Ahead of the October 14 release of the new Footloose remake, Paramount Pictures has unveiled the trailer and poster for Footloose, starring dancer Kenny Womald and Julianne Hough of Dancing with the Stars.
All thoughts of "what's the point?" and "no need for a Footlooseremake" aside, the new trailer for Footloose gives fans a look at the Ren McCormack (Womald) who settles into small town life in Texas after leaving Boston, as he begins anew in Bomont where dancing has been banned after a car accident took the lives of five local teens on the way home from a dance. Once in Bomont, bad boy Ren meets preacher's daughter Arial (Hough) and the two take on the town in an effort to lift the ban on dancing, much to the disapproval of Arial's father (Dennis Quaid).
Directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow), Footloose sticks closely to the original 1984 release of Footloose, starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer, which gave fans one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. If you've seen the original Footloose, much of the first film is intact with Kenny Womald and Julianne Hough, even down the how Womald is dressed (80s style Billy Joel tie gives it away), the "Dance Your Ass Off" t-shirt that Arial wears, the famous warehouse sequence, and the fact that Ren drives a beat up Volkswagen bug.
In one of the more memorable scenes from the original, the newFootloose trailer also features a quick glimpse of the high school sequence in which Ren teaches dance moves to the uncoordinated country bumpkin Willard, originally played by the late Chris Penn. Story wise, the high notes from the original Footloose are all in place. It's a universal story that any generation can relate to on many levels.
However, what's glaringly absent from the new Footloose trailer is a preview of what fans can expect from the soundtrack. Although the new Footloose trailer starts out with the famous Kenny Loggins theme, we hear a sample of average crunk-funk halfway through the footage, which, at this point, may not bode well for the film given how successful the original Footloose went on to become. As the trailer for Footloose progresses, fans can see several high energy dance sequences that look to follow closely in line with the original. Obviously there's more to come in the way Footloose music that we haven't heard, so it's hard to get a gauge on the music at this point.
Since Craig Brewer is paying homage to the original Footloose by sticking to familiar original cues, the newFootloose will fall well short of the mark if the music doesn't equal the original. It doesn't make sense to simply repeat the original Footloose if the soundtrack doesn't have the same impact or quality. At the very least, a modern version of the famous Kenny Loggins theme is a must. The Footloose theme IS Footloose!
Since the original Footloose and its soundtrack left such a lasting impression on kids in the 80s, the newFootloose has huge shoes to fill. The big question is whether the new Footloose will have the same impact on teens today as the original did in the 80s. If it doesn't, I'd have ask, "What's the point?"
All thoughts of "what's the point?" and "no need for a Footlooseremake" aside, the new trailer for Footloose gives fans a look at the Ren McCormack (Womald) who settles into small town life in Texas after leaving Boston, as he begins anew in Bomont where dancing has been banned after a car accident took the lives of five local teens on the way home from a dance. Once in Bomont, bad boy Ren meets preacher's daughter Arial (Hough) and the two take on the town in an effort to lift the ban on dancing, much to the disapproval of Arial's father (Dennis Quaid).
Directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow), Footloose sticks closely to the original 1984 release of Footloose, starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer, which gave fans one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. If you've seen the original Footloose, much of the first film is intact with Kenny Womald and Julianne Hough, even down the how Womald is dressed (80s style Billy Joel tie gives it away), the "Dance Your Ass Off" t-shirt that Arial wears, the famous warehouse sequence, and the fact that Ren drives a beat up Volkswagen bug.
In one of the more memorable scenes from the original, the newFootloose trailer also features a quick glimpse of the high school sequence in which Ren teaches dance moves to the uncoordinated country bumpkin Willard, originally played by the late Chris Penn. Story wise, the high notes from the original Footloose are all in place. It's a universal story that any generation can relate to on many levels.
However, what's glaringly absent from the new Footloose trailer is a preview of what fans can expect from the soundtrack. Although the new Footloose trailer starts out with the famous Kenny Loggins theme, we hear a sample of average crunk-funk halfway through the footage, which, at this point, may not bode well for the film given how successful the original Footloose went on to become. As the trailer for Footloose progresses, fans can see several high energy dance sequences that look to follow closely in line with the original. Obviously there's more to come in the way Footloose music that we haven't heard, so it's hard to get a gauge on the music at this point.
Since Craig Brewer is paying homage to the original Footloose by sticking to familiar original cues, the newFootloose will fall well short of the mark if the music doesn't equal the original. It doesn't make sense to simply repeat the original Footloose if the soundtrack doesn't have the same impact or quality. At the very least, a modern version of the famous Kenny Loggins theme is a must. The Footloose theme IS Footloose!
Since the original Footloose and its soundtrack left such a lasting impression on kids in the 80s, the newFootloose has huge shoes to fill. The big question is whether the new Footloose will have the same impact on teens today as the original did in the 80s. If it doesn't, I'd have ask, "What's the point?"
