Grease (upcoming film)

Grease is an upcoming American jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Lindsay MacKay, written by , it is based on the 1971 musical by and , and is a "Nickelodeon-ized reimagining" and "homage reboot" of its' 1978 film adaptation of the same name.
==Cast==
* as Principal Katherine McGee
*Josh Gad as Coach Victor Calhoun
==Production==
Paramount and Nickelodeon announced that another adaptation of and 's 1971 musical was put into development it was also confirmed to be a "jukebox reboot" of the 1978 film adaptation with Josh Gad and as producers, Travolta and Kleiser will return as executive producers. The film's storyline will be similar to the original film, but will be set in 1964 with some changes (Dear Evan Hensen and Tick... Tick... Boom) was hired by Gad to write the script which was easy, the hardest part is finding a director, after countless hours searching Canadian director Lindsay MacKay (Swearing Jar) was hired by Banks as director, the film will address peer pressure, love, friendship, teenage rebellion, class consciousness, class conflict, and racism.
===Casting===
 as Principal Katherine McGee, a younger version of the character from the original film and Josh Gad as Coach Victor Calhoun, a younger version of the original character.
===Characters===
===Music===
Songs from the original film will be used in the film along with songs from the 1960s to give the audience that nostalgic atmosphere and ambiance.
===Filming===
Filming will take place in British Columbia, Canada Point Grey Secondary School will be used as Rydell High, Starlight Drive-In Theatre will be used for the drive-in theater scene, filming will also be held at Vancouver Film Studios for the Frosty's Shop scene and workshop scene where Danny and the T-Birds are working on Grease Lightning