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This article is about the 2016 musical television film. For other uses, see The Rocky Horror Picture Show (disambiguation).
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
One of pre-release posters
Based on
The Rocky Horror Show Live
by Richard O'Brien (uncredited)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
by Jim Sharman
Richard O'Brien
The Rocky Horror Show
by Richard O'Brien
Directed by
Kenny Ortega
Starring
Laverne Cox
Victoria Justice
Ryan McCartan
Annaleigh Ashford
Adam Lambert
Reeve Carney
Christina Milian
Staz Nair
Ivy Levan
Ben Vereen
Tim Curry
Music by
Richard Hartley
Richard O'Brien
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
Production
Executive producer(s)
Lou Adler
Gail Berman
Kenny Ortega
Producer(s)
John Ryan
Cinematography
Luc Montpellier
Editor(s)
Don Brochu
Running time
88 minutes (TV cut)
95 minutes (Extended cut)[1]
Production company(s)
Fox 21 Television Studios
Ode Sounds & Visuals
The Jackal Group
Distributor
20th Television
Budget
$20 million[2]
Release
Original network
Fox
Original release
October 20, 2016 (2016-10-20)
External links
Website
www.fox.com/the-rocky-horror-picture-show,%20http://fox.com
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (also known as The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show Event) is a 2016 American musical comedy television film. It is a tribute[3] to the cult classic 1975 film of the same name and directed by Kenny Ortega, using the original script written by Richard O'Brien and Jim Sharman.
Starring an ensemble cast led by Laverne Cox, the film premiered on the Fox network on October 20, 2016 to negative reviews from critics and audiences.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Musical numbers
4 Production
5 Release
5.1 TV
5.2 Extended cut
6 Reception
6.1 Viewership
6.2 Critical reception
6.3 Awards
7 International broadcasts
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Plot[edit]
Main article: The Rocky Horror Picture Show § Plot
The plot of the remake is fundamentally identical to the original film, with some additional scenes wrapped around the film. These scenes show several people attending a theatrical showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and subsequently are used to introduce some of the audience participation elements from the original film (such as throwing toilet paper on the line "Great Scott!").[4]
Cast[edit]
Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the Mad Scientist[5][6]
Victoria Justice as Janet Weiss, the Heroine
Ryan McCartan as Brad Majors, the Hero
Annaleigh Ashford as Columbia, the Groupie
Adam Lambert as Eddie, the Ex-Delivery Boy
Reeve Carney as Riff-Raff, the Handyman
Christina Milian as Magenta, the Domestic Servant
Staz Nair as Rocky, Frank's Creation
Ivy Levan as Trixie, the Usherette
Ben Vereen as Dr. Everett von Scott, the Rival Scientist
Tim Curry as the Narrator/Criminologist[7]
Jayne Eastwood as The Butler
Jeff Lillico as Ralph Hapschatt
Kelly Van der Burg as Betty Hapschatt-Munroe
Sal Piro as The Photographer
Musical numbers[edit]
Main article: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (soundtrack)
"Science Fiction/Double Feature" - Trixie
"Dammit Janet" - Brad, Janet, and Chorus
"There's a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)" - Janet, Brad, Riff Raff, and Chorus
"The Time Warp" - Riff Raff, Magenta, The Criminologist, Columbia, and Transylvanians
"Sweet Transvestite" - Frank
"The Sword of Damocles" - Rocky
"I Can Make You a Man" - Frank
"Hot Patootie – Bless My Soul" - Eddie
"I Can Make You a Man" (reprise) - Frank, Janet, and Transylvanians
"Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me" - Janet with Magenta, Columbia, and Rocky
"Once in a While" (extended cut) - Brad
"Eddie" - Dr. Scott, The Criminologist, Janet, Frank, and Columbia
"Planet Schmanet Janet (Wise Up Janet Weiss)" - Frank, Janet, Brad, and Dr. Scott
"Rose Tint My World" - Columbia, Rocky, Janet, and Brad
"Fanfare/Don't Dream It, Be It" - Frank
"Wild and Untamed Thing" - Frank and Riff Raff
"I'm Going Home" - Frank
"The Time Warp" (reprise) - Riff Raff and Magenta
"Super Heroes" - Brad, Janet, and Chorus
"Science Fiction/Double Feature" (reprise) - Trixie and Eddie
Production[edit]
Laverne Cox portrayed Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Plans for a remake at Fox date back to 2002, when a 2003 release date was under consideration to mark the 30-year anniversary of the play which spawned the film, a remake for which former Broadway producer Gail Berman would have been involved as co-producer. MTV had also planned a remake, set for 2008 and for which Berman was again tapped to produce, but those plans also fell through.[3]
On April 10, 2015, it was announced that Kenny Ortega, best known for directing the film Hocus Pocus, the High School Musical trilogy, and Michael Jackson's This Is It concert series, would direct the remake.[3] On October 21, 2015, Emmy Award nominee Laverne Cox, best known for her role as prisoner Sophia Burset on Netflix's prison comedy-drama Orange Is the New Black, joined the cast to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the mad-scientist role originated by Tim Curry in the 1970s.[6][8] Lou Adler, who produced the original film, also co-produced the remake, along with Gail Berman and Kenny Ortega; Ortega choreographed the film in addition to directing and producing.[8] The creative team is planned "to stick faithfully to the text and the score of the original but greatly re-imagine the story visually".[3]
Much of the film was shot at Toronto’s Casa Loma, being used for both Frank N. Furter's castle and the “Castle” movie theatre where the audience participation scenes and Ivy Levan's performance of "Science Fiction/Double Feature" were filmed. A theatre marquee was temporarily erected at the front entrance for these scenes.[9]
Release[edit]
TV[edit]
The film premiered on Fox on October 20, 2016.[10] The first 25 minutes of the film were screened at San Diego Comic-Con,[10] as well as RKO Con 2, a Rocky Horror convention in Providence, Rhode Island.
The world premiere of the film was on October 18, 2016 at Cannes MIPCOM.[11]
Extended cut[edit]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again was scheduled for DVD release on December 6, 2016. An extended cut of the film will be included featuring deleted scenes and Brad's song "Once in a While".[12]
Reception[edit]
Viewership[edit]
4.95 million viewers
Critical reception[edit]
The special received negative reviews, although Cox's performance was mostly praised. Many critics agreed that the production would have been better if it was live as it was originally planned to be, raising questions why Fox decided not to due to the success the network had with Grease: Live. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 29% score based on 34 reviews; the critical consensus states: "Laverne Cox's fabulous portrayal of Frank N. Furter leads a strong ensemble effort, but the stars can't infuse this reimagining with enough energy, creativity, and quirk to make TRHPS: Let's Do the Time Warp Again a worthwhile endeavor."[13] On Metacritic, the film has a 55 out of 100 rating, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]
Esther Zuckerman of The A.V. Club felt that the remake focused too much on the weirdness that was in the original film without acknowledging the campiness it had been filmed with. As such, viewers that had never seen the original film would be confused by the movie-within-a-movie approach used in the remake.[4] Matt Tamanini of Broadwayworld.com said that the remake "was a strikingly disappointing missed opportunity" that "felt far more like a production on Glee than the actual production of Rocky Horror on Glee did", although he did praise the casting of Cox, saying "In the long history of The Rocky Horror Show, the musical has broken down doors and helped pave the way for an era of LGBT acceptance. So for Cox to step into Tim Curry's iconic fishnets is a victory in its own right."[15]
Awards[edit]
The program was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series.[16]
International broadcasts[edit]
The film was scheduled to be broadcast in New Zealand on TV3 on October 24, 2016, three days after its original broadcast.[17] In UK, the film was first broadcast on October 28, 2016 on Sky Cinema Premiere.[18]
See also[edit]
List of films featuring extraterrestrials
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again on Amazon". Amazon.com. 2016.
Jump up ^ Thompson, Simon (July 25, 2016). "'Rocky Horror' Remake Cast Talk Giving The $1.2 Million Cult Classic A $20 Million Update". Forbes.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Andreeva, Nellie (April 10, 2015). "Rocky Horror TV Remake In Works At Fox With Gail Berman & Kenny Ortega". Deadline.com. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Zuckerman, Esther (October 21, 2016). "Fox’s Rocky Horror remake isn’t a time warp worth doing". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
Jump up ^ Harp, Justin (October 22, 2015). "Orange Is the New Black's Laverne Cox is replacing Tim Curry as Dr Frank-N-Furter in Fox's Rocky Horror Show". Digital Spy. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b Jayson, Jay (October 21, 2015). "Orange Is The New Black's Laverne Cox To Star In Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake". ComicBook.com. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
Jump up ^ Fowler, Matt (January 15, 2016). "TIM CURRY TO HAVE A ROLE IN FOX'S ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW TV-MOVIE". IGN. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
^ Jump up to: a b Hibberd, James (October 21, 2015). "Laverne Cox to star in Fox's Rocky Horror reboot". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
Jump up ^ http://www.blogto.com/film/2016/04/rocky_horror_picture_show_filming_at_casa_loma/
^ Jump up to: a b "Fox's Rocky Horror Picture Show set for pre-Halloween premiere". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
Jump up ^ "MIPCOM set to do The Time Wrap Again". Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Jump up ^ "Fox's Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again Arrives On DVD 12/6". Broadway World. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
Jump up ^ "The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
Jump up ^ "The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
Jump up ^ http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Review-FOXs-THE-ROCKY-HORROR-PICTURE-SHOW-is-an-Underwhelming-Sanitized-Disappointment-20161020
Jump up ^ "GLAAD Media Award Nominees Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. January 31, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
Jump up ^ "HD Heads-Up: October 13". Retrieved 17 October 2016.
Jump up ^ "Exclusive premiere - The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do The Time Warp Again". Retrieved 18 October 2016.
External links[edit]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again on IMDb
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again at Rotten Tomatoes
2016 film teaser at Facebook
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