Merrick here...


...it's Kevin Tancharoen. He's a 23 year old choreographer who has done some television work as well (directing, producing, and co-creating material for MTV (TWENTYFOURSEVEN).

Like the original, the updated "Fame" follows the lives of students who attend an elite school for the performing arts in New York from audition to graduation.

...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.

Interestingly, unless I've missed something, no direct reference has been made to this remake actually being a MUSICAL. Although, hiring a choreographer to direct implies it is, I should think.

Allison Burnett (RESURRECTING THE CHAMP, AUTUMN IN NEW YORK, and BLOODFIST III) is scripting the film, which will hold open casting calls on both coasts next month.