still classic even before the starring performers have even passed on?

I am intrigued by some of your casting but it should be kept as a Broadway Show, not another waste of celluloid for the disenchanted.

I'm sure there is more out there that really could benefit from a little more exposure and how many Broadway Shows would we love to buy if only we could on DVD? Is this the result of an unfulfilled public that still isn't getting what we ask for? Taped version of award winning Broadway Shows?

I'd say it is hardly even a bandage for that cause since they insist on trying to re-do too much that is already done correctly instead of making Movie version of shows we don't get to see over and over again with Casts we love and adore.

When will this all end? I agree too. Gave up MTV years ago when it stopped playing great music videos. So many things start out good and go oh so bad. Well, it's the way of commercialism. Try not to choke on it too much.

[ejnarciso]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 3:07am

I propose a cast of all VH1 and MTV reality show stars. Flavor Flav, Tila Tequila, New York, Real World vets

Now thats entertainment. painful, painful entertainment

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 3:11am

I propose Brigitte Nielson as Frank, and Flav as Rocky or to fit Brigitte we can change Rocky's name to Foofy.

[JP2]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 3:14am

Dr. Foofy Footer.

[jeniferrenepatricia]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 3:39am

No one can play Frank N Furter like Tim Curry. Why mess with perfection?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 4:28am

Nick Adams for Rocky!

[Urban]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 6:28am

I want the original idea for a sequal to be made (which eventually was recycled to various degrees into 'Shock Treatment')