The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event | |
|---|---|
| Written by |
Richard O'Brien Jim Sharman |
| Directed by | Kenny Ortega |
| Starring | |
| Music by |
Richard Hartley Richard O'Brien |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Lou Adler Gail Berman Kenny Ortega |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Website | |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event is an upcoming television film. It is a "reimagining"[1] of the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, directed by Kenny Ortega and using the original script written by Richard O'Brien and Jim Sharman for the 1975 version. The film will star Laverne Cox, and will be broadcast on the Fox network in late-2016,[2][3] with an air date to be determined.
Cast
- Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter[4][2]
- Victoria Justice as Janet Weiss
- Ryan McCartan as Brad Majors
- Reeve Carney as Riff-Raff
- Christina Milian as Magenta
- Annaleigh Ashford as Columbia
- Staz Nair as Rocky
- Adam Lambert as Eddie
- Ben Vereen as Dr. Everett von Scott
- Tim Curry as the Criminologist[5]
Production
Plans for a remake at Fox date back to 2002, when a 2003 release date was under consideration to mark the 30-year anniversary of the play which spawned the film, a remake for which former Broadway producer Gail Berman would have been involved as co-producer. MTV had also planned a remake, set for 2008 and for which Berman was again tapped to produce, but those plans also fell through.[1]
On 10 April 2015, it was announced that Kenny Ortega, best known for directing the film Hocus Pocus, the High School Musical trilogy, and Michael Jackson's This Is It concert series, would direct the remake.[1] On 21 October 2015, Emmy Award nominee Laverne Cox, best known for her role as transgender prisoner Sophia Burset on Netflix's prison drama Orange Is the New Black, joined the cast to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the mad-scientist role originated by Tim Curry in the 1970s.[4][3] Lou Adler, who produced the original film, is also co-producing the remake, along with Gail Berman and Kenny Ortega; Ortega will choreograph the film in addition to directing and producing.[3] The creative team is planning "to stick faithfully to the text and the score of the original but greatly reimagine the story visually".[1]
Release
The film is scheduled to premiere on Fox in late 2016.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Andreeva, Nellie (10 April 2015). "Rocky Horror TV Remake In Works At Fox With Gail Berman & Kenny Ortega". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 Harp, Justin (22 October 2015). "Orange Is the New Black's Laverne Cox is replacing Tim Curry as Dr Frank-N-Furter in Fox's Rocky Horror Show". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Hibberd, James (21 October 2015). "Laverne Cox to star in Fox's Rocky Horror reboot". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- 1 2 Jayson, Jay (21 October 2015). "Orange Is The New Black's Laverne Cox To Star In Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ Fowler, Matt (15 January 2016). "TIM CURRY TO HAVE A ROLE IN FOX'S ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW TV-MOVIE". IGN. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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