The Rocky Horror Picture Show is set to shoot this winter and air Fall 2016 on FOX
Kenny Ortega to Direct and Choreograph As well as Executive Produce
Actress and recording artist Victoria Justice (Victorious) and Ryan McCarten (Liv & Maddie, Heathers the Musical) have been cast as “Janet Weiss” and “Brad Majors” in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is set to shoot this winter and air Fall 2016 on FOX. For Justice this comes as part of her talent deal with 20th Century Fox TV deal she signed back in August of 2015.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show follows sweethearts Janet (Justice) and Brad (McCarten), who stumble upon Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s (Emmy Award-nominated actress Laverne Cox) bizarre abode. Frank-N-Furter, a sexually ambiguous, flirtatious alien mad-scientist, is holding an annual, Transylvanian science convention to showcase the birth of “Rocky Horror” – a fit, attractive man created solely to fulfill Frank’s desires. Actor and singer Staz Nair will star in the role.
Kenny Ortega
Executive-produced by Lou Adler (Grammy Award winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee), Gail Berman (TV, film and Broadway producer) and Kenny Ortega (High School Musical franchise), the two-hour event is a reimagining of the cult classic, which is celebrating 40 years of theatrical distribution – longer than any other film in history. One of the most popular films of all time, it still plays in movie theaters around the world.
Victoria Justice is a versatile actress and recording artist. The 22-year-old Victoria Justice hails from Hollywood, FL was most recently seen in the 2015 romantic comedy Naomi + Ely’s No Kiss List. She next stars as “Jodi” in the upcoming high school comedy The Outskirts, based on a script from last year’s Black List of the best un-produced screenplays.
Justice also starred in the MTV series Eye Candy, a cyber-thriller based on R.L. Stine’s best-seller and her own hit cable series Victorious as the musically talented “Tori Vega”. Victorious won the award for Favorite TV Show at the Kids’ Choice Awards in 2012 and 2013. Justice also is a successful recording artist, selling more than three million singles.
Justice has been nominated for multiple Teen Choice and Kids’ Choice awards, as well as an NAACP Image Award, an ALMA award and an Imagen Foundation award. She continues to keep up her social media influence with more than 29 million followers.
Ryan McCartan is best known as recurring character “Diggie” on cable’s Liv & Maddie. He also starred in the films Summer Forever and The Cabinet of Souls, and will next be seen in “The Stand-Off,” playing the lead role opposite Olivia Holt.
Lou Adler executive-produced The Rocky Horror Picture Show for Twentieth Century Fox, which premiered on September 26, 1975, and is the longest-running movie in motion picture history. Adler met Gail Berman in 2004. Berman shared his passion and vision for the reimagined version of the 40-year-old cult-classic and, in 2014, they partnered to begin development.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is from Fox 21 Television Studios and The Jackal Group. Adler and Berman, along with Kenny Ortega, will serve as executive producers. Emmy Award winner Kenny Ortega will also direct and choreograph. “Like” THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW on Facebook at facebook.com/RockyHorrorFOX. Follow the series on Twitter @RockyHorrorFOX and join the discussion using #RockyHorror. See photos and videos on Instagram by following: @RockyHorrorFOX/.
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