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==Remake== {{main|The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again}} "[[The Rocky Horror Glee Show]]" aired on 26 October 2010, as part of the [[Glee (season 2)|second season]] of the television series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''βand recreated several scenes from the film, including the opening credits. It featured Barry Bostwick and Meat Loaf in [[Cameo appearance|cameo roles]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=27 October 2010 |title=Sugarland Tops Kings of Leon on Billboard 200 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/952529/sugarland-tops-kings-of-leon-on-billboard-200 |access-date=17 November 2021 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> An [[Glee: The Music, The Rocky Horror Glee Show|EP album]] covering seven songs from the movie was released on 19 October 2010.<ref>{{cite magazine |title='Glee' Announces 'Rocky Horror' Album Details |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956052/glee-announces-rocky-horror-album-details |first=Jason |last=Lipshutz |date=28 September 2010 |access-date=17 November 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> On 10 April 2015, the [[Fox Network]] announced it would air a modern-day [[reimagining]] of the film, titled ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again''.<ref>{{cite journal |date=10 April 2015 |title='Rocky Horror Picture Show' TV Remake In Works At As Fox Special |url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/rocky-horror-picture-show-remake-fox-gail-berman-kenny-ortega-1201407925/ |access-date=11 April 2015 |journal=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=10 April 2015 |title=Fox remaking 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/04/10/rocky-horror-picture-show-fox |access-date=11 April 2015 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> On 22 October 2015, Fox announced that the role of Dr. Frank N. Furter would be played by transgender actress [[Laverne Cox]].<ref>{{cite journal |date=21 October 2015 |title=Laverne Cox starring in Rocky Horror remake |url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/ustv/news/a674916/orange-is-the-new-blacks-laverne-cox-is-replacing-tim-curry-as-dr-frank-n-furter-in-foxs-rocky-horror-show.html#~prUknm4TENCgIC |access-date=23 July 2016 |journal=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> [[Ryan McCartan]] played Brad, alongside [[Victoria Justice]] as Janet, with [[Reeve Carney]] as Riff Raff and singer/model [[Staz Nair]] as Rocky.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stanhope |first=Kate |date=4 January 2016 |title=Victoria Justice Joins Fox's 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Remake |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6828976/victoria-justice-rocky-horror-picture-show-remake-ryan-mccartan |access-date=4 January 2016 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> [[Adam Lambert]] portrays Eddie.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adam Lambert to Co-Star in Fox's 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/adam-lambert-set-rocky-horror-855928/ |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> Tim Curry, who portrayed Dr. Frank N. Furter in the original film, portrays the Criminologist.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Spanos |first=Brittany |date=15 January 2016 |title=Tim Curry Lands Role in 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Remake |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/tim-curry-lands-role-in-rocky-horror-picture-show-remake-20160115 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> On 1 February 2016, the network announced that Broadway veteran [[Annaleigh Ashford]] would portray Columbia.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 February 2016 |title=Annaleigh Ashford Joins The Rocky Horror Picture Show |url=https://comingsoon.net/tv/news/652819-tony-award-winner-annaleigh-ashford-joins-the-rocky-horror-picture-show |access-date=2 February 2016 |website=[[ComingSoon.net]]}}</ref> On 5 February 2016, [[Ben Vereen]] joined the cast as Dr. Everett von Scott.<ref>{{cite news |last=Moylan |first=Brian |date=19 October 2016 |title=The fan rituals that made Rocky Horror Picture Show a cult classic |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/19/rocky-horror-picture-show-fan-rituals-fox-remake |access-date=17 July 2017 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Kenny Ortega]], best known for the ''[[High School Musical]]'' franchise and ''[[Michael Jackson's This Is It]]'' (2009) directed, choreographed and executive-produced the remake; [[Lou Adler]], who was an executive producer of the original film, has the same role for the new film, which premiered on Fox on 20 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jayson |first=Jay |date=22 October 2015 |title=Orange Is The New Black's Laverne Cox To Star In Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake |url=https://comicbook.com/2015/10/22/orange-is-the-new-blacks-laverne-cox-to-star-in-rocky-horror-pic/ |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref>
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