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Director Kenny Ortega Bows Out of Footloose Remake
Monday – October 26, 2009 – 11:07am
Film director Kenny Ortega, whose Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It opens Wednesday for a limited engagement, has bowed out of the upcoming Footloose remake.
Known for his work on the teen dance film franchise High School Musical, Ortega parted ways with Footloose studio, Paramount, because of creative differences over budget and tone, according to Variety.
"Coming off the extraordinary project, Michael Jackson's This is It, director Kenny Ortega has decided it is premature for him to commit to his next film and will not be moving forward with Footloose as previously reported," a statement from the director read.
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Variety reports Ortega had envisioned the project as one with elaborately staged musical numbers and eyed a $30 million budget, but studio chiefs wanted to de-emphasize the song-and-dance nature of the film in favor of increasing the drama.
The remake of Kevin Bacon's 1984 classic about a teen who rebels against a conservative town's no-dance law, will be headlined by Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford and Dancing With the Stars alum Julianne Hough.
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The search is on for a new director who can keep pace with Footloose's projected March 2010 production start date.
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October 26, 2009 - 2:26pm Nadia Says:
Footloose is going to be a bust at the box office. Kenny Ortega is one of choreographers that would have been able to bring Footloose to the new generation. Tear!! -
October 26, 2009 - 2:23pm me Says:
If they want a drama, and not a musical, than it's good that Kenny is leaving. Kenny would have done a fantastic job if he could have done it his way! -
October 26, 2009 - 2:14pm J. Says:
Can't say for sure, but I don't see Julianne being much of an actor. She is however an amazing singer and dancer. If they go light on the singing and dancing, they may have picked the wrong person for the part. -
October 26, 2009 - 1:46pm Jon Says:
I'm sorry to hear that Director, Kenny Ortega, won't be directing the remake of Footloose! -
October 26, 2009 - 12:42pm vasiliki Says:
THey should have worked harded to get Zac Effron and keep Kenny O....too bad...I was looking forward to this remake and was expecting song and dance... -
October 26, 2009 - 12:13pm GreenTad Says:
Wow! They really screwed up losing him. I'm not a HSM fan by any means, but the dude knows choreography. If the King of Pop used him, I mean seriously, how could you go wrong?
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