Zac Efron backs out of Footloose

By Kevin Coll • March 24, 2009 • 4 Comments

So I just got wind of this story from First Showing where apparently, Zac Efron backed out of the deal on the Paramount fast tracked Footloose re-make where we last heard he got script approval as well. When we reported this last October we were told that Efron was in the process to set a deal that will pay him a mid-seven-figure salary and give him script approval.

Here is what First Showing says,

“Zac Efron has officially dropped out of Footloose movie after being announced back in October. Efron has said that “he didn’t want to make a musical at this point [in] his career” and HitFix is reporting that he was “also incredibly disappointed in the script the studio was trying to fast track into production.”

Well I guess Efron used that script approval and showed Paramount the door. I wonder if there is more to the story? Theory – maybe Efron is getting more money on another project? Maybe Johnny Quest is getting more push and they really want him in the film and there was a scheduling conflict? Obviously I am speculating majorly but who knows. To be honest I bet the script sucked and Efron is tired of doing musicals, I would be after being Disney’s pawn for 3 musicals.

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