BEST. NEWS. EVER.

I was disappointed when I first heard that Zac Efron gave up the lead in the "Footloose" remake. Now I'm thinking it was the best move he ever made.
It has been confirmed that Gossip Girl hunk Chace Crawford has been given the lead. Let's put it this way...this is like finding out on your 21 first birthday that your first legal pull at a slot machine just netted you 1,000 dollars. Ok, maybe not quite, but I still think this is the best news out of Hollywood since...well I can't think of anything to compare it to right now because I'm still in euphoria.
Chace will join an already star-filled lineup which includes "Hayden Panettiere, Amanda Bynes and "Dancing With the Stars" pro dancer Julianne Hough", according to US Weekly.
If you are as big a fan of this news as I mean then keep checking back because I promise I'll find every update possible to post on the EBUZZ blog. Thank God it's coming out next year so the wait won't be for too ridiculously long.

Zac Efron cuts "Footloose"

Everybody cuts, everybody cuts. Everybody cuts, everybody cuts. Everybody cuts Footloose!

Apparently "Everybody" includes tween heart throb Zac Efron. EW is reporting that the star has pulled out of the project in an attempt not to get pigeon-holed into the musical genre. Ok, does anyone else think that sounds like a load of B.S.? Zac you've got a good thing going for you. Don't pull a Hilary Duff and bite it in the but. Duff tried to untie herself from her Disney image. After disasterous movie after disasterous movie it looks like "Lizzie McGuire" might have been better off doing a sequel.
It would be one thing if Efron signed on to do ANOTHER High School Musical. But this was going to be a remake of a class (if you can call a Kevin Bacon film a classic). This wasn't a Camp Rock, or some other stupid Disney franchise development deal.
Zac assumes that he has the range as an actor NOT to get pigeon holed. I'm not so sure. Good looks can only take you so far. I suppose I'll have to see "17 Again" to discover whether or not the kid has the talent to make it in other genres. I sort of hope that someone else snatches up the now vacant role and makes a huge name for himself...