Truly, Truly, Truly Outrageous! JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS Movie A Go!

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Eighties ladies and gays everywhere received the news we’ve long waited to hear on Friday when Hasbro, Blumhouse Prods, Justin Beiber’s manager Scooter Braun and director Jon M. Chu announced that we’re finally… finally… getting  a Jem and the Holograms movie. Hopefully Mr. Chu and company can capture the campy, kitschy spirit of the original show and apply it to the cartoon that inspired countless of drag queens.

I honestly haven’t been this excited for a cartoon adaptation since Josie and the Pussycats got the big screen treatment. (For real. No sarcasm.) Though, I would be lying if I said I wanted to see Jem and the Holograms. I’m really in it for The Misfits, who were quite obviously the superior musical performers.

It’s worth noting that Chu most recently directed an adaptation of every straight boy’s favorite 80s cartoon with G.I. Joe: Retaliation. But Chu also has Justin Beiber: Never Say Never under his belt. Throw in a few technicolor wigs, and bam, you have your movie.

Now just because everybody needs a little Jem on a Monday morning here’s this: