Victoria Justice is set to star in Fox's upcoming "Rocky Horror Picture Show." |
LOS ANGELES - 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
"Rocky Horror Picture Show." which is set to shoot this winter and air
Fall 2016 on FOX.
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. Reeve Carney ("Penny
Dreadful," "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark,") has been cast as "Riff
Raff," one of Dr. Frank-N-Furter's loyal servants. Carney originated the
role of "Peter Parker/Spider-Man" in the smash Broadway production
"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," under the direction of Julie Taymor,
with music by U2's Bono and The Edge.
Additional
cast members to be announced. 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, "This Is It," "Descendants," "Hocus Pocus," "Newsies"), 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.
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