Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake?
 

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MTV has announced plans to remake the 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

The original film is considered by many to be the ultimate cult classic, and it will be interesting to see how diehard fans react to news of a remake in the works. It starred Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf.

Since its release, the film has grossed $140 million in domestic box office – thanks to midnight showings that have ran for three decades and the loyal fans who return to see it many times.

Variety reports Lou Adler (who executive produced the original film) has partnered with BermanBraun and Fox Television Studios for the remake.

The film will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien, and may also feature music not included in the original film.

Fox is in talks with BSkyB and Sky Movies to co-finance and distribute the film.

So far, a director and cast have not been announced, and a time table for getting the film into production has yet to be put in place.

In Variety, Adler stated: "I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV."

anyone know who I have to sleep with to get a part in this? :p

The 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment.

I'm game! :p

It would be good to see who the cast is :-)

They'll be in camouflage so they'll all look the same anyway.

Oh, you're not talking about Samurai's "audition" process ...?

Dave :twisted:

No I was just saying. It would be interesting to see who comes and replaces Meat and Tim.

Regarding Sean's Audition though, would be good to see a mlukfc member in the film ;-) If that was ever to happen....

I wonder how you'd get an audition anyhow? Be living in the US perhaps? lol

bit of sarcasm gone to waste there, poor

Dave's humour ----------------------->
Ross's head ----> O

Yes, shame. I did have another joke lined up about an "dishonourable discharge" but I don't think I'll bother :twisted:

Dave

Well, that's a damn stupid idea and it probably won't take off anyway...

With this said...I did appreciate the sarcasm...especially the last bit of it...LOL

hasnt there been rumours on this been floating around for years?

I seem to recall that Marilyn Manson wanted to play Frank N. Furter...

The remake wont hurt the original movie....so bring it on!! Might be good, might be bad, but we cant lose on this one...

PS: Id love to see Meat return as Dr. Scott :cool:

I can quarantee right now it won't be any good...this is what happens when you try to re-make cult classics...

Tend to agree with you, and it will also be completely over-hyped in to the deal.

And that's why I think the entire thing is much ado about nothing...They've been talking for year and years now about remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty...whatever happened to that I wonder...oh right...everybody signed up pulled out one by one...

I still hate Sing-A-Long-A ruining the RHPS showings, you don't go to these nights and sit and sing along, the whole fun is to dress up, shout at the screen and dance along to the Timewarp, not sit there and read the lyrics !!!
Never forgiven them for doing that and so my RHPS nights are over :(.

This has been a rumour since as far back as 2001 and I can say that we as die hards don't want it, a few of the original members have sadly passed on now and I just think it'll be disrespectful and wrong to try and remake something that was so promionant of it's time.

:twisted: The only members of the original cast I know of who have passed away are Charles Gray and Johnathan Adams.

I can't see this being a success :roll:
RHPS is a classic, and I can't see anyone else bringing something more to it.

On the other hand, it might draw more attention to the original, which is never a bad thing :wink:

you might be right.....but we wont know until its out.

Worst case youll go to the cinema and be bored for two hours....which isnt exactly the end of the world.

Im staying optimistic :D

Going to the cinema indeed would be the worst case for me...LOL...that is one movie I will definitely watch on DVD...so that I can turn it off and go do something more productive if necessary at a nominal price...

They were who I was refering to ;).

Aah but there's the fun of dressing up if you go out to see it...sure you can dress up at home, but some of the entertainment value is taken out if you don't have to cross busy town centres in RH gear...

and not only for rhps shows;)

I remember seeing the show in 2003 at Bromley, I was walking back to the hotel with one of my friends, we were both Frank, I was Floorshow and he was the caped one and some person decided to pinch my arse :shock: !! And someone asked if we were a couple, all in all we found it very funny !!
And picture the whole front row doing Wild And Untamed Thing at the end :cool:, I miss the show it was alot of fun. Miss the movie showings that bit more though :(.

Very true. Even if it is quite a good remake it will just get trashed by everyone simply because its not the original. Leave it alone and try making a decent version of a film that flopped first time round

No, Michael Crawford...LOL