Young audiences have been embracing it every single week for the last 18 years in London's West End. The dress-up-sing-a-long party has been sold out at The Prince Charles Cinema Leicester Square at every screening! No one there can be heard saying 'I wish MTV would remake it' -its the classic that it is and it should be left that way!
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
"..but may also include music not featured in the original."
That's what is scaring me the most..
"I trained as a classical actor at Juilliard. I jump at the opportunity to do classical text...But I never in a million years guessed I'd get to play Juliet!"- Michael Arden
MTV readies 'Rocky Horror' redux Network to remake 1975 cult classic By DANIEL FRANKEL MTV's set to remake cult tuner 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which has grossed $140 million domestically since its 1975 release.
MTV is doing the time warp on a remake of 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Lou Adler, exec producer of the original film, is partnering with BermanBraun and Fox Television Studios on the new rendition.
Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original.
Helmer and casting decisions have yet to be announced.
Fox is in discussions with BSkyB and Sky Movies to co-finance and distribute the telepic abroad.
Timetable for the start of production hasn't been established yet but the partners aim to move forward quickly once the final elements are in place.
"I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV," Adler said.
BermanBraun principal Gail Berman will exec produce the project along with partner Lloyd Braun. Berman has been attached to a "Rocky Horror" remake dating back to her tenure as Fox programming chief (Daily Variety, July 1, 2002).
The original "Rocky Horror," starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf, has grossed $140 million in domestic box office over the years, primarily from the wallets of youthful audience members who have shown up for midnight screenings over the past three decades
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
So what straight actor do you think they'll cast as Frank?
MTV is a joke. Has been since the late eighties.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
I guess if people are so vehemently against the remake of Rocky Horror, then they should all just...not watch it? I mean, what's the big deal other than it is another television production of a musical, which musical theatre fans usually get excited about like The Music Man, Annie, Gyspy, Bye Bye Birdie, etc. I actually welcome a remake if it is closer to the stage production since I'm not a huge fan of the film.
PS - There is no such thing as Hairspray 2, which has absolutely no relevence to the topic anyway. Not sure why that was brought up at all.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Frank N Furter - JIM CARREY Janet - AMY ADAMS Brad - JAMES MARSDEN (I think it's hilarious that several people has the same idea for Brad & Janet) Narrator - JOHN CLEESE Eddie/Dr. Scott - JACK BLACK Riff Raff - CONSTANTINE MAROULIS Columbia - BRITTANY MURPHY Magenta - ROSARIO DAWSON Rocky - JASON LEWIS Rocky (singing voice) - ADAM PASCAL
I'm honestly sick of this whole "it's dated" excuse to remake everything under the sun. Oh, that and "our version is a darker take on the material".
F**k off and die you pencil pushing mediocrity.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
I agree with everyone that says there is no need to remake this classic and perfect film. BUT, it's not going to hurt anything. Let them do it. It might actually turn out to be a good film, or it might get cast with some good actors that will bring something to these roles that we haven't seen yet. Maybe it will help to introduce the movie and stage play to a whole new generation. Worse case scenario-- the remake is awful-- so just don't ever watch it or acknowledge that it even exist.
BrianIdol: I see your Carmen: A Hiphopera and I raise you the musical version of Wuthering Heights starring some Kurt Cobain wannabe.
I bet that poofy-headed kid from High School Musical will be Frank.
I can't fathom how anyone can say that Rocky Horror is dated. Because it was released in '75? Watching the film, there is nothing that ties it to any particular time period. "Horny transexual alien frolicking about and having sex with everyone. Only in the '70s!"
WTF. Rocky Horror is just the kind of thing you JUST DON'T TOUCH. It's not supposed to be wildly popular, just loved among the fans it already has. MTV STOP F***ING WITH MUSICALS!
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
See, that's the thing. There isn't a need for it. Rocky Horror STILL reaches audiences today.
With the Annie, and Gypsy TV Productions, it was becasue the original films were vauge represenations of the stage productions.
With Gypsy, Music Man and Birdie (and Annie), it was to try and bring a new audience in with popular stars and big names.
However, Rocky Horror doesn't need a new audience brought in by a TV production, because the original film still does it. Rocky Horror is actually pretty faithful to the original stage version, it's big difference being the lack of lines for Rocky, which was only changed because Peter Hinwood couldn't act/sing.