American ‘shock jock’ Howard Stern has partnered with the new independent film company Arclight Films and acquired the rights to remake classic comedies ‘Rock n Roll High School’ and ‘Porky's’. The movies, which will be billed as ‘Howard Stern presents’ will be privately funded – Stern hopes to get major label distribution at a later date. Screenwriters for the remakes are expected to be commissioned in the next month.
"These are two movies that I actually like, and I always thought to myself that they were the kind of movies that you think, 'Oh yeah, I would like to see an updated version of that,'" Stern told reporters. "If I say to an audience, particularly my audience, this is 'Howard Stern Presents,' it means something to them. It means that it's going to be crazy. It means that it's going to be different, and they know I'm not going to be giving them any schlock."