Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake?

[AndyK]

Found here (http://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/news/article_1419215.php/MTV_remaking_cult_classic_%91The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show%92)

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."

[samurai7]

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

[AndyK]

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

The 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment.

[samurai7]

I'm game! :p

[meatloaf-unofficial]

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

[daveake]

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:

[meatloaf-unofficial]

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

[Lord Kagan]

bit of sarcasm gone to waste there, poor

[daveake]

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

[mszee]

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

[RadioMaster]

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:

[mszee]

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...

[AndyK]

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.

[mszee]

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...

[MeatGrl1]

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.

[The Flying Mouse]

: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:

[RadioMaster]

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

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

[mszee]

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...

[MeatGrl1]

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



They were who I was refering to ;).

[~Helen~]

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...

[RadioMaster]

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;)

[MeatGrl1]

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 :(.

[wolfy35]

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

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

[Wario]

Robbie Coltrane as Eddie! :D:D

[mszee]

Robbie Coltrane as Eddie! :D:D

No, Michael Crawford...LOL

[RadioMaster]

the fat rooster?

[ray-loaf]

Eddie Izzard to play the lead. You seen those legs? lol

[AndyK]

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


Going to the cinema for a coupl eof hours the night this is premiered is probably the best option, since it appears that the remake will be a "made for TV" special ...

[Pudding]

A little bit offtopic I know but I only found out the other day that Brian May once played the same part as Meat Loaf 'Eddie' on stage.

Pud :twisted:

[allrevvedup]

Getting visions of the nightmare that was the pointless remake of Psycho.

It may be good...for some reason I could see Johnny Depp taking the lead role....and me playing Eddie:shock:

[Wario]

wonder if meat will play doc. scott? :|

[djfierce]

i highly doubt he would do a remake but who's to say, guess it depends how much he wants the cash.

The original never did much for me so i wont be getting too excited about this either ;)

[mszee]

Getting visions of the nightmare that was the pointless remake of Psycho.





*Raises cross in front of Mike's face...devil, be gone...*

I don't think I even finished that one...it was...oh well...

[~Helen~]

BBC telling us about it now - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7558091.stm

[mszee]

Well, I don't know about Sky...but if MTV is involved...I don't even have to bother seeing it at home...

[24K]

I thought the first one was pants, so i don't think i will bother with the remake;)LOL...

[MeatGrl1]

You have just insulted a cult classic Michelle :shock: !!!!!!!

[mszee]

You have just insulted a cult classic Michelle :shock: !!!!!!!

No, she didn't...Killer Klowns from Outer Space is cult classic too...did you see it? And if you did...did you like it???

[MeatGrl1]

No I have not, never heard of it till now...

[Diane]

BBC telling us about it now - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7558091.stm
Thanks Helen. The BBC site has just updated the story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7559471.stm) and apparently the remake does not have Richard O'Brien's blessing.

Diane

[24K]

You have just insulted a cult classic Michelle :shock: !!!!!!!

Just saying what i think, don't care if its considered a classic i still think its :shit: ;) LOL...

[MeatGrl1]

How can you say that about Tim Curry and Meat Loaf tut tut :lol: !

[24K]

LOL...Tim Curry aghhhhhhh, but Meat well ok, i liked the bit with Meat in it;)

[MeatGrl1]

I like Tim Curry :oops:, I used to go as him in the Floor Show outfit, the make-up was fun to apply :cool:.

[Wario]

LOL...Tim Curry aghhhhhhh, but Meat well ok, i liked the bit with Meat in it;)

Yea I just recently was allowed to watch the entire movie and 99% made me feel I was in a 1960's porno movie :shock:

that 15 was Meat's bit and I'm very distrought the ycut the "Whew!" from the CD soundtrack ....... Gonna beat whoever mixed it Out :kickass:

Kinda glad Meat wasn't in the entire movie, just for the three minute Hot patootie song ..... seeing him in a g-strap would make the most flamboyant person shudder

(Note: i love that kickass smilie and will try to incorperate it into any post I contribute from now on)

[MeatGrl1]

Please don't... :lol:.

I take it you have not seen the stage show photos, they are interesting :lol:.

[mszee]

Definition of cult classic...

A work of fiction that is extremely popular with a select audience but may or may not be successful at the time of the work's original publication/presentation...

Thus not everybody knows about Killer Klowns or Killer Tomatoes...just like not everybody likes or even understands Rocky Horror Show...

The only difference between those and Rocky Horror Show was that Rocky debuted at least 4 actors which subsequently became very successful and very famous...audience participation didn't hurt it either...

I like the movie but I can see how some will not just NOT like it but even hate it...

[mszee]

P.S. Movie did ruin Tim Curry's career and he can't stand even remembering being in that movie...

[amethyst]

Have to say I dont think it ruined his career at all, he was great in Annie and fantastic in Clue (in my opinion anyway lol) ~ and if you read:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry it seems he's accepted it for what it was now.

ames xx

[24K]

Hot Patootie is a great song:))

[LucyK!]

Thanks Helen. The BBC site has just updated the story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7559471.stm) and apparently the remake does not have Richard O'Brien's blessing.

Diane

That's a real shame, just yesterday I said to Andy that I was pleased that if they insist on remaking RHPS then at least Richard O'Brien would keep it true to the feel of the original if he was involved :? I may have jinxed it :? !

[MeatGrl1]

P.S. Movie did ruin Tim Curry's career and he can't stand even remembering being in that movie...

Well would you like to be asked about fishnets every interview you did after that ?!? That is why he's kept out of all the anniversarys and stuff. But Tim Curry's career has not been hurt by it, he's had much success with films such as amethyst has said with Clue and Annie, two of my favourites btw and recently did a successful stint in Westend's Spamalot. He has also appeared in Terry Pratchett's Colour Of Magic so to say it's damaged his career is not true, Tim's thriving :heart: :)).

[mszee]

Have to say I dont think it ruined his career at all, he was great in Annie and fantastic in Clue (in my opinion anyway lol) ~ and if you read:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Curry it seems he's accepted it for what it was now.

ames xx


He was talking on American TV very recently...I am just quoting what he said...dunno about Wikipedia...

[mszee]

Well would you like to be asked about fishnets every interview you did after that ?!? That is why he's kept out of all the anniversarys and stuff. But Tim Curry's career has not been hurt by it, he's had much success with films such as amethyst has said with Clue and Annie, two of my favourites btw and recently did a successful stint in Westend's Spamalot. He has also appeared in Terry Pratchett's Colour Of Magic so to say it's damaged his career is not true, Tim's thriving :heart: :)).

When you were posting it...did you count on fingers how many movies did you list and in how many years did he make it? Just curious...

Spamalot was, in fact, his big comeback...and that's when he gave interviews here saying that he was absolutely blacklisted and it was one of the biggest mistakes of his life...I saw him on Broadway and he was terrific...I was lucky enough to see the original cast...

Playing transvestite now is nothing...everybody seems to be doing it...back then...not so much...

[Wario]

Please don't... :lol:.

I take it you have not seen the stage show photos, they are interesting :lol:.

:shock: - If i just opened the cover of the Roxy CD and took a look at the collaugue ........ It is very ...uhh .... interesting


:kickass:

(please note this is the final time i'm saying this: the kickass smilie is just there cause it's so dang cool. Its not that I am gonna hurt the person I quoted or ment to threaten. Its just there randomly)

[~Helen~]

Well would you like to be asked about fishnets every interview you did after that ?!?

Hehe....I'd LOVE to ;)

[SamCat]

Dont forget Legend he was amazing in that!!

[clareb515]

i don't know where to say hi so ill just say it in here im the newbie adicted to rocky horror and would love to see them try recreate it. they dont do stuff as twisted as that anymore :devil: im adicted to it and first wached it when i was 4 i didnt get it. its a amasing film but they wont be abel to recreate it as good as it is.
origanals rule
if my spellings not great sorry just trying to get out of text talk i love meat loaf but why dose he die in the films that i watch in rocky horror he gets hacked to death then in fight club he gets shot but is still hot :whistle: xx

[~Helen~]

Welcome Clare :-) Are you looking forward to the new Rocky Horror then even though you don't think it'll be as good as the original? I'm being open minded and will reserve judgement for the new one once I've seen it! :D

[clareb515]

chears i cant wait for it. its a good idea to remake it if only to get people that havent seen the origanel, not many, into them. on my 18th birthday i am going to see it in thearter 3 years to go whoo :cheer:x

[~Helen~]

wow exciting... I'm eager for the stage version to do its rounds around here again but something makes me think the film version might be here sooner! In any event 3 years'd require a lot of patience and I don't think I could wait that long!

[clareb515]

i no but if its good ill be happy im of as columbia, my sisters going as magenter and davids going as dr frank en furter it will be great :D and one ofmy other freinds might be coming as eddie but hes not sure yet hopehe can

[~Helen~]

is this for the movie or you planning scarily ahead for your 18th???

[clareb515]

me planing ahead its always good to be prepared i was a girl giude and a air cadet so its just been drilled in to me to plan ahed :) x

[Deb]

Can we have the spell checker back ;)

[clareb515]

sorry im rubish at spelling :(

[Deb]

I noticed ;) and that's coming from one of few here who isn't anal about spelling :-)

[clareb515]

im getting beter because before i couldnt spell coffee but now i can spell a few more words then last year.

[RadioMaster]

dont you have to write tests at school??

[clareb515]

i had but got rubish results because im dislexic and have a habit if spelling things how they sound insted of how there spelt and will be doing anouther test soon since im going to collage to finish my last year at school x

[RadioMaster]

no problem, it's all good as long as were albe to understand it ;)

[LucyK!]

Perfect place for a typo RJ :lol:

[clareb515]

i hope you can understand it but i have now got my dictionary next to my laptop just to make sure i spell them right if they dont look right xx

[RadioMaster]

i blame the keyboard!

[clareb515]

i cant blame things that didnt do it im just to modest :)