You Gotta Cut Loose...FOOTLOOSE??

Merrick here...
The long-simmering FOOTLOOSE remake has been revved up and placed on the fast track after HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3's big opening over the weekend. Zack Efron, announced for Kevin Bacon's role back in July, is still the lead. Kenny Ortega, director and/or choreographer of all HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALs to date, will direct & presumably choreograph FOOTLOOSE as well.

Unlike "HSM3," "Footloose" will aim for an older teen and adult demo. Efron is just about set in a deal that will pay him a mid-seven-figure salary and give him script approval.

...THIS PIECE IN VARIETY. Who should play the nutty preacher man? Kurtwood Smith? Dan Aykroyd?