Why Greased Lightning Could Not Strike Twice

There are always bizarre rumors floating around these internets of ours about upcoming film-related projects (such as the bogus Brokeback Mountain musical or sequel) that are almost always pure fiction. I tend to sit on them until a reliable source (not OK Magazine) chimes in, usually reporting that it is all rubbish. The latest headscratcher to come down the pike is "news" that -- blasphemy! -- a Grease remake is in the works.

Now, I am not usually one to jump on the "remakes suck!" bandwagon, but come on. There is no way they could match the success of the original Grease, still (almost 30 years later) the highest grossing movie musical of all time. Isn't Hairspray and High School Musical enough, you know, high school musicals for now? And don't forget the already in the works remakes of Fame and Footloose (could the third film in the 80's "F" trilogy -- Flashdance -- be far behind?).

What does lend this story some fraction of credence is that it supposedly came from the mouth of Grease 2 star Michelle Pfeiffer in an interview with News.com.au (what are they smokin' down under?). Ignoring the fact that a studio (in this case, it would be Paramount) isn't even mentioned in the article (a sure sign that it's all crap), the article goes on to mention that Jessica Simpson (?!) is the choice for the new Sandy Olsson (nee Dumbrowski) and, furthermore, Pfeiffer thinks "she would be good". Well, we all know La Pfeiffer has good taste (Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen aside), so there's your proof that all this is just some Aussie Employee of the Month fan's idea of a good idea.

UPDATE: It took awhile, but now even the Internet Movie Database has picked up on this "story" ... wonder how long it will be before they "rubish" it?

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Links via Newsweek.com, News.com.au and Imdb.com.