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Release date United Kingdom: TBA, DVD release: TBA

Director: Adam Shankman

Cast:

John Travolta as Edna Turnblad
Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle
Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle
Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad
Nicole Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad
Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingleton
Allison Janney as Prudy Pingleton
James Marsden as Corny Collins
Zac Efron as Link Larkin
Brittany Snow as Amber von Tussel

About:

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad (Nicole Blonsky) and her best friend Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes) audition to be on The Corny Collins Show and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle (Brittany Snow) and her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos. With Queen Latifah as hip DJ Motormouth Maybelle, John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Jim Broadbent as Wilbur Turnblad, James Marsden as show host Corny Collins, and Zac Efron as Amber/Tracy's boyfriend, the popular and cute Link Larkin.

Genres:
Comedy - Mystery

Producers: Mark Kaufman Neil Meron

Writers: John Waters (1988 screenplays) Leslie Dixon (screenplay)

Studio: New Line Cinema