The Horror…The Horror: MTV to Remake Rocky Horror
Can anyone fill Tim Curry’s corset?
(This is sort of film/television news but whatever, we’ll include it here.)
Variety reports that MTV is planning on remaking cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sigh.
(struggling to go on…struggling to go on…)
The network is planning on using the original screenplay (which, btw, is based on the stage musical) but may add songs. They’re hoping for a Halloween 2009 television premiere, but that’s not definite. No cast has been announced, which means there’s plenty of time for rumors to fly. Undoubtedly some will suggest star of the original Susan Sarandon’s daughter Eva Amurri to take over Sarandon’s part because people tend to think that kind of thing is cool, you know, keeping it in the family. Some people, that is.
Excuse me for lacking enthusiasm for this. I guess I’m just worried that it will have too much of an MTV stamp on it. Also, there will undoubtedly be an urge to update the creaky little thing which would be unfortunate, because part of its charm is that post-Cabaret, New Wave preview vibe it has.
I also wonder about the meaning of making it for TV–wasn’t the reason the movie became so beloved was the fact that it developed the whole party atmosphere around each show? Midnight screenings, people coming in costume, contests for best costume, the audience generated responses that varied from location to location, the mass Time Warp dance in–the movie by itself isn’t that special; what developed around it was, and I don’t see how that spirit translates to TV. Yeah, you can invite your friends over and have a Rocky Horror party, but the fun of doing it all at the movies was that you were responding and having a good time with strangers. So whatever. Make it all shiny and new. Add cool new songs. Put famous people in it. Run it on TV. Fine. Go ahead. I won’t be marking it on my calendar.
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July 25th, 2008 at 6:25 am
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July 25th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
If you think this is a terrible idea, please join my facebook group:
Please don’t needlessly remake The Rocky Horror Picture Show, MTV!
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August 11th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
…Gasp…
I’m blogging about this right now.
August 15th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
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September 19th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
There’s an official petition at stoptheremake.com.
They never asked Riff Raff if it was ok w/ him and he’s against it. Susan Sarandon is against it. U dont touch an underground cult classic. The content is so not tv & to cut out the content .. ur best of not doing it at all.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
I agree, Don’t fix what isn’t broken. We don’t need an mtv remake.
October 7th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
you rilly don’t need to do this…you don’t mess with the original versions…every movie now in the 21 century is so made up ..the original is always the best kompard to sequals or remakes and hello…transsexual transilvania isn’t from the 21 Century may I help you….your putting mtv’s logo on it..putting it on t.v were theres COMMERCIALS .. were it came from a stage production..ahm may I cough….dosnt the arts or theater scream anything to you people…it just doesn’t make any sense…ohh theres one thing I have to conclude I heard there adding eddys teddy and once in the while..the songs that weren’t in the movie the first time I think its those that are new songs..but if itsnt im going to be pretty p’d off!!
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