Everybody Cut "Footloose" -- Again

16. It's not going to compare. Instead of remaking a hit into a likely flop, why don't they work on a flop and turn it into a modern hit? Gee there's an idea!

Posted at 3:04PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Mission

17. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Leave it alone.... gah! What's next? The Breakfast Club?

Posted at 3:13PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Barb

18. Oh, and I won't believe it until I see it on IMDB! It's not there yet...

Posted at 3:17PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Barb

19. ***WHY CAN'T THEY LEAVE well enough alone??!!?? "Footloose" was made in the right time and era. Innocent and fun...sadly, they can't pull that off today. When will Hollyweird learn that sometimes you just gotta move on and not ruin a good thing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Don't add!!!, etc....

Posted at 3:23PM on Jul 11th 2007 by noitall

20. yay! zac is a great fit for this role, good casting call! , however i was watching disney ther other day, he claims he's not a real dancer, he fakes it....

Posted at 4:45PM on Jul 11th 2007 by hsm2zcmnnnnn

21. UGH! Yuck... I remember watching a little bit of "Highschool Musical" with my nieces & thinking the only future that boy has on film is in gay porn when he comes of age.

Posted at 5:26PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Maria

22. NOOO! SOMETIMES THE ORIGINALS ARE BETTER LEFT ALONE, WHAT'S UP W/ ALL THESE REMAKES? PLEASE START COMING UP W/ SOME NEW S**T HOLLYWOOD. IT WILL PROBABLY SUCK, JUST LIKE THE REMAKE OF CAN'T BUY ME LOVE ( LOVE DON'T COST A THING) AND I'M PRETTY SURE THE REMAKE OF HAIRSPRAY WILL SUCK AS WELL.

Posted at 5:42PM on Jul 11th 2007 by MAYRA

23. NO, NO, NO!!!!! Why doesn't Hollywood remake some of the bad movies and try to make them better. Why do they remake movies that were already great to begin with??? Also, Zac who??? Who is this little dork they are putting in the movie????

Posted at 11:12PM on Jul 11th 2007 by Carla

24. Dancing is still banned in bars in Huntington Beach. The establishment has to apply for a dance license and the city council never gives them out. Funny I didn't know Footloose was the True Hollywood Story of the OC

Posted at 12:01AM on Jul 12th 2007 by The Truth

25. Im so glad that Zac is doing the remake! Hes soooooo hot! And its
gonna be such a great movie!

Posted at 12:26AM on Jul 12th 2007 by Boonie2013

26. No, I did this show on stage and it was awesome but now they are going to re-make it? No, this is taking the whole Zac Efron thing way too far. I disapprove.

Posted at 1:45PM on Jul 12th 2007 by Kalkahnor

27. Good! I'm very happy to see a remake of Footloose!

Posted at 8:37PM on Jul 23rd 2007 by Fly

28. I think I read somewhere that Zac wasn't their first choice, but I can't remember who it was. Anyone know?

Posted at 10:59AM on Jul 24th 2007 by Di

29. This is fantastic! I can't wait for the remake of Footloose. Great idea to put a fresh face on this eighties classic! I wonder who will play Ariel?!

Posted at 5:05PM on Jul 27th 2007 by Rachel

30. this is so wrong. girly-boy freak from that insipid high-school musical (which, irnonically enough, happens to be a re-make of Grease) cannot pull off Ren MacCormack. Even Kevin Bacon had a slight (very slight, i think) problem with pulling off the whole "not really a macho hero revelling in coolness/ down-to-earth young man trying to the right thing by his peers" character, but this kid?
i suppose this Footloose is just the result of two hollywood fads coming together; 1) girly-boy being hot and a draw for the tweeny-bopper set and 2) Hollywood writers/directors/producers re-making everything in sight because they have no original ideas that don't suck out loud and want to try and re-create the "magic" (a.k.a. money) that the old films had when they were released.
there is a reason that classic movies are called CLASSICS; because they were right the first time and therefore won't dissapear into the oblivion just because they aren't as flashy and squeaky clean as contemporary mainstream crap. leave the good ones alone and the bad ones too if you're going to make them excruciating (e.g. marie antoinette).

Posted at 9:03AM on Aug 17th 2007 by Dove