Footloose

Chace Crawford has officially inherited Kevin Bacon's Sunday shoes for the Footloose remake, but fitting into those iconic footwear is a different matter.

"He has big shoes to fill!" Kyra Sedgwick, Bacon's wife, tells People.

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Let's hear it for Chace Crawford! The Gossip Girl star has officially signed on to the Footloose remake.

Crawford had been in the running to inherit Kevin Bacon's Sunday shoes since Zac Efron dropped out to pursue non-musical parts in March. Crawford has been in contract negotiations to play dancing bad boy Ren McCormack for a while, but was struggling ...
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Does Hayden Panettiere have the fancy footwork and powerful pipes to trump Julianne Hough? Possibly.

The Heroes star has auditioned for the role of Ariel Moore — a part for which Dancing with the Stars' Hough is also reportedly being considered — in the musical remake of Footloose, E! reports. (Lori Singer played Ariel in the original film.)

Panettiere sang for director Kenny Ortega and filmmakers, who were ...
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Now that Zac Efron's latest High School Musical song-and-dance opened with a $42 million weekend, Paramount Pictures is hoping to "kick off its Sunday shoes" a little faster than expected.

According to Variety, Paramount would like to get its remake of Footloose, which reteams Efron with HSM director Kenny Ortega, into production by spring 2009. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist director Peter Sollett has been brought on to rewrite the script, and Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have been added as producers.

Efron is reportedly close to locking in his deal, which features ... read more 2 Comments