Guest eiker_ir Report post Posted August 5, 2003 from CNN: LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Hoping "Grease" lightning can strike a third time, Paramount Pictures is drawing up plans for "Grease 3," a continuation of the hit musical franchise. The plan is to set the new project in the late-'70s, feature plenty of disco music and have the story evolve around the children of the original characters. John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, stars of the 1978 original, have already been given a heads-up that their services will be sought once a script is completed. A search for writers is underway. Didi Conn, who played Frenchie, is serving as an executive producer. She is said to have been instrumental in generating the studio's current enthusiasm for putting together a new installment of the film. At the studio's DVD release party for "Grease" in the fall, sources said Conn approached Paramount chief Sherry Lansing after Travolta and Newton-John wowed partygoers with the musical number "You're The One That I Want." The original "Grease" spawned a sequel four years later, "Grease 2." Its failure was ascribed by some observers to the introduction of a new cast of characters, headed by Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer. In developing "Grease 3," the producers hope to avoid that problem by bringing back the old gang from the first installment while also introducing new characters. from Dark Horizons: Grease 3: Sky News reports that Kylie Minogue is apparently set to star in "Grease 3" as the teenage daughter of Sandy (Olivia Newton John) - a role Newton John wanted her own 16-year-old daughter Chloe to play. "Kylie definitely doesn't look anything like her age (34) and shouldn't have any problems playing a teenager" said one inside source to The Daily Star. Newton John, John Travolta and Stockard Channing are all said to be onboard for the next "Grease" which is moving ahead. Thanks to 'Gooner' & 'Sam' hmmm, Kylie as a 16 year old?? we'll see... well i loved the first one and the second was entertaining for about 2 minutes, i'm not so sure about this... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Zack Malibu Report post Posted August 5, 2003 My sister killed any enjoyment I had of the first one by CONSTANTLY playing it over and over. And playing the soundtrack over and over. Granted she was a kid, but there's only so much Grease I could take. Though Grease 2 is one of my guilty pleasures. How can you not like "Reproduction"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted August 5, 2003 Actually, my favorite song from Grease 2 is "Cool Rider." And when have teenagers ever been played by teenagers in real life. The whole cast of the first movie were a lot older than 18 in real life at the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest eiker_ir Report post Posted August 5, 2003 Reproduction, reproduction! Put your pollen tube to work. Reproduction, reproduction! Make my stamen go berserk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Zack Malibu Report post Posted August 5, 2003 Preach on, eiker. And I like "Cool Rider" too. That soundtrack is great for it's camp value. Yes, I own it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lightning Flik Report post Posted August 5, 2003 Preach on, eiker. And I like "Cool Rider" too. That soundtrack is great for it's camp value. Yes, I own it. This explains a lot about you Zack. Probably where you get your quirks from. But needless to say, I can't see anything good out of this movie. Although, I did like Grease a lot. Grease 2 wasn't that great, but meh. I'd watch it. So bleh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted August 5, 2003 The only way this movie will be good is if Baz Luhrmann becomes the director. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted August 5, 2003 The only way this movie will be good is if Baz Luhrmann becomes the director. Actually, I think that would guarentee it as the worst thing, let alone movie, ever created by mankind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted August 6, 2003 Baz made Moulin Rouge a success and has been succesful with other musical movies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted August 6, 2003 I don't like Baz Lurhman and I don't like his movies. With that said, he doesn't have the right sensibility or style for what the Grease films are. Neither would say, Busby Berkley or Gene Kelly who were both one of the best choreographers and musical directors that ever lived. Within a genre there are subsets and to just say "well, Baz has had success in musicals before" doesn't really mean much. I mean, should Clint Eastwood direct the next Spiderman film because he's had success with films about a loner hero in the past? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted August 6, 2003 So your not a fan of Baz's vision of adding pop culture into "classics"? What exactly is the Grease style? 30 something actors dance around and sing about teen romance? How is that different than what Baz has done with Romero & Juliet? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted August 6, 2003 30 something actors dance around and sing about teen romance? Explain to me how that has anything to do with style? And I don't remember people singing and dacing in Romeo and Juliet. The style of the two Grease films is a retro fifties feel, something on par with the Elvis musicals and other rock tinged films that were coming into vogue at the time. There are also a lot of traditional musical and broadway elements in the staging and execution of the dance numbers. It's a traditional musical in a fifties rock rapper. Baz seems to lean more toward a hyper-real pop culture look and feel that I believe would be a styles clash when compared to the previous two films, especially considering that Olivia Newton John and John Travolta are starring in the movie with Didi Conn producing. My guess is that they would want a script with songs and production numbers true to the style of the first film. Grease has its own fictional world and changing that world in appearance and structure I believe would be harmful to the success of a new feature. Much like how Joel Schumacher's view of the world of Batman and his changing of the esablished visual and storytelling style of Tim Burton killed the franchise with the two films he did. I believe Lurhman would be better suited to doing remakes or adaptions of some musicals from the late sixties and early seventies that were avante garde and experimental in their storytelling, presentation and musical numbers such as Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar or Hair. Now, Lurhman on a remake of the Rocky Horror Picture Show could work very well as that has a mock retro feel playing off of popular culture style to it with the visuals beings very outlandish and bizarre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted August 6, 2003 What you don't remember the black character dancing around in an open field to disco music for no apperent reason? I just don't know why Grease needs to have a direct sequel relating to the 70's cast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted August 6, 2003 Actually, I don't remember that. Then again, I saw the movie when it first came out and not since. Like I said, Grease is a known name and you can't just completely break from what made the first film work or you might as well just make a completely different movie. I think there would be backlash among the hardcore Grease fans if Lurhman made a sequel that was on par visually and stylistcally with Moulin Rouge. They are two different beasts. In looking up some stuff on Lurhman, I forgot that he did Strictly Ballroom. I have not seen the film, but heard good things and would probably like it. Now, if the producers can reign in Lurhman's natural tendencies like what I heard occured on that picture, you might have something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted August 6, 2003 Oh great...just what we need. What's next Rocky Horror 3. I've always disliked Grease greatly. It gets way more credit than it deserves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MissMattitude Report post Posted August 6, 2003 I actually heard that Holly Valance was now front runner to play the daughter. I love Baz Luhrmann but I can't see him doing Grease 3... it's different to other movies he's done, I can't really explain it. Besides, at the moment he is too busy with the Alexander movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nanks Report post Posted August 6, 2003 Holly Valance??? Dear God no.... I would WAY prefer Chloe Newton-John or Kylie, christ, why not Delta Goodrem?? Fuck Holly Valance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
