Footloose Movie Updates

Paramount has moved its Footloose remake from an April 1, 2011 release date to October 14, 2011. The Craig Brewer-directed remake stars newcomer Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough and Dennis Quaid.

Dennis Quaid has already landed the role of the righteous, rock-music hating reverend in the upcoming Footloose remake. Now, Andie MacDowell has signed on to play his patient wife Vi in writer-director Craig Brewer’s (Hustle and Flow) redo of the 1984 movie about a small town that bans dancing.

After testing more than 1,000 males for the lead role of Ren McCormack in the remake of Footloose, Paramount Pictures is setting Kenny Wormald, an unknown 24-year old trained dancer, to star in a film that begins production almost immediately.

With "Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford out, the search is on once again for the lead role, with one name emerging as a top candidate: Thomas Dekker. The 22-year-old actor, who came to prominence on both "Heroes" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," has been making a nice film run lately ...

Paramount's redo of "Footloose" is back on course, with Craig Brewer set to direct the high-profile project from his rewritten script.

Early this week, This Is It director Kenny Ortega bailed on Paramount’s remake of Footloose. Seems like a great idea, even if the Michael Jackson movie doesn’t become the Dark Knight-sized hit that some have predicted. And yeah, Footloose? A remake? Who needs it? Well, Paramount still seems to, and their shortlist of directors i ...

Kenny Ortega has ankled as director of "Footloose," over differences with Paramount Pictures on tone and budget.