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> 33 years after it was released, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is getting remade. The original film, starring Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry (above), and Meat Loaf, has become one of the most beloved cult classics of all-time with screenings -- wildly famous for their interactive component -- still happening around the world to this day. No decisions about the cast or the director have been announced, but Lou Adler, executive producer of the original film, has signed on to produce the remake. He told BBC News, "The Rocky Horror phenomenon has a life of its own that has reincarnated itself in numerous ways since its birth. The original has some qualities that can't be reproduced but a remake could have its own very different strengths and qualities." We're fairly dubious about this undertaking, but we'd like to cast our vote for Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the beloved sweet transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania.
> Speaking of remakes we're dubious about -- someone at Hasbro got the incredibly stupid idea to overhaul the Clue board game. The new version of the already perfect game will include younger, updated characters, new weapons, and new rooms, including a guest house and a spa. The six characters will lose their titles and be given first names and hip occupations. Mr. Green is now Jacob Green, an African-American with "all the ins," and Professor Plum is now Victor Plum, a billionaire video game designer. The weapons cache has been extended from six to nine, and the lead pipe, revolver, and wrench have been replaced by a dumbbell, a trophy and poison. Clue has been updated twice before with a Simpsons version and an "express" version, but this is the first time it's been changed quite so radically. All we can say is that if they even think about remaking the absolutely stunning, wonderfully campy film adaptation, we will be packing up our dumbbells, trophies, and poison and taking a field trip to the Hasbro headquarters.
> Al Pacino was spotted leaving a Beverly Hills restaurant with blue fingernail polish daintily painted on his nails. The tabloids are going nuts trying to figure out exactly why. He's just that forward thinking when it comes to style? The handy work of his seven-year-old daughter? As of yet there's been no comment from the actor or his publicist. We're hoping the trend catches on and all of Hollywood -- both the young and the veteran -- start dabbling in public displays of gender bending. Larry King, there's a stringy pink bob for sale on St. Mark's Place with your name all over it.
-- NOAH MICHELSON
Neil Patrick Harris would be terrible as Dr. Frank-N-Furter. I think Michael C. Hall would be perfect!!!
Posted by: GA | August 23, 2008 at 03:58 AM