Kenny Ortega has dropped out as director of Paramount’s Footloose remake, starring Gossip Girl’s Crawford and country starlet Julianne Hough. This is according to Variety.

The 1984 original starred Kevin Bacon as an city slicker who moves to a rural town where dance has been outlawed by a overzealous local minister. In the process of trying to change the town’s laws, the teen falls in love with the preacher’s daughter.

A new Footloose director is expected to step in promptly to keep the film on track for its June 18 theatrical release.

Seems to be some bad luck going on here?

firstly DO NOT REMAKE THE MOVIE! The Orig. was fine!

secondly if they are going to, then they need to do the whole six degrees of separation of kevin bacon to figure out how to remake the movie in a good way.

anyways why did Kenny leave?

Kenny, who directed the soon-to-be-released Michael Jackson concert film This Is It, allegedly wanted to stage complex musical numbers — which would have cost the studio $30 million. Paramount production chief Adam Goodman, on the other hand, insisted he remake be more dramatic than musical.

p.s. that is the original music video to footloose. You want to see Kevin dancing??? click 'read more'

The 80s was such a good time, although I grew up in the 80s and 90s....

do you think they should do a remake?

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