Not too long after Zac Efron dropped out of new version of Footloose last year, it was announced that the lead role would be played by Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford.
Then director Kenny Ortega dropped out and eventually so did Chace who is not really known for his dancing.
But the project lives on!
It’s just been announced that newcomer Kenny Wormald has emerged from a nationwide search to land the role of Ren McCormack, a part that made Kevin Bacon into a big star in the original film nearly 30 years ago.
Kenny joins the already cast Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid and Miles Teller. He is a Boston native who appeared in the MTV series Dancelife and recently toured with Justin Timberlake.
Paramount has set April 1, 2011 for the film’s release with production set to begin in August. Craig Brewer is now the director of the project.
Chace Crawford was arrested early Friday morning for possession of marijuana, according to a police report.
The 24-year-old Gossip Girl star was arrested in a pub parking lot in Plano, Texas, after police discovered one marijuana joint in the car he was in. The charge is a misdemeanor, for having two ounces or less of marijuana.
On Friday, Crawford was spotted having lunch with two people at Naan Sushi, a restaurant located in the same shopping center where he was arrested, according to a source.
"He was cool," the source told People Magazine. "He was on the phone the whole time. [The group] seemed normal. None of them seemed like they were mad or anything.”
TMZ.com report was first to report the arrest.
It's proving to be difficult to fill Kevin Bacon's famous dancing shoes.
After initially taking the signature role of Ren McCormack in the remake of Footloose, Chace Crawford has backed out, Entertainment Weekly reports. Zac Efron previously declined to take the role for fear of being typecast.
Crawford, 24, will apparently be too busy shooting Gossip Girl this summer to find time for the film shoot.
Paramount Pictures is now inclined to cast an unknown in the role, made famous by Bacon in the original 1984 film, EW says. The studio could even launch a nationwide search for the role.
Paramount is having lots of headaches with Footloose, having also lost a director and switched scripts.
Well, this is bound to cause a scandal — or at least a few OMGs!
According to http://www.ew.com/, Gossip Girl’s November 9th episode will feature a sex romp with three — count ‘em, three! — characters at the same time.
The report did not reveal which three characters would participate in the scene, though it does let slip that the ménage à trois will take place in a bed. (That’s right! In a bed!) It also had some possible combinations for the lusty event, but did not divulge who gets in whose pants.
Our bets are on the femme fatale Blair luring bad boy Chuck into the sack with gay NYU grad Josh. We know the guys are going to kiss, afterall.
Where’s Mr. Furley (from the 80's sitcom "Three's Company" to put a stop to this hippie free-love nonsense when you need him?
People's Hottest Bachelor Chace Crawford does his title justice overseas in a pinstriped Emporio Armani suit while attending the designer's menswear show at Milan Fashion Week on Tuesday.
Chace Crawford talks to his parents every day, vacations with his younger sister and – unlike his Gossip Girl character – says dating a married woman is "a definite no." Without question, success (he'll star in the Footloose remake) couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. But what else is behind those blue eyes? Here's a sneak peek of the interview with People's Hottest Bachelor!
On his first kiss: "It was fifth grade. Her name was Kiley Smith and she was my best friend's twin sister. It was one of those super-awkward things. We were at camp, on a lake, really picturesque – it¹s kind of seared into memory! We're still friends."
On a perfect date: "All you need is a pool table, beer, an electric jukebox and good conversation. The day a girl beats me in a game of Beirut [a kind of beer pong] is a good sign!"
On dating Carrie Underwood: "I have nothing bad to say about that experience. It was awesome. I just didn't know how to deal with it. I learned a ton about dating someone in that kind of spotlight. It was such a whirlwind, but no regrets."
For more photos and more intimate Chace details, pick up PEOPLE's Hottest Bachelors issue, on newsstands Friday.
Gossip Girl hottie Chace Crawford will be kicking off his Sunday shoes in the remake of Footloose, stepping into the void left behind when Zac Efron dropped out.
Crawford, 23, will play Ren McCormack, the rebellious dancing high schooler who launched the career of a then 25-year-old Kevin Bacon, Paramount Pictures has announced.
High School Musical star Efron told EW.com he passed on the role because he didn't want to be type-cast as the musical guy and was searching instead for "the unknown."
Footloose, to be directed by High School Musical's Kenny Ortega, is set to begin shooting in March 2010.
Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford has reportedly auditioned to fill Zac Efron's dancing shoes in the remake of "Footloose".
The High School Musical actor was slated to take over Kevin Bacon's lead role in the updated film, but pulled out earlier this month.
And now Crawford is being lined up for the part and has impressed movie studio bosses with his screen test, according to E! Online.
A source tells the website, "He did really well."
Not too long after Zac Efron dropped out of new version of Footloose last year, it was announced that the lead role would be played by Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford.
