Fox’s highly-anticipated adaptation of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, airing this October, is having a moment at San Diego Comic-Con. Well, this new trailer gives a bit of a hint at that.
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With a crowd pleasing opening credits with a version of “Science Fiction – Double Feature” belted out by Ivy Levan as the movie theater usherette, fans got to see 25 minutes from the two-hour Fox TV movie. Could they be doing callbacks as well? In 1976, during midnight showings at Waverly Theatre in NY, audiences began entertaining themselves by interacting with the film, shouting lines at the screen and using props during certain scenes, such as newspapers, water guns, and rice. And in this trailer, we glimpse the one, the only, the OG Dr. Frank-N-Furter: the iconic Mr. Tim Curry. The original film holds the record for most showings of a film…ever. “The reason I thought about television there’s lot of Brad and Janets out there, as we’ve seen in the past week, who don’t’ go to midnight theater”, said Alder, who produced the original.
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We’ve seen a couple sneak peeks of Laverne Cox, Victoria Justice, Adam Lambert, and Ryan McCartan in action, but in honor of San Diego Comic-Con, the network chose to drop the first full-length trailer on Thursday! The film has been a cult hit, and has even made appearances at Halloween Horror Nights for several years with the Tribute Show.
