OlderWed, 11 July 2007 at 10:14 am
Zac Efron is Footloose
Musicals are definitely making their comeback!!
Since Zac Efron’s jump from High School Musical to Hairspray, Paramount has scooped him up for the musical remake of the 1984 film Footloose .
Per Variety, Zac, 19, will bring his musical-leading-man act as Ren McCormack, the rebellious newcomer (originally played by Kevin Bacon) in a town where dancing has been banned.
Director Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) is in negotiations to helm and choreograph.
Catch Zac in Hairspray on Friday, July 20!
74 Comments
Wtf?!
You People Who Are Saying **** About Him
GET A FREAKIN LIFE!
I Remember I Use To Hate Him, But I Think He’s Okay
&
I Think It’s Great That He Is Getting All These Great Roll’s And Everything
So What If He Wear’s MakeUp And ****.
He’s a Great Actor,& a Awsome Singer.
Just Be Happy For Them
Good For You Zac Efon
i lovvvvve him :) keep on bringing zanessa newss !!!* =D thanks jared
all u people that think zac efroon sucks get a life and first of all he is not gay and i think he a graet actor if he wasn’t then why is he being cast in all those roles so yah need to get over yourselfs and get a life at least he’s famous b i t c h e s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awww..he is sooo adorable…and sweet looking guy…well..no need to say that..coz he is really SWEET :)
OMG i havent seen footloose bt if u r all gonna insult zac efron then y are u on this website checking wat movies he is doing ?
He is not gay because if he were he wouldnt be on da cover of soo many magazines n all da girls from disney channel saying he is an amazing guy. Tho i doo feel he needs to more variety of movies not jus musicals. :)
OK. Everyone needs to hop off. Zac Efron may be pretty, but he’s not gay and he can act. Oh and Hally, learn how to spell actually.
zac is hot and i can not wait for it thanks just jared i wish zac were in all movies
okay. I’m not one to even comment like this, but something has to be said.
I think what people are getting so upset about is the fact that they think Hollywood is remaking the movie- they are not. They are making a movie adaptation of the Broadway musical, which is based on the Kevin Bacon movie. Same with Hairspray. First it was the movie by John Waters [amazing, one of the favorites in my personal collection], then it was a Broadway show [double-amazing, one of my favorite shows I've ever seen], and now it is a Movie Musical [amazingamazingamazing, I couldn't control my level of excitment in the theatre- I got chills]. This is what they’ll be doing with Footloose. Opening it up to those who haven’t seen the Broadway show or even the original movie will give a whole new generation an interest in the theatre and just plain awesome music and acting, period.
When I heard that Zac Efron was going to play Link Larkin in the movie adaptation of Broadway’s Hairspray, I almost peed my pants, I was so excited. When I found out he’d be playing Ren McCormick in the movie adaptation of Broadway’s Footloose, I actually did pee my pants, because not only was I excited to see this different take on such a treasured story, but I was excited to see Mr. Efron bring to life just another musical theatre icon. I’m really impressed with his artistic decisions so far and can’t wait to see what’s next for him.
So for all those who are hating this casting decision and this movie idea, I ask you all just to back off. If you don’t like Zac, fine. Don’t like him. But don’t trash something that will change someone else’s life- because you know what, someone somewhere will watch that movie [whether it be Hairspray, Footloose, or even frickin' High School Musical] and they’ll try out for their school play and then they just might go on to be the next Broadway star. At least, that’s how it happened for them- John Travolta, Kevin Bacon… the theatre gave them their voice. And I hope that’s how it happens for me. Right now, I’m just an aspiring Musical Theatre major, but I hope that someday I can be much more. It’s thanks to movies and musicals like these that I can even hope to have these dreams.
Think about it.
Thanks.
i think zac efron is hot…
and a GREAT actor!!!!
he will do AWSOME at being Ren in one of my favorite movies!!!
All right just because you don’t look as good as him or you cant dance,sing or act doesn’t mean you need to be a hater.This kid is the ****.And the next time ya’ll say sumin watch me go crazy.I don’t care who you are.This kid right here has done a lot of hard work and has integrity.So go ahead be jealous but don’t hate.He is the **** stank and toliet paper.No matter what anyone says,Zac your home bro got cha back 4 real.Oh yeah he isn’t a plastic or or w/e you called him.Go stick that up ya ass.And take your head out of it.
wow you people who think zac’s a bad actor come on really he’s good and lets see are you an actor a dancer a singer a musican?? if you are great but come on its not like your so much better..
just lay off and stop being dumb
All of you Zac haters can hate and be jealous all you freaking want…but the truth is that HE is famous and HE is the one that’s laughing himself to the bank with all this incoming money from these rolls.So hate all you want but it won’t change one dang thing.So be jealous…and see where it gets you.
:))
footloose was filmed in our hometown. where the remake will also be filmed at our high school..where we attend! see ya on the big screen!
Some of you people out there are so GAY for even saying that about zac he is such a great actor and I think he will do great in that movie so please omg stop the hating k!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zac is hot and will do great at this roll!
all this negativity in the air! I want a remake. kevin Bacon blows… Yea.. Zac’s a pretty boy but hes got talent. Better then Bacon
I think Zac is the perfect person to bring ALLLL musicals back, there Genius and so is He!!!!! He can do as many as he wants as far as im concerned, I will never get tired of seeing him shake his tush haha! Apart from doing Musicals though, He Has SOOO much potential, he made me cry when he cameo’d in ER, i mean come on it was a beautiful moment lol! He could probably pull off making a crappy movie just because he has ‘it’ Dont ask me to define ‘it’ because i cant. But you all get the picture! Love the guy GO ZAC!!!! xxxx
i think zac efron is talented he is only nineteen and star in so many movies. if you look at the other comets some of them ensault him i hate when people judge celebs or anyone 4 that manner. besides that he one so many award and he won teen hottie at the teen choice awards. if ask me he disverse it,
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No comments. Just wish him luck!
zac efron will be great in the footloose and always hottttt
Guys if your just gonna say bad stuff about zac just don’t plz!! Alot of ppl like him! Now jared plz keep updates on him!!! I CAN’T WAIT TILL FOOTLOOSE!!!!!
Melissa, you grabbed the words right out of my mouth. I was going to leave practically the exact same comment (right down to the fact that I’m an aspiring musical theatre major as well)…until you left it first! So now I’m just going to say that I agree with you 100%. People really don’t seem to realize that they aren’t trying to remake the movie…and so many of the comments here are based off of the person thinking just that; thinking it is trying to be a remake.
Annoying!
It’s not a remake
Zac can act, sing, and dance
Can’t wait for the movie to come out
Just let people follow and fulfill their dreams.
don’t be so annoying you losers. he isn’t gay. don’t say he’s gay. he’s hot. uber hot. so shut the hell up
QUIT BEING MEAN TO ZAC…HE’S HOT! AND HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND! ATLEAST HE’S MAKING ALOT OF MONEY! HE HAS 1)HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2)HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 3)HAIRSPRAY 4)FOOTLOOSE 5)SEVENTEEN 6)HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3
AND ANOTHER MOVIE COMIGN SOON BUT I DONT KNOW WHAT ITS CALLED!AND HE’S MAKING MONEY ON ALLL THOSE MOVIES!HAHA! ZAC EFRON IS A LEGEND AND HE’S HOT!AND HAS GREAT HAIR!AND IS NOT UNDER ANY CERCUMSTANCES…..GAY!
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