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Victoria Justice and Reeve Carney Join Laverne Cox in Upcoming Rocky Horror Reboot

The new TV film will hit the airwaves in 2016.

Reeve Carney will play Riff-Raff in Fox's upcoming film remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Reeve Carney will play Riff Raff in Fox's upcoming film remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Additional casting has been revealed for Fox’s TV upcoming remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Orange Is the New Black Emmy nominee Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

Cox will be joined by Victorious leading lady Victoria Justice as Janet, Ryan McCartan (Heathers the Musical) as Brad, Reeve Carney (Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark) as Riff Raff, and Staz Nair (Game of Thrones) as Rocky Horror.

The film will be presented on the Fox network in 2016 as a two-hour taped broadcast directed, choreographed, and executive-produced by Kenny Ortega. Additional executive producers include Lou Adler and Gail Berman. Full casting will be revealed in the coming months.

The original Rocky Horror film starred Tim Curry (Dr. Frank-N-Furter), Susan Sarandon (Janet), Barry Bostwick (Brad), Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff), Patricia Quinn (Magenta), Nell Campbell (Columbia), Jonathan Adams (Dr. Everett V. Scott), Peter Hinwood (Rocky), and Meat Loaf (Eddie).