More 80s remakes are on the way. Footloose was announced long before the new Karate Kid did Kung Fu on the box office charts -- pardon the mixed martial arts metaphor -- but it's finally got a principal cast and a release date. It'll open in April 2011. Today they announced that dancer Kenny Wormald won the lead role (once meant for Zac Efron). Kenny will kick of his Sunday shoes to cut loose, footloose in the famous Kevin Bacon role.
The producers claim that that Bacon magic will...
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