Rocky Horror Picture Show, perhaps the greatest cult film ever made, a staple of midnight screenings at revival movie theaters since 1975 and a new Broadway adaptation, will be on the bill at Sphere starting sometime next year. Jim Dolan, executive chairman and CEO of Sphere Entertainment (who’s no doubt still celebrating the Knicks championship, as he also owns the team and Madison Square Garden), made the brief announcement yesterday, without any details about the production process or final product, though the press release states, “Sphere Studios will use its advanced technologies to enhance the original beloved 1975 film.” Dolan also noted that Wizard of Oz has broken the three-million-ticket mark, raking in a cool $400 million, in less than a year. RHPS, which ushered the likes of Tim Curry (“Me, I Do the Rock”), Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, and Meat Loaf (Bat out of Hell) to wider fame, will no doubt do well on the giant screen; it single-handedly changed the nature of audience participation at a movie theater. And if you’ve never witnessed the loud, energetic, and raunchy interactions with the film from costumed audience members who throw approved props on the stage at key moments, Sphere will be an epic venue to experience it for the first time.
Source: Las Vegas News