Everything to Know About ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’: Plot, Cast, Release Date and More

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Tell me more! The forthcoming Paramount+ series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies will follow a new crop of singing Rydell High students.Although the teaser is underscored by the original 1978 film’s classic title track, the new musical comedy series boasts 31 new original songs by hit songwriter Justin Tranter.“I worked on the show for seven months straight and I still listen to the music every day,” Marisa Davila, who plays Jane, told Entertainment Weekly in December 2022. “There’s absolutely no way you can get tired of them.

It’s a no-skip soundtrack. Justin and their team managed to mold together the old ’50s style of music with a modern day take on it.”The series takes place in 1954 — four years before the events of Grease — and tells the origin story of the Pink Ladies.

Before there was Rizzo, Frenchy or Jan, there was Jane, Nancy (Tricia Fukuhara), Olivia (Cheyenne Wells) and Cynthia (Ari Notartomaso).“The Pink Lady pledge is to act cool, to look cool and to be cool.

Till death do us part, think pink,” the foursome recites in the trailer.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesAlthough Rise of the Pink Ladies is a prequel, it was important to creator Annabel Oakes to preserve the spirit of the OG movie, which starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.“Fans of the original should be happy,” Oakes told EW in December 2022. “We call Grease the mothership and we always are talking about how we have to pay homage and respect the mothership.”The Virgingate writer added that she didn’t think a pure reboot was necessary.“I thought, ‘Nobody needs a new Grease.