The Jonas Brothers may have a Farting Dog movie going.
But Zac Efron’s fancy footwork in the third installment of the HSM films has landed him the lead in a remake of the classic dance romance, "Footloose."
Paramount has fast-tracked the redux to start production in spring 2009, according to Variety.

The studio has brought on "Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist" director Peter Sollett to rewrite the Jon Hartmere “Footloose." The movie will be aiming for an older teen and adult demo. Efron is also getting a very adult deal, a mid-seven-figure salary and script approval. Nice work, if you can get it.

There will also be some new songs that will complement some of the memorable original tunes. Though the Herb Ross-directed film wasn’t a musical, hit songs included the Kenny Loggins title song as well as "Let’s Hear It for the Boy," "Almost Paradise" and "Holding Out for a Hero." At least some of those tunes are expected to be in the new movie. "Footloose" spawned one of the biggest-selling soundtracks of its era and made Kevin Bacon a teen hearthrob. Oh, we hope Kevin has a cameo in the remake! Puhleeze! It's only fair!

Hey, does this mean that Zac Efron will be joining Bacon’s Six Degrees of Separation game?
As Sarah Palin would say, 'You betcha!' I’m quoting Sarah because it may be a long time before you hear from her after next week’s presidential election. Polls and pundits seem to think that we’ve just about seen the last of Miss Wasilla.

At least until 2012!