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Director Kenny Ortega Exits FOOTLOOSE
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... Director Kenny Ortega has left Paramount Pictures “Footloose” remake over differences on tone and budget. According to Variety, the studio wanted “an edgier drama with less emphasis on the musical numbers and a budget around $25 million or less.” Ortega, who previously directed all three “High School Musical” films and the upcoming Michael Jackson movie “This Is It”, wanted a film with elaborately staged musical numbers and a higher budget. More after the jump: ...
Footloose is Now Ortega-Free
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... the music to the tune of $25 million.
Released in 1984, Footloose saw Bacon as a teen who brought dancing to a town where the very act had been outlawed. While you may not have supported a remake of Footloose -- with Gossip Girl star, Chace Crawford, taking over Bacon's role, no less -- I think we can all agree that a Footloose with less dancing is somehow not a Footloose movie, at all. In fact, those feet feel mighty encumbered.
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Kenny Ortega Drops Footloose
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... Ortega’s departure comes just days before his latest film, the Michael Jackson tribute THIS IT IS gets it’s limited theatrical release. Film hits theatres on Wednesday. Paramount is now searching for a new director to take on the project which is set to begin shooting in March. The film now stars Chase Crawford and Julianne Hough. Variety have more: ...
No more Footloose for Ortega
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Kenny Ortega is no longer doing a tasty tango with Paramount Pictures as he exits the “Footloose” remake. The “This Is It” director jumped ship after several negotiation problems with the studio. Here’s more exclusively from Variety:
Insiders said Ortega wanted to make a picture with elaborately staged musical numbers at a budget of $30 million or so. Par production chief Adam Goodman wanted an edgier drama with less emphasis on the musical numbers and a budget around $25 million or less.
Paramount and Ortega confirmed the split but took the high road in a statement attributed to ...
Footloose remake stumbles again
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... last year as one of Paramount's projects to get going, and now it's lost the main star and seemingly perfect director. Perhaps it's because they were fast tracking it without thought for the remake itself? The story from Variety through ...
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO DIRECT THE FOOTLOOSE REMAKE
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[image] The remake of Footloose suddenly finds itself without a director, and it's due to that old bastard, Creative Differences. According to Variety director Kenny Ortega has left the film over disagreements with Paramount's production prez Adam Goodman over the tone and budget. Ortega, who has directed the High School Musical movies, wanted to make something with big musical numbers and spend a bunch of Paramount's cash. Goodman, meanwhile, wants something 'edgier' and more of a drama - probably closer to the original than to the Broadway ...
THE NEXT PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WILL BE... THE MICHAEL JACKSON MOVIE?
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... demands on the website Eventful they would bring the movie to more cities in a real release. Of course they got their million - was Paramount going to do a press release saying that Paranormal Activity was a movie America didn't demand to see? - and most of the major media covered this 'Demand It' campaign as if it was a real grassroots surge. I've already said that this campaign was going to become a blueprint for other studios, but I had no idea it would happen this fast.Buried i n a Variety article about Footloose is this sentence: Columbia ...
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... It’s reported at Variety that Kenny Ortega has bowed out of directing the Footloose remake. He wanted a higher-budget razzle-dazzle song and dance pic, the studio wanted something cheaper and, apparently, grittier. If they want “less emphasis on the musical numbers” then what do they really want out of this musical anyway? ...
Director Kenny Ortega Leaves Paramount's Footloose Remake
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Director and choreographer Kenny Ortega has spent a lot of time in Disney's court, from the beloved 1992 musical Newsies starring a young, though not entirely vocally fresh, Christian Bale, to the overly-popular High School Musical movies. No matter your musical tastes, there's no denying that Ortega ...
Ortega Departs "Footloose" Remake
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Kenny Ortega ("High School Musical," "Michael Jackson's This Is It") has dropped out of directing the upcoming "Footloose" remake for Paramount Pictures reports Variety.
Ortega left the project due creative differences over tone and budget - he wanted a $30 million musical with elaborate stage numbers, they want a sub-$25 million edgy drama with less emphasis on the songs.
Ortega and his "High School Musical" star Zac Efron were originally teamed on the project until Efron suddenly departed the film a few months ago. He was later replaced by "Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford who remains attached. Country singer Julianne Hough has ...
Director Kenny Ortega Bails on 'Footloose' Remake
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The biggest enemy of the Footloose remake isn't a music-hating preacher, but its own Creative Differences. After it finally recovered from the loss of Zac Efron by recruiting Chace Crawford and Julianne Hough, Variety reports that Footloose has now lost its captain. Director Kenny Oretega has left the project due to "differences over tone and budget."
Reportedly, Ortega's vision included elaborate dance sequences and a budget of $30 million or more. But Paramount's Adam ...
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... , has exited the Footloose remake he was directing over differences with Paramount on tone and budget. It's the second major shuffle for the film, after Zac Efron left as star. Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl) is now starring with Dancing With the Stars pro/country singer Julianne Hough. (Variety) ...
Less dancing in "Footloose"?
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... According to Daily Variety, Ortega's departure was "over differences with Paramount Pictures on tone and budget." Variety's sources say Ortega (who choreographed the 1984 original with Kevin Bacon) wanted elaborate musical numbers and a $30 million budget, while Paramount's head of production, Adam Goodman, wanted a budget under $25 million — and "an edgier drama with less emphasis on the musical numbers." ...
MD News Desk: 3 More Days 'Til Halloween ...
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... III: The Season of the Witch. True Blood: - Creator Alan Ball hints at what's to come in season 3 ... - While Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello has the scoop on a whole batch of new characters. - And just in time for Halloween: make your own True Blood jack o' lanterns! Coming Soon: - High School Musical director Kenny Ortega bails on the new Footloose. - Sequel Watch: ...
