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The Hollywood Reporter reports:

More than two years after it was first announced, filming has begun the Grease prequel TV series. Originally titled Rydell High and ordered at HBO Max before moving to Paramount+ and gaining a new title, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies has unveiled its cast and begun production in Vancouver.

Set four years before the beloved original feature film, the series takes place in 1954. Here’s how the ViacomCBS streamer describes it: “before rock ‘n’ roll ruled, before the T-Birds were the coolest in school, four fed-up outcasts dare to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever.”

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I, for one, did not anticipate a “Grease” prequel TV series. https://t.co/VnnN3geupf

— Howard Sherman (@HESherman) January 31, 2022