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Even Richard O’Brian doesn’t support this nonsense ...

This is from an article in The New Zealand Herald.

"Cult musical film The Rocky Horror Picture Show is to be remade without the blessing of its creator Richard O'Brien.

Plans to remake the camp classic were announced on Wednesday, together with details that the project will be co-financed by Sky Movies in the UK and MTV in the US.

Sky also announced that Lou Adler, executive producer on the original film, would return in the same role, while O'Brien would co-produce.

But O'Brien, who wrote and co-starred in the original, has dismissed the claims and told the BBC he will not be involved in the project "in any way".

He said: "I'm not co-producing it and I won't be involved in any way.

"The first I heard about it was when people sent me cuttings from US papers."

Details of the film's director and cast have yet to be announced.

The original Rocky Horror, released in 1975, features a "sweet transvestite from transsexual Transylvania", and starred Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, O'Brien, Barry Bostwick and Meatloaf.

Adler said: "The Rocky Horror phenomenon has a life of its own that has reincarnated itself in numerous ways since its birth.

"Our hope has always been that each new endeavour and rebirth will expose the Rocky Horror experience to new audiences and expand the fan base," he added."

So as I have stated elsewhere the out of touch execs at MTV really believe that the youth of today has had no contact with The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Yup that's right. All the teens and even younger kids I've ever seen at the movies or at a theater were products of my imagination. As are the countless fans under 20 who are among the friends of this site. Fuck you MTV. You are hopelessly out of touch and only motivated by money. Deplorable.

- Matt