Hairspray (2007)

[MacGuffin]

Teasing out Travolta
Source: USA TODAY




Hollywood musicals haven't been a sure thing lately, so the brain trust behind Hairspray wanted a ringer for their remake.

And who better than the guy who cut a rug in Grease and Saturday Night Fever?

"John Travolta is our generation's greatest musical star," says Hairspray producer Neil Meron. "With those two movies, he became an icon of movie musicals. And there aren't many left."

Nor are there many hits. After Moulin Rouge and Chicago, many predicted Hollywood would be dancing its way to a genre revival. But The Producers, Rent and The Phantom of the Opera stumbled.

So filmmakers needed a star who sings as well as he acts, says director Adam Shankman. Travolta, in drag, plays Edna Turnblad, whose daughter Tracy (newcomer Nikki Blonsky) confronts racism in 1960s Baltimore. Travolta inherits the role from Divine in the original 1988 film and Harvey Fierstein in the Broadway show.

The real discovery, Shankman says, is the chemistry between the veteran and rookie. "When she walked on set for the first time, it was like she had been doing it for 30 years. John melts around her. They are so cute together, it's unbelievable."

[Pwaybloe]

Gross.

[Kal]

I think that is how he really will look 25 years from now after several cirguries and 2 sequels to Saturday Night Fever

[bonanzataz]

i'm gonna have to say, after seeing that picture, the casting of travolta is...

[MacGuffin]

Teaser Cast List Trailer here.

[Kal]

That really sucks... too many names... sucks!

[grand theft sparrow]

No more teasers without footage!  Get John Waters to do a trailer for this.

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[MacGuffin]

Trailer

Release Date: July 20th, 2007 (wide) 

Starring: John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Queen Latifah, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow, Nicole Blonsky, Zac Efron 

Directed by: Adam Shankman (The Pacifier; A Walk To Remember)

Premise: Set in Baltimore during the 1960s dance TV craze, a zaftig high school hairhopper, Tracy Turnblad, graduates from outsider to celebrity trendsetter and along the way she stars on "The Corny Collins Show," wins the heart of resident hunk Link Larkin and kicks down the barriers for black and white integration on local television.

[Kal]

John Travolta is on less than 10 seconds in that trailer, what the fuck is that

[MacGuffin]

In brief: Travolta under fire for Hairspray
Source: Guardian Unlimited
 
John Travolta has hit back at gay rights activists who have called for a boycott of his new film, Hairspray. Travolta reprises the late Divine's role as the oversized Edna Turnblad in the forthcoming remake of John Waters' kitsch 1988 comedy. But critics, including the editor of leading gay newspaper Washington Blade, have claimed that the actor has "no business" playing an iconic gay role because they allege that his Scientology faith is homophobic. However, Travolta defended the role in an interview with The Scoop website. "There is nothing gay in this movie," he said. "I'm not playing a gay man. Scientology is not homophobic in any way. In fact, it's one of the more tolerant faiths. Anyone's accepted."