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Talking Pimples!! Efron Sings Kinks-esque Tunes!! Walken the Chubby Chaser!! John Waters' HAIRSPRAY 2 Story Details Emerge!!
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Merrick here...
A while back we learned that The Powers The Be were moving towards a sequel to 2007's HAIRSPRAY.
MTV just got wind of what John Waters is up to with his treatment/outline/whatever it is for the film continuation, including plot points and a hint at some musical styles we'll likely come across this time around.
As for the plot, he said: “People hate Tracy (Nikki Blonsky) because she doesn’t lose weight. They ask ‘Now that you’re famous, why won’t you lose weight?’. And Link (Efron) experiments with drugs. Throughout half the movie, he has an ongoing dialogue with three pimples on his forehead.”
“Edna (John Travolta) loses weight, but sees her husband (Christopher Walken) lusting after fat women,” Shaiman laughed, citing one of the musical numbers he’s particularly eager to write. “And so, she finally breaks down and runs over to a snack table. Just within one number, she gets fat again; gaining 20 pounds at a time. [Her fat] pops out, and by the end of the song she’s completely at her old weight again.”
...says THIS WRITE-UP at MTV, which goes on to reveal other details from the film.
I didn't hate the 2007 film, but...frankly...it bored the crap out of me. The sequel sounds like it could have some unhinged fun, assuming they're allowed to get away with this.
“Edna (John Travolta) loses weight, but sees her husband (Christopher Walken) lusting after fat women,” Shaiman laughed, citing one of the musical numbers he’s particularly eager to write. “And so, she finally breaks down and runs over to a snack table. Just within one number, she gets fat again; gaining 20 pounds at a time. [Her fat] pops out, and by the end of the song she’s completely at her old weight again.”
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...and it's in a Hairspray talkback.
Story of my life. -
Bueller? ... Bueller?
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And man, didn't they already do the talking zit thing on "Don't Just Sit There" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" already?
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Hairspray Harder.
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Despite some adult themes, they marketed "Hairspray" to kids (my 5 year-old has the dolls).
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Can Efron just please go away and take the Jonas Bothers [sic] with him? I turned on HSM2 briefly the other night to ogle the russian girl and could barely stand it. The kid's acting ability is nonexistent. Oh, and take that Twilight franchise along for the ride.
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Not enough to talk me out of seeing it (I quite liked the first film), but...whoa.
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I hate musicals. And I hate when camp is seen as cool. John Waters is not cool.
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But I guess you knew that already.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6eRkFNCDgKk
Looks fucking sweet! -
Cabbage Patch Kid make up job. Christ on a cracker, John Waters, don't fall into the spiral of the John Carpenter se-make disease. Direct something new yourself!!
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That's all I have to say. Until next time...
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Without Divine, it aint Hairspray!
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The only reaction warranted for news about this on this site is to RAGE
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I accidently touched her butt at a premiere once when she backed into me. It felt great! All she said was "oh, I'm sorry". She has a nice ass and she's polite!
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Dec 09, 2008 12:27:26 PM CST
Bored the crap out of you? You need some serious lessons in tast
by pdorwick
If you don't like musicals just say so and go back to waiting for "Watchmen" to come out but don't insult people who do by voicing your uninformed, inane opinions. "Hairspray" is, by far, the modern era's best musical. ("Chicago"?, please...)
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at least, that is what i heard...i say get johnny depp....he is cuter
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really
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Cause it's not cool at all! Where are all of the talkbacks for Fringe, Terminator, etc... ?
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Have you ever felt... not so fresh?
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Thats such a wild idea that Family Guy might rip it off. Oh wait..
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The idiot slandered and pressured people and businesses for exercising their CONSTITUTIONAL rights in support of Prop 8. Anyone who who resorts to such thuggery deserves the same back at him. Send this gay liberal bigot back to wherever he came from.
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talking to a pimple on his cheek. unfucking original! I'm sure i've seen the chubby chaser plot theme before too, and the whole lose weight shit. That Delta Burke tv show. Fucking Lifters!
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Dec 09, 2008 2:47:23 PM CST
And The Dairly OddParents had a kid with a talking pimple...
by derlanghaarige
...before Family Guy had it.
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God Damnit!
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I Dont Want Faup God Damnit! Im A Dapper Dan Man.
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Let Yo Soooooouuuul Glooooow
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... loved the first one and I am seriously disappointed they're making an unneccesary sequel. And what is more, that it is going to ignore the logichal consequences of the first one (the cops were still looking for Tracy for assault!)
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Only way I would watch.
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was the single most scary thing in a Hollywood movie. I couldn't finish watching Hairspray because he/she/it looked just too damn freaky for me to feel entertained, let alone comfortable.
Seriously seeing Travolta's face coming out of a supposedly woman's body, and a mother at that. It's wrong. It's just sooooo wrong. What - aren't there any actual women that could have played the role? -
please go somewhere else, thank you
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Hairspray rules! I saw that movie thrice at the cinemas. Bring on part two!!! Pimple plot sounds a bit odd though.
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What does Hairspray have that Transformers and Iron Man do not?
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apples and volkwagens anyone?
Bit like comparing Singin' In The Rain with The 7th Voyage of Sinbad. Both are hugely entertaining in their own ways. You don't like one way, your loss. -
Just saying Iron Man bored the crap out of me and has no artistic integrity!
You are miss interpreting my comparison. The comparison I made was in terms to one film having artistic integrity and one not. I was not pointing out a resemblance or similarity between them... Your simple black and white mind came to that conclusion.
And I did say "Iron Man bored the crap out of me." with "me" being the key word. The article ragged on Hairspray so I ragged on it's polar opposite.
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I'm not "miss interpreting" anything. You're bored by Iron Man and not by Hairspray (essentially your words). Both are not boring, you just prefer Hairspray entertainment to the Iron Man variety.
But just out of the morbid curiosity of my simple mind, how do you define artistic integrity?
Top notch comic book story, acting, costumes, special effects, music, etc. not good enough for you eh? But Travolta in a fat suit - that's class? -
That's the question Hollywood really should ask itself more often. Why remake what is arguably John Waters' best film (and inarguably a decent film no matter how you look at it) as a soft-centred musical? and why make a sequel to the soft-centred musical? Why? Why ??? Answer: $$$
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The original was better. Partially because it had a slight sleezy feel to it. A little subversive. It did not take itself so seriously or have that over produced feel to it. A sequel of the remake will be even further from the original. And John Travolta is generally boring.
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And Elmer's boil wants world domination. (Pustulio from "Invader ZIM", however, never talked.) Oh, I almost forgot one-"The Drew Carey Show".
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Have we not learned our lesson when it comes to sequels to musicals?
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Someone please tell me that Shaikman was joking. Seriously, he HAS to be. As a fan of the Broadway musical and the movie, those plot lines take away from what made Hairspray great. Hairspray is about overcoming obstacles despite appearance, be it weight, skin color, age, etc. And it's done in a light-hearted, fun way. When I heard they were making a sequel, I figured it would be awful, and this just solidifies it.
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...where John Waters goes commercial. What's next, cats and dogs living together?!?!?!
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A Whole New Do
Now THAT'S a John Waters title.
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