Tim Curry will play a "different but significant role" in Fox's TV remake of "Rocky Horror"

[Miles Archer]

Rocky Horror Picture Show's Fox remake is bringing back the original movie and musical's biggest breakout star: Tim Curry. The actor originated the role of Dr. Frank N. Furter on stage in 1973 and starred in the cult classic film in 1975.

For the two-hour production set to air on Fox this fall, Curry will instead tackle the part of the criminologist narrator, played by Charles Gray in the original film. Curry's classic role will be taken over by Orange Is the New Black's Laverne Cox. Adam Lambert has also been announced as Eddie, the rock 'n' roll-loving motorcycle delivery guy who was played by Meat Loaf in the film.

Other stars include Nickelodeon's Victoria Justice as Janet (played by Susan Sarandon on screen) and Disney's Ryan McCartan as Brad (played by Barry Bostwick in the film). Reeve Carney of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark will portray Riff Raff, a role originated by Richard O'Brien, who also wrote the music, lyrics and book for the musical.

Last year, the film celebrated its 40th anniversary. Key members of the cast, including Curry, Sarandon, Bostwick and Meat Loaf, all appeared on the Today Show to discuss the stage show and beloved film. The movie was also reissued on Blu-ray in a deluxe edition that came with pink surgical gloves.

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/tim-curry-lands-role-in-rocky-horror-picture-show-remake-20160115

[Mnemosyne]

1. Very cool! nt

[djean111]

2. For some reason, I totally do not see the need to remake Rocky Horror.

The original cast was perfect, and this sounds like a train wreck. Maybe this is due to my gloriously misspent twenties and thirties, going to the midnight shows and throwing rice and hissing at the narrator.

[HassleCat]

7. The original still holds up

Technology has advanced so they can do some new stuff, but the 40 year old version is so close to perfect, it might be wise to leave it alone.

[djean111]

8. I watched part of it last night.

I don't really know how many times I have watched it. It is perfection at the movies, sort of an "event".
Right off the bat, I can't imagine Adam Lambert vamping instead of Meat Loaf's sort of awkwardness.

[tabasco]

11. They're gonna screw it up.

Like remakes do 99.9% of the time.

[beam me up scottie]

13. Agreed, Fox is going to butcher a cult classic.

No way in hell I'm going to ruin all those great memories by watching this.

[HDSam]

19. I agree

I cringe every time I hear a remake of this or that film is in progress.

I strongly suspect Hollywood has come to realize remakes and sequels are less expensive than new movies -- most of the work has already been done and they likely already own the rights.

[beam me up scottie]

21. Good point, I hadn't thought of it that way.

They're not doing remakes as tributes the way rock bands do with classics, they're churning out cheap facsimiles like the Nashville music industry.

[Iggo]

17. There is no need.

[Hestia]

25. +100%. It is the *experience* of RHPS not just the movie. Sounds like somebody

heard about this movie and said, hey, we can do it better - as if.

[forest444]

27. I agree.

It was creature of its time, and should be seen in that context.

This isn't to say that a remake will necessarily be a flop. But to try to bring back a hit like that will inevitably lead its fans to the disappointing conclusion that it's "somehow not the same."

And it wouldn't be (how could it possibly!).

[exboyfil]

32. Agree totally

Leave it alone. If a movie hits out of the park then why remake it (ie Rollerball, Robocop, Psycho, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Clash of the Titans, The Omen).

Try some originality in Hollywood.

[underpants]

3. I've never seen it

Maybe watched 30 seconds and figured I need to watch the whole thing or not at all.

[emulatorloo]

16. Best enjoyed with a very large group of people, in costume, and loudly singing along

[daleanime]

28. And props...

lots of props.

[emulatorloo]

35. Damn, how could I have forgotten the props?

[FSogol]

4. I had heard that Tim Curry was seriously ill. Glad he's doing well enough to

take part.

[Miles Archer]

20. Here is a post I did on Tim back in June, with a recent photo.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026808467

[FSogol]

22. Thanks. n/t

[TubbersUK]

5. Quite a challenge

taking on a such a cult classic.

Hope I get a chance to check it out.

[FSogol]

6. From the day he was born......he was trouble. He was a thorn....in his mother's side.

She tried in vain.....but he never caused her nothing but shame.

[patricia92243]

9. A woman as Dr Frank Furter? Is she going to cross-dress as a man? I don't understand.

[tabasco]

12. Me neither. Just shows how bad they're going to hatchet the original.

Probably see it on the Hallmark channel in reruns.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Lavern Cox is a transgender woman. The good doctor she portrays is famously trans.

Not really seeing the problem.

[exboyfil]

33. A very masculine hairy man

I am not sure it will work with this new actress. The humor will have to be entirely different. I would almost say that the original Rocky Horror pushes the bounds of PC acceptability. If it was to be made today, it might get significant protest associated with it. Being a transsexual transvestite from Transylvania is mocked (maybe not the right word). The reaction by Janet as she turns and sees Frankenfurter would have to be entirely different with Lavern Cox than Tim Curry.

I am sure I have insulted someone with this post. If so I am sorry.

[Mariana]

36. Frank N. Furter is a transvestite, not a trans woman.

He says so himself: "I'm just a sweet transvestite..." Riff Raff calls him "Master". Everyone uses masculine pronouns to refer to him. And so on. He's male.

[Mike Nelson]

10. The original was fine...

...FOX should run it as an annual Halloween special. By the way, FOX seems like the network to ruin it...

[Bluenorthwest]

14. Good for Tim, and relax fans of what you call the original that was not the original.

Rocky Horror Show is a piece of theater which ran in more than one city before it was adapted for the screen. The nature of theater pieces, musicals, is that they get revived and redone in different forms. This is not a movie, so it's not a remake. It's a TV version. That's how pieces of theater live on and continue to drag in new fans. As it were.

[GreatGazoo]

18. Longest theatrical release ever.

and still counting!

http://cstpdx.com/content/rocky-horror-picture-show-1

[Gidney N Cloyd]

23. Remakeloaf again?

[ripcord]

24. Dear Hollywood

Please come up with new ideas and leave the classics alone.

Sincerely yours,
Ripcord

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. I see you shiver with antici...pation!

[Cal Carpenter]

29. Fox is doing a remake of Rocky Horror?

Excuse me while I hide this thread, pretend I never saw and pray to the goddess that I never see a reference to this again.

I will not even allow my brain to digest the fact that Tim Curry will be involved.





This never happened.

[exboyfil]

34. Watch the Honest Trailers for Robocop

It echoes your sentiment.

[Initech]

38. I love me some Honest Trailers.

[Cal Carpenter]

30. IS NOTHING SACRED???!?

[Kalidurga]

31. I will watch it just for Lavern alone

She has the perfect attitude for the part. I also love her voice. I think Adam Lambert might make a good Eddie too. And I haven't seen the younger people in the cast in anything it will be interesting to see if they can hold the torch to Susan and Barry.

[Starry Messenger]

37. I'm betting he'll play Dr. Scott.

You heard it here first.

Starry, shadow cast alum.