The beloved movie musical ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ is finally getting the remake treatment.
After nearly ten years of speculation, the project has finally been picked up by Fox, with famed director and choreographer Kenny Ortega at the helm. Since the original film was released in 1975, fans have completely taken over the film, attending audience participation screenings all around the world for over forty years. So it’s no wonder that the news of a remake has garnered serious backlash.
‘Rocky Horror’ tells the story of young couple Brad and Janet (played in this version respectively by Ryan McCartan and Victoria Justice). Their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, and take refuge in a castle straight out of a Hammer horror flick. There they
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“I cannot believe how true they were to the show and the original,” said one fan in Fox’s Fan Reaction video. “When it ended, I almost cried. Like, ‘no please! I want more!’”
Even Tim Curry has demonstrated approval towards the reboot. The original Frank N Furter makes an appearance as the Narrator in the new TV movie, a part played by Charles “No Neck” Gray in the 1975 film. At the recent TCA panel, Curry was asked if he gives his endorsement for Ortega’s vision, to which he answered, “I do, indeed.”
As a whole, Fox’s ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ is somehow both different and similar enough to the original for it to work. After all, ‘Rocky Horror’ has been performed as a stage play across the world, most notably in the current UK tour (which was recently broadcast live on BBC and in cinemas across Europe). It seems as though the general consensus is keeping an open mind, which is already a good sign. Hopefully the new ‘Rocky Horror’ will live up to expectations, and maybe encourage an entire new generation to do the Time Warp
This past March I visited Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida for the first time in years. As all things, it has changed drastically over time. Some rides remained the same, but others not so much. Universal Studios is a magical place to begin with, but add in two separate Wizard Worlds and you’ll be begging for more. As I have grown, I was never interest in Harry Potter; however, after only one day running through the Wizard World I was hooked. I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the books and movies. First, I dove into Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. Then, to complete the first pieces in the series, I watched Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone directed by Chris Columbus. Both pieces were exceptional and I enjoyed both; however, I believe the movie is slightly better.
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The movie was made in 2015-2016, and it currently available in theater all over america.
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