Shankman Talks 'Hairspray 2'
Filed under: Comedy, Music & Musicals, Scripts, Remakes and Sequels
Remember that Hairspray sequel that William Goss mentioned back in July? Adam Shankman had signed on to direct the sequel, and the master of the perverse (and creator of the original), John Waters, was going to whip up a story to send out to writers. Looks like things are on schedule -- according to EW, Waters has finished scheming up the sequel, and they're now hunting for a writer.Basically, Waters has handed over "an outline and some ideas" for the film that will ultimately become the next instalment of Tracy Turnblad as she heads for the "next era of music," the '60s. "That period was superpolitical, it was a time of serious change. We're trying to track, in a comedic way, the historical elements" says Shankman. This will include the British Invasion, which consumes Link (played by Zac Efron in the remake).
On the plus side: Waters schemed up the outline. On the negative side: Waters isn't writing the meat of the script. Will a Waters outline be enough? I'm not so sure.
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12-01-2008 @ 12:35PM
Bill Dunmyer said...
I think 'Hairspray 2' is a brilliant idea. And I share your concern about wanting Waters to write the screenplay. Maybe if we create a dust-up in the blogosphere over this, they'll make Waters the screenwriter.
p.s. Who else remembers seeing the 1988 movie in its original release -- with Divine, Ricki Lake, Deborah Harry, Sonny Bono, et al? (I also remember seeing 'Polyester' in a theater in 1981! I was in high school.)
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12-01-2008 @ 2:13PM
YouFaceTheTick said...
Gotta say i was shocked how good Hairspray ended up. Totally shocked. I hold little hope for a sequel as the last one had 20+ years to be fine-tuned.
Marsden, Travolta, Walken, etc were all really good in the last one.
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12-02-2008 @ 11:06AM
Key Rick said...
Groovy idea! Imagine Penny Pingleton's mother scandalized by the Summer of Love, Motormouth Mabel stylizing little Inez into a Supreme-like lead singer and - heck - Seaweed's as an opening act with a Hendrix-like guitar king persona. Maybe Tracy could turn folky since Link's destined to be all British invasion-y.
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