Overview
- The project, titled Hooters: The Movie, is being independently produced by the restaurant’s original founding partners with casting currently underway.
- Jon Rosenbaum, an Emmy‑nominated filmmaker, is attached to direct from a screenplay credited to founders Ed Droste, Phil Olson and Chuck Melcher.
- The official story frames the film as a buddy comedy and inspiring biopic about two friends, Ted and Lenny, and Diane, who becomes the first Hooters Girl, including a plotline about federal government pressure.
- Principal photography is scheduled for November with production planned mainly in the Tampa/Clearwater area and casting led by London/Stroud Casting.
- The founders’ direct involvement signals an authorized, founder-led retelling that ties back to Hooters’ 1983 start in Clearwater and could bring local economic activity and renewed attention to the brand’s origins.