Dekker for Fame remake

Terminator star in talks to take a lead role in MGM’s remake of the 1980 musical Fame.

Thomas Dekker, the star of ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,’ is in talks to take a lead role in a remake of the 1980 musical ‘Fame.’


Dekker is gunning to play Marco, a working-class kid with some gnarly acting chops who is competing with thousands of hopefuls to get into and survive an elite New York public high school for the arts.


Written by Allison Burnett, the revamp will be directed by Kevin Tancharoen, a director and choreographer who has worked in TV (MTV’s “DanceLife”), on music videos and on tours for such singers as Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson.

 

The original ‘Fame,’ directed by Alan Parker, followed an ensemble of ambitious young performers and teachers as the kids worked their way through the prestigious New York Academy of Performing Arts. The film was nominated for six Oscars and won for best score and best original song, ‘Fame,’ performed by co-star Irene Cara. It was then spun off into a TV series.


The film is expected to hit cinemas late 2009.