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16 September 2008 9:03 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

If you've seen 1981's Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, you probably watched a lot of late-night cable in the 1980s. Its presence there inspired a cult following, which found punk inspiration in its tale of a teen girl band that briefly makes it big with enthusiastically amateurish anti-consumerist diatribes. The long-overdue DVD release will probably expand that cult. Though Stains is hilariously clueless about the way rock actually works, even though music-industry veteran Lou Adler directed it, the film has a weird integrity, striking and holding a chord designed to resonate with rebels-in-the-making. It's easy to see how the movie fell through the cracks. The screenplay by Slap Shot and Coming Home writer Nancy Dowd—who pulled her name from the film—has its roots in punk, but by the time of the film's aborted 1981 release, punk's moment as an object of mainstream fascination had already passed. A...

Keith Phipps

16 September 2008 8:37 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Nick Schager

Most film fans have never seen 1981's "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains," the hard-charging, potent tale of an all-girl punk band's meteoric rise and fall, which featured supporting performances by members of the Sex Pistols and The Clash (and a young Ray Winstone, who played the lead singer of the Stains' tourmates The Looters). That's because Paramount Pictures never saw fit -- save for a couple of random screenings -- to give the film any sort of theatrical release, or even put it out on VHS. Yet despite the studio's attempts to forever shelve the film, it (like punk) wouldn't die, finding renewed life through bootlegs and airing on USA Network's "Up All Night," where frequent broadcasts of the film during the midnight shift helped turn it into a cult classic that would later influence, among others, future riot grrrl pioneers Courtney Love, Bikini Kill and

Nick Schager

13 August 2008 11:04 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

After years of rumors, it looks like the cash is finally in the bank as U.K. satcaster BSkyBs Sky Movies web has confirmed it will co-finance MTVs remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Under the deal, the remake of the 1975 cult classic will premiere exclusively in the U.K. on Sky Movies before becoming available on VOD services Sky Player and Sky Anytime, according to Variety. Sky Movies partners on the previously announced project with MTV, Fox TV Studios, BermanBraun and Lou Adler, who exec produced the original which starred Richard OBrien, Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon. Cast and director remain as yet unannounced.

24 July 2008 9:08 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Get ready for TV's ver sion of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

MTV is remaking the 1975 big-screen cult classic and will use the original screenplay, according to Variety.

The original movie is an underground classic famous for its midnight screenings, complete with fans repeating the flick's dialogue - while costumed as their favorite characters.

The movie, which starred then-unknowns Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick, has grossed a whopping $140 million since its release.

It's not known, at this point, when MTV's "Rocky

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24 July 2008 5:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Movie bosses at MTV have announced plans to remake cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The new film will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien and be overseen by Lou Adler - the executive producer on the 1975 hit, which starred Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon.

Although casting decisions have yet to be made, Adler hopes the picture will be ready in time for October 2009.

He tells Daily Variety, "I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV."

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24 July 2008 1:30 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

I'm repeating myself to regular Big Picture readers, but if you're new, here's how we address remakes: There are basically three categories - Yes, No, and Why the Hell Not?

The remakes in the Yes category are either bad movies to begin with, or elements about them are bad, or they've dropped out of the contemporary lexicon and managed to work their way back into relevance. The No category is self-evident; some movies you just don't touch, and the list of reasons why can be very short or incredibly long, but in the final analysis, there's nothing to be gained by doing it. The third category is tricky. For example, I don't see anything wrong with remaking The Day the Earth Stood Still because it's almost 60 years old and contemporary audiences can't buy the "effects" in the original. I don't even believe you can compare the two, frankly. Others feel

Colin Boyd

24 July 2008 12:04 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Now this might go down in history as one of the worst ideas in Hollywood history; remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I mean, seriously, is this necessary? The original has been annoying me since it was released in 1975, why do we need another take on it?

Nevertheless, Variety reports that original executive producer Lou Adler is teaming up with BermanBraun and Fox TV to make it happen. The Rocky Horror redux will utilize the same script as the original, but may feature some new songs. No word on who will direct or star yet.

The hope, Adler tells the trade, is to have this new version of Rocky done in time for Halloween of next year. I guess as long as no one out there gets the bright idea to do live re-enactments of this version on Saturdays at midnight across the country, it may not be so bad.

Johnny Butane

23 July 2008 12:11 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Who knew there was a trailer park in Malibu?

You can hear all about it from Shwayze, the hip-hop artist and self-professed "only black kid in Malibu" who grew up there.

Shwayze stars in a new reality series, "Buzzin' ," which chronicles his adventures with mentor/pal Cisco Adler, the son of acclaimed record producer Lou Adler.

Reality shows have hung on slimmer pegs.

"Shwayze is a great character in terms of someone to root for," says Liz Gateley, MTV's senior VP, series development.

"He's got all these people around him trying

By MICHAEL STARR

8 articles from 2008