• 'Footloose' Trailer #2

    Here we go again. We've seen a teaser trailer for Craig Brewer's remake of the '80s film Footloose, and now here's the full thing. Well, here's another trailer, anyway -- this one is quite a bit shorter than the teaser. Hit the jump to see Kenny Wormold as Kevin Bacon, Julianne Hough as Lori Singer,…

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  • New Images: The 'Footloose' Remake

    That Footloose remake that no one asked for and everyone keeps forgetting about (okay, maybe that's just me) is still moving forward, and we have new images to prove it. The updated version stars relative unknown Kenny Wormald as protagonist Ren McCormack and two-time Dancing with the Stars winner Julianne Hough as love interest Ariel…

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  • VOTD: 'Footloose' Remade By 54 Filmmakers

    Craig Brewer's remake of the classic 1984 Kevin Bacon film Footloose, starring Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough, is scheduled for release in October of this year. When it was first announced, though, a group of filmmakers got so upset that Hollywood was needlessly remaking another great movie they decided to beat them to the punch.…

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  • Release Dates: 'Bad Teacher' And 'Footloose' Shuffled To New Berths

    Here's news on the release dates for three films that couldn't be more different. Well, we haven't seen any of the three yet, or even trailers for any of them, but do you really expect there will be much common ground between the remake of Footloose, the comedy Bad Teacher and the Steven Soderbergh action/espionage…

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  • First Look: The 'Footloose' Remake

    I know: you're dying to see images of the Footloose remake, which is shooting now with a cast that includes Kenny Wormald and Julianne Hough in the roles originated by Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer. That's the first look at the two actors in costume, above, which is pretty obviously sourced from the days on…

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  • Footloose Remake Cast Set

    Our long national nightmare is over! The Footloose remake finally has a cast. Now I can rest easy tonight. Mostly because no one I care too much about is in the movie, which Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan) is still directing. OK, there's Dennis Quaid, playing John Lithgow's role, but he's been…

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  • Casting Notes: Thomas Dekker In Footloose?; Wes Bentley In Tilda; Tim Blake Nelson In Flypaper; Ty Burrell And Angelica Huston In Goats

    Because I know that casting news on the delayed remake of Footloose is what you're all more hungry for than anything else, here's the only casting note that matters this week: Thomas Dekker (Heroes, Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, Kaboom, A Nightmare on Elm Street) is apparently the latest top candidate to play 'Two Degrees…

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  • Footloose Remake To Be Directed By... Hustle & Flow's Craig Brewer?

    Early this week, This Is It director Kenny Ortega bailed on Paramount's remake of Footloose. Seems like a great idea, even if the Michael Jackson movie doesn't become the Dark Knight-sized hit that some have predicted. And yeah, Footloose? A remake? Who needs it? Well, Paramount still seems to, and their shortlist of directors is…

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  • Bad Ideas: Spoofing Dance Movies

    I thought the first Scary Movie was a smart spoof of the most modern horror genre. But the reinvention of the spoof genre has brought me so much pain and embarrassment. Epic Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, Date Movie, the many Scary Movie sequels - Why do people watch this crap? Whatever reason, it just…

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