Zac Efron to Star in Musical Update of Footloose

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Source: Variety

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

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High School Musical and the upcoming remake of Hairspray are turning their star pupil Zak Efron into this generation's John Travolta. According to Variety, the singing/dancing teen is gearing up to star in a musical rendition of the 80s hit Footloose.

The film, about a town that bans dancing at their high school socials, has already been turned into a Broadway hit. Kenny Ortega, the man who directed Efron in the Disney Channel smash High School Musical, will also be directing him here. Efron will step into the shoes of Ren McCormack, a character originated by Kevin "Six Degrees" Bacon.

The film will mostly likely start shooting next year, right before the looming strikes paint the town black. Hairspray opens July 20th, 2007.

13 Comments & Responses

Nyfresh

July 18th, 2008 10:20am

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Nyfresh

July 18th, 2008 10:17am

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Nyfresh

July 18th, 2008 10:16am

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radimus-83

July 18th, 2008 10:10am

just out of curiousity.... are you all gay?

lilwhit777

July 18th, 2008 10:01am

I'm SOOOOOOO glad to hear someone that agrees with me lazyboy! Finally I find someone who has the same opinion as mine and actually has some knowledge in their head at all! I DEFINATELY agree with everything you said!

UNoLazyboy

July 15th, 2008 2:43pm

whit..thank you. someone who actually has their head on striaght and in some cases i mean that literally. anyways. Footloose is a classic and you would pick zac efron to replace and become the next Kevin Bacon. Let me tell you it never will or should ever happen! KB is a stud, and I think it would almost insult him to be updated with such a panzy and weak actor. Just my thought on this subject.

lilwhit777

July 15th, 2008 2:25pm

Ok Zac Efron can definately NOT fill the shoes for the part of Ren in Footloose. He's SUCH an amateur! First of all, High School Musical is a sorry excuse for a musical, to say the least. I do have to say that Zac did well in Hairspray but can definately NOT play the part of Ren. Footloose deserves someone far better to play the role of Ren. Not an unexperienced Disney star.

jessmather

January 23rd, 2008 8:14am

Za"C" Efron, is bloody gawjuss and an amziing, actor/danca/singin. n of course they should re-do footloose, Especially with Zac. a mean he was fab not to mention amaziinly fittt in hairspray. Agree with kim91 bout lookin betta dark but id say dark brown like in hsm2 ratha than blackk. but hayy we cnt tell him what colour to diee his hair. So in love w/ him. Cant wait

mojo21_82

August 11th, 2007 2:27pm

zak is gonna be absouklutely fantastic in Footloose!!! he can move just as well, if not better than Kevin Bacon.....who the hell is Kevin Bacon??????

imperfectbless

July 26th, 2007 1:32am

ok his name is spelled Za[c] efron not zak efron. thats nasty.

kim91

July 23rd, 2007 3:59pm

you gotta try everything once footlose is a absolute classic but hay evolutionise . its big shoes to fill at least give the guy a chance. and all i can say for hairspray, it was brilliant deffonatly 10 out of 10
zak efron was lookin gawgus [looks better dark]
and the leading lady [no not john travolta] was beautiful and hay wot the heck johnnny boy didnt look bad for a middle aged man ina fat suit =]

lolamae21

July 20th, 2007 10:14pm

No one should redo a classic like Footloose. No one can even come close to Kevin Bacon, not even Zak Efron...

BestActress22

July 20th, 2007 6:45pm

Will there be an open casting call for the remake of Footloose? When & where can I get info?

Footloose

Rating:	PG
Release:	February 17th, 1984
Director:	Herbert Ross
Starring:	Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn, Sarah Jessica Parker
Studio:	Paramount Pictures

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Hairspray

Rating:	PG
Release:	July 20th, 2007
Director:	Adam Shankman
Starring:	John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden, Brittany Snow, Nicole Blonsky, Zac Efron, Allison Janney
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