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Merrick here...

Because the original film's influence on pop culture wasn't significant enough...MTV is prepping a remake of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.

Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original.

...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.

If I'm correctly interpreting the somewhat imprecise wording of the Variety piece, this will be broadcast on TV here in The States & distributed theatrically overseas (I think).

I just slid off of some awesome post root canal pain killers...this news compells me to hop back on.





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Bastards!
by Charlie & Tex
Jul 24th, 2008
01:15:23 AM
Rocky Horror is for HOME-OHS...
by Fa Fa Fooey
Jul 24th, 2008
01:16:04 AM
Well... that took like 14 years.
by LordEnigma
Jul 24th, 2008
01:16:47 AM
God help us.
by Brundlefly
Jul 24th, 2008
01:18:16 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
by deadboy1313
Jul 24th, 2008
01:18:17 AM
No.
by BiggusDickus
Jul 24th, 2008
01:18:32 AM
Remakes save us from...
by Symposium
Jul 24th, 2008
01:19:28 AM
PLEASE recast fat Tim Curry as Frank N Furter!
by Riley Martin
Jul 24th, 2008
01:19:52 AM
It'll never fly
by Aloy
Jul 24th, 2008
01:22:31 AM
Not the fucking time warp!
by Cartagia
Jul 24th, 2008
01:23:38 AM
Nobody can be as sexy as Tim Curry in this film
by Jugs
Jul 24th, 2008
01:25:00 AM
It's just a jump to the left
by The Crystal Skull
Jul 24th, 2008
01:26:07 AM
Note to creatively bankrupt Hollywood Suits:
by Horace Cox
Jul 24th, 2008
01:26:51 AM
The one and only person I'd trust to remake this....
by Iblis_mage
Jul 24th, 2008
01:28:27 AM
They should get Susan Sarandon
by The Crystal Skull
Jul 24th, 2008
01:28:38 AM
No one could be a worse choice than the anti music MTV
by IndustryKiller!
Jul 24th, 2008
01:28:43 AM
...pation...
by Dangkok_Bangerous
Jul 24th, 2008
01:30:14 AM
wow, we really are out of ideas.
by SkeletonParty
Jul 24th, 2008
01:31:38 AM
Lindsay Lohan and Miley Cyrus
by The Crystal Skull
Jul 24th, 2008
01:32:30 AM
What do people expect from MTV?!?
by Playkins
Jul 24th, 2008
01:32:35 AM
Thank Christ
by Ghostwood
Jul 24th, 2008
01:33:51 AM
14 year old girls watch mtv
by juice willis
Jul 24th, 2008
01:35:50 AM
For the love of God Stop the remake madness
by Xiphos_2
Jul 24th, 2008
01:37:15 AM
Brundlefly
by s0nicdeathmonkey
Jul 24th, 2008
01:37:19 AM
I'm kind of dreading the casting choices.
by heavenlykid
Jul 24th, 2008
01:38:11 AM
s0nicdeathmonkey takes the hot artsy
by juice willis
Jul 24th, 2008
01:41:39 AM
AAAAAND another FUCKING REMAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
by alucardvsdracula
Jul 24th, 2008
01:47:09 AM
Dr. Horrible was the audition.
by wintocha67
Jul 24th, 2008
01:48:01 AM
I thought Stephan Elliot was directing this...
by MaxTheSilent
Jul 24th, 2008
02:05:07 AM
Wait, this isn't the version from, like, five years ago...
by JustinSane
Jul 24th, 2008
02:10:12 AM
I love painkillers....
by The Dum Guy
Jul 24th, 2008
02:11:55 AM
On American TV???
by V'Shael
Jul 24th, 2008
02:12:43 AM
let's do the timearp again..
by deanbarry
Jul 24th, 2008
02:17:19 AM
Ron Perlman for Frank-n-Furter, cuz he's....!
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
02:19:13 AM
Why?
by JoeSixPack
Jul 24th, 2008
02:24:44 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
by BradMajors
Jul 24th, 2008
02:25:12 AM
Oh for Fucks sake....
by conspiracy
Jul 24th, 2008
02:25:39 AM
And AS a struggling writer...
by mr_macphisto
Jul 24th, 2008
02:27:39 AM
But Estelle Getty's Dead
by thelordofhell
Jul 24th, 2008
02:42:48 AM
To the good People At MTV
by RHPSWOLF
Jul 24th, 2008
03:27:30 AM
Marilyn Manson = Frank N. Furter
by Add to Friends
Jul 24th, 2008
03:34:39 AM
what
by Sophievdp
Jul 24th, 2008
03:56:00 AM
Brad!! Janet!! Rocky!! MTV!?!?!?! Oy!
by Big_Bubbaloola
Jul 24th, 2008
04:17:28 AM
Actually, this is a revival that makes complete sense
by palimpsest
Jul 24th, 2008
04:52:05 AM
This sounds a whole lot better than...
by Anna Valerious
Jul 24th, 2008
05:08:46 AM
It better not be some hip hop bullshit!!!!
by Dragolion
Jul 24th, 2008
05:09:01 AM
THE ROCKY HORROR WIZ, anyone...
by palimpsest
Jul 24th, 2008
05:15:50 AM
Oh for fuck's sake!
by FlickaPoo
Jul 24th, 2008
05:46:09 AM
remake that john waters movie where divine
by General Crom
Jul 24th, 2008
05:59:53 AM
Ok now they've simply gone too far!
by Yeti
Jul 24th, 2008
06:08:26 AM
This idea
by tomdolan04
Jul 24th, 2008
06:09:13 AM
this i really dont get
by bacci40
Jul 24th, 2008
06:09:38 AM
wanna remake something.... phantom of the paradise
by bacci40
Jul 24th, 2008
06:12:14 AM
No, no, and no.
by Uncle Stan
Jul 24th, 2008
06:23:16 AM
If you want something visual...
by Sans Souci
Jul 24th, 2008
06:24:42 AM
I'm not even going to list the reasons why this is a stupid idea
by Gabba-UK
Jul 24th, 2008
06:29:05 AM
No. No. No.
by Virtual Satyr
Jul 24th, 2008
06:49:32 AM
you can't successfully remake a phenomena
by palewook
Jul 24th, 2008
07:05:42 AM
Dear God, NOOOOOO!
by Sebilrazen
Jul 24th, 2008
07:12:19 AM
This could work IF
by chrth
Jul 24th, 2008
07:19:07 AM
Awwww man....
by sundancekeed
Jul 24th, 2008
07:25:10 AM
They should have done this 8 years ago..
by rev_skarekroe
Jul 24th, 2008
07:30:37 AM
Leave it alone
by Samuel Fulmer
Jul 24th, 2008
07:43:30 AM
Remake MTV
by Samuel Fulmer
Jul 24th, 2008
07:44:33 AM
Only Joss Whedon should remake ROCKY HORROR
by SpyGuy
Jul 24th, 2008
07:47:14 AM
ricarleite
by The Addict
Jul 24th, 2008
07:47:42 AM
I don't want it re-made for a different reason...
by rollnstns
Jul 24th, 2008
07:54:14 AM
Oh, come on...
by cifra
Jul 24th, 2008
07:59:34 AM
Heath Ledger as Frank N Furter
by Fart King
Jul 24th, 2008
08:30:10 AM
There Will Be Garbage
by Crow3711
Jul 24th, 2008
08:50:22 AM
I HAVE DREADED THIS DAY
by Mullah Omar
Jul 24th, 2008
08:51:22 AM
Dr. Horrible in Rocky Horror
by chrth
Jul 24th, 2008
08:51:35 AM
Let's not....
by quantize
Jul 24th, 2008
08:54:18 AM
Remake ROCKY HORROR with Tom Baker!
by SpyGuy
Jul 24th, 2008
08:58:18 AM
Another unnecessary remake
by Abominable Snowcone
Jul 24th, 2008
09:06:57 AM
Barry Bostwick is ACE HUNTER
by Abominable Snowcone
Jul 24th, 2008
09:08:17 AM
MEGAFORCE!
by palimpsest
Jul 24th, 2008
09:14:15 AM
Maybe if we stop talking about the remakes
by CherryValance
Jul 24th, 2008
09:19:20 AM
Did you hear that???
by TheJake
Jul 24th, 2008
09:20:35 AM
I'm lucky, You're lucky....
by kdoc13
Jul 24th, 2008
09:31:52 AM
Saxon
by kdoc13
Jul 24th, 2008
09:33:18 AM
Ugh.
by smallerdemon
Jul 24th, 2008
09:42:13 AM
Doogie
by The Alienist
Jul 24th, 2008
09:43:18 AM
diamond dead (?)
by duanejones
Jul 24th, 2008
09:43:29 AM
MTV films, huh... Oh shit!...
by Kid Z
Jul 24th, 2008
10:02:23 AM
No way this will work without Tim Curry
by joeelliott
Jul 24th, 2008
10:11:08 AM
Who the fuck cares?
by Motoko Kusanagi
Jul 24th, 2008
11:23:00 AM
hey come on, this could be GREAT.
by notspock2
Jul 24th, 2008
11:35:56 AM
Oops..
by notspock2
Jul 24th, 2008
11:36:54 AM
As a weekly viewer of RHPS...
by AtaxianTheMagnificent
Jul 24th, 2008
11:39:11 AM
A very emo Rocky Horror Picture Show
by jimmay
Jul 24th, 2008
11:58:37 AM
Not surprising
by spectrebeeyatch
Jul 24th, 2008
12:04:00 PM
ROCKY HORROR ROCKS BITCHES!
by Proman1984
Jul 24th, 2008
12:13:09 PM
This movie had better...
by Ned Pepper
Jul 24th, 2008
12:15:02 PM
BASTARDO!
by Geekgasm
Jul 24th, 2008
12:15:55 PM
You know what was a good idea? The New Monkees
by Iowa Snot Client
Jul 24th, 2008
12:23:59 PM
Dammit, Janet!
by Cletus Van Damme
Jul 24th, 2008
12:48:21 PM
Good luck with that, D.Vader
by jimmay
Jul 24th, 2008
01:09:40 PM
FOR FUCK'S SAKE WHEN WILL THEY STOP??
by riddleman1674
Jul 24th, 2008
01:43:31 PM
Fuck this shit up it's ass
by krushjudgement
Jul 24th, 2008
01:45:08 PM
Jimmay...
by Kid Z
Jul 24th, 2008
01:52:39 PM
Have that Tequila cunt as Frank-N-Furter
by Klytus_I.m_Bored
Jul 24th, 2008
01:54:18 PM
Kid Z
by jimmay
Jul 24th, 2008
01:57:26 PM
Mtv is no longer relevant
by disfigurehead
Jul 24th, 2008
02:39:08 PM
The Secret Hollywood Unoriginality Act of 2001
by bswise
Jul 24th, 2008
02:40:13 PM
those mtv assholes...
by Babba-Booey
Jul 24th, 2008
02:45:43 PM
Mr_Saxon
by NiceGuyEddie19
Jul 24th, 2008
03:05:34 PM
It will only lead to trouble
by Redc40
Jul 24th, 2008
03:05:58 PM
In the immortral words of my master
by DarthJedi
Jul 24th, 2008
03:53:03 PM
Darren Lynn Bousman?
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLo rd
Jul 24th, 2008
04:34:07 PM
Nothing beats Fred Ward clambering around Lady Liberty
by palimpsest
Jul 24th, 2008
04:47:20 PM
Wow, looking back, the Chroregraphy Really Sucks!
by cookylamoo
Jul 24th, 2008
04:48:12 PM
Wow! What a GREAT idea.
by Larry of Arabia
Jul 24th, 2008
05:12:37 PM
If they're really intent on this
by Kurutteru Yatsu
Jul 24th, 2008
05:41:01 PM
Why not
by Series7
Jul 24th, 2008
05:56:04 PM
Whom I could see doing this (just maybe)
by bswise
Jul 24th, 2008
06:06:25 PM
This is appropriate
by OptimusCrime
Jul 24th, 2008
06:20:55 PM
Beyond the bottom of the barrel...
by des.nibelung
Jul 24th, 2008
06:43:24 PM
Like I've said before, bacci40 and ricarleite...
by Anna Valerious
Jul 24th, 2008
07:01:50 PM
MTV isn't trying promote homosexuality, Optimus
by Gozu
Jul 24th, 2008
09:52:47 PM
Worst news ever
by oducerproducer
Jul 24th, 2008
10:55:23 PM
Couldn't they remake PHANTOM MENACE instead?
by YackBacker
Jul 25th, 2008
12:46:34 AM
fucking arseholes.
by Ecto-1
Jul 25th, 2008
02:49:14 AM
oh man.
by MS ADAMANTIA CLAUS
Jul 25th, 2008
08:34:51 AM
oh man II
by MS ADAMANTIA CLAUS
Jul 25th, 2008
08:46:00 AM
Ms. Claus
by bswise
Jul 25th, 2008
12:48:40 PM

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