Hairspray:The Second Spraying

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Well errrrrrr Travolta is sexier i guess lol

If you say so.

 

[thedeadite]

i'm speechless..i was unaware of a Hairspray re-make..and quite disgusted....what does Waters think of this?

 

[green]

i'm speechless..i was unaware of a Hairspray re-make..and quite disgusted....what does Waters think of this?

Technically its not a remake of the film but an adaptation of the musical.
Waters is a consultant...

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=25&pid=0&sid=859836&page=1

"Hairspray," the big-budget movie musical version of John Waters' 1988 film about the desegregation of a Baltimore TV dance show, will be shot entirely in Toronto. Producer Craig Zadan said Baltimore simply doesn't have the vast soundstages necessary to mount such an elaborate production.

"When you do a big movie musical, you need huge soundstages because the sets are very big," Zadan said. "You also need a lot of ceiling space because you do a lot of sweeping crane shots, so you've got huge camera equipment."

Cost also was a factor. Despite dogged lobbying by the Maryland Film Office, "Hairspray" won't even send its second unit to town to shoot exteriors of the city's distinctive rowhouses. Instead, they will be recreated on Toronto soundstages and streets, and still photographs of Baltimore will be digitally inserted into the finished product.

Although the budget for the movie will exceed $50 million, the actors and filmmakers are taking reduced fees, Zadan said, and it wasn't feasible to uproot the production and move it to Baltimore even for a few days of shooting.

Waters, who's working as a consultant on the movie, was far from despondent over the news.

"These are the producers who won the Oscar for a movie called 'Chicago' with a movie they shot in Toronto," Waters said. "It's not the most shocking thing in the world."

Waters toured potential Baltimore locations with the movie's director, Adam Shankman, but he never expected to see elaborate production numbers staged on North Avenue or at Mergenthaler High School.

"I've read the script," he said. "It's a huge, big-budget musical with people dancing, and those generally are shot on sets that they build."

The production needed two soundstages of more than 40,000 square feet, and such facilities simply don't exist in Maryland, said Dennis Castleman, assistant secretary for film with the state Department of Business and Economic Development.

Castleman said the state likely would have had to offer about $9 million in incentives to offset the money saved by going to Canada. His office was authorized by the legislature to allocate about $6.8 million in tax breaks and other incentives to moviemakers this year, but there's a cap of $2 million per production.

"It comes down to money," said Pat Moran, Waters' longtime casting director. "If there were a soundstage here and the right incentives, it would be 'Good Morning, Baltimore,' not 'Good Morning, Toronto."'

Baltimore is no stranger to big-budget movies, but productions that come to town do most of their shooting on location. Sometimes, the city stands in for Washington, where permits to film can be difficult to obtain. "The Visiting," a Washington-set sci-fi thriller starring Nicole Kidman that's scheduled for release in 2007, shot for 10 weeks in Baltimore last year.

Zadan also says barring any last-minute snafus, Michelle Pfeiffer will join the "Hairspray" cast as the villainous Velma von Tussel.

"It's as good as done," Zadan said. "We're very excited."

The cast also includes John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Amanda Bynes. Newcomer Nicole Blonsky won the role of plump teenager Tracy Turnblad.

Zadan spoke by phone from Toronto, where the actors have already begun two months of rehearsals before shooting starts on Sept. 5. He insists that the movie will be a love letter to Baltimore - despite the Canadian postmark.

"We want to honor Baltimore and honor John Waters, because without Baltimore and without John Waters, there wouldn't be a 'Hairspray,"' he said. "Our first choice was to go to Baltimore and shoot everything there."

 

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new pics...
http://latinoreview.com/filmpreview.php?id=368

 

[green]

"Penny Pingleton you are permanently positively punished!"
gosh I hope they keep that line.

 

[Majik1387]

new pics...
http://latinoreview.com/filmpreview.php?id=368

Cute.

Batman Returns reunion.
Michelle still looks hot.

 

[tzarinna]

I loved the first one,this looks like it's going to be pretty funny so far.
And damn Michelle does look great,good for her.

 

[dark_b]

ok why is michelle so hot?

 

[tzarinna]

You don't think she's beautiful and for her age as well or are you being sarcastic?

 

[Lord Valumart]

bondage

 

[Honey Vibe]

How can this be so wacky spectacular spectacular, yet so... uninteresting...

 

[Majik1387]

Yeah...you're not funny Honey Vibe.

 

[Speedball]

HOT!!!

 

[porchmonkey408]

If they CABARET this, I will kill someone.

If you don't get that, that means "if they take out all the off-stage-in-the-moment-songs, I will kill someone." But it looks like from the Queen Latifah picture with Travolta, they won't.

Here's to preserving all the songs.

 

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http://movies.aol.com/movie/hairspray-2007/22983/main

trailer.

 

[Hunter Rider]

NEW! Trailer Hi-Res

(45.8Mb)

Camptastict:

 

[tzarinna]

Today's Oprah "live" show is devoted to this movie.

http://www2.oprah.com/index_du.jhtml

May 16, 2007

It has been 30 years since he's done something like this…now, Oprah's friend John Travolta is shaking things up in a whole new way! And, the all-star cast of Hairspray—Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah and more. Plus, meet one woman who was working in an ice cream parlor and is now starring with John!

Video

Oprah of course loves it but she wants Travolta.

I never saw the musical so I'm going to have a hard time not comparing it to the John Waters film.

 

[Movies205]

I love Travolta... ThatI 'm actually watching Oprah

 

[tzarinna]

I know such sacrifices......but you know Oprah is very thorough when she has people on promoting their movie.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I cannot understand why ANYBODY would want to see this movie. I've seen the trailer TWICE in the cinema, and it just looks awful.

 

[Steelsheen]

i cant believe this movie is real.

 

[JP]

Not everyone is into Waters, or musicals.. so whateb.

 

[Majik1387]

If you're not into John Waters movies or musicals, you don't really belong in this thread if you have nothing to contribute other than 'omg I hate John Waters movies/musicals'.

 

[strikezone89]

Could they not find a woman to play the role? What's goings on here?

I'm in the twighlight zone aren't I...

eh..I'd hit it.

no man .
the orignal one had a guy play the mother one to.
the mom is suppose to have very manly features
thats y

 

[JP]

If you're not into John Waters movies or musicals, you don't really belong in this thread if you have nothing to contribute other than 'omg I hate John Waters movies/musicals'.

:heart:

1. Good Morning Baltimore - Nikki Blonsky
2. The Nicest Kids in Town - James Marsden
3. It Takes Two - Zac Efron
4. (The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs - Michelle Pfeiffer
5. I Can Hear the Bells - Nikki Blonsky
6. Ladies' Choice - Zac Efron
7. The New Girl in Town - Brittany Snow
8. Welcome to the '60s! - Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta
9. Run & Tell That! - Elijah Kelley
10. Big, Blonde & Beautiful - Queen Latifah
11. Big, Blonde & Beautiful (Reprise) - John Travolta, Michelle Pfieffer
12. (You're) Timeless to Me - John Travolta, Christopher Walken
13. I Know Where I've Been - Queen Latifah
14. Without Love - Zac Efron, Nikki Blonsky, Elijah Kelley, Amanda Bynes
15. (It's) Hairspray - James Marsden
16. You Can't Stop the Beat - Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Elijah Kelley, John Travolta, Queen Latifah
17. Come So Far (Got So Far To Go) - Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley
18. Cooties - Aimee Allen
19. Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Ricki Lake, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Nikki Blonsky