"Fame" Remake A Go

The Hollywood Reporter:

Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer, Charles S. Dutton, Bebe Neuwirth and Debbie Allen have been tenured.

The quintet has been chosen to fill out the administrative and teaching roles in MGM and Lakeshore Entertainment's remake of "Fame." Choreographer Kevin Tancharoen will direct the reinvention of the 1980 musical about a group of dancers, singers, actors and artists trying to survive four gruel¬ing years at the prestigious New York City High School of Performing Arts.

Allison Burnett and Aline Brosh McKenna wrote the updated screenplay.

Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg of Lakeshore are producing the $25 million project along with Mark Canton; vp production Becky Sloviter is overseeing the film, which has scheduled a Sept. 25 release date, for the studio.

Read the whole story: The Hollywood Reporter

Comments

[Eric8869]

Kelsey Grammar - ugh! What does a Republican have to do with a bunch of multi-cultural kids who want to be artists. Don't Repbulicans vote against such things?

[Wirehedd]

wonder how many of the high school musical - camp rock cast members will end up on this one?

[Eric8869]

One of them was in MILK which shocked me

[LoRiseAntlers]

I thought maybe Kelsey would be auditioning for the role of the Shadow President in Jeb Bush's Shadow Government,to be telecast every Saturday on Fox News,right after Red Eye.

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

No... he's after the hour long infomercial.

[Venee]

I was really hoping they would cast Danny Tidwell from So You Think You can Dance as Leroy. He was unbelievable to watch!

[MNmommy]

Me too, I haven't seen a peep about him in almost a year. :(

[MadMoll]

They are relocating it to Fiorello La Guardia High, since the original High School for the Performing Arts on W.45th Street is now the Jacqueline Onassis High School for Business - The Young Actors are no where near Broadway anymore.

[justwondering2]

The article should have mentioned that Debbie Allen entered high school at 16 and graduated cum laude from Howard University. She also has honorary doctorates from The North Carolina School of the Arts and Howard University.

[UnknownSoldier]

She entered college at 16

[jade7243]

From the Department of Who's Counting and Things That Make You Go Hmmmmmm.....

Five principle cast members named -- 3 white, 2 black. HuffPo chooses to illustrate story with the three white cast members. Debbie Allen, award-winning actress and a member of the original cast of the television version of the musical, and Charles S.Dutton, with some 81 movie roles and 6 directorial efforts to his credit, get no picture.

Plenty of room on this page for their pictures to appear also.

That's not change I can believe in.

[rektruax]

You figured it out.... Huffington Post is just a front for Aryan Nations. They're usually so darned careful too. Oh well... It's out there now. Look for Arianna on Meet The Press this weekend in full Nazi regalia.

[rabiddog6708]

Get a life. There's real racial injustice in the world and you demean it with your petty rant.