But as bad as Fred Phelps is, there’s always somebody worse. Well, maybe in this case, there’s not. In order to find someone more loathsome than our boy Fred, we have to look to the world of fiction. So, we did. Here are seven other preachers and holy men from the world of cinema who are worse than Fred Phelps.

Eli Sunday – There Will Be Blood

Eli Sunday is a little high on himself and his holy power, claiming that “God doesn’t save stupid people.” I guess he’s right in some ways. After all, he does stupidly provoke Daniel Plainview to steal from him and issue multiple beatings. He should have just been happy with his milkshake.

Archbishops - The Godfather III

Anyone who has ever paid for a wedding knows that priests love free meals and being tipped out. So why Michael Corleone would hand over $600 million to the Vatican and expect a return on his investment is beyond me. All is really earns him is a lot of bloodshed. Including his own.

6 photosJulianne Hough

The story seems to be the exact same as the Kevin Bacon original, except now the high school students are crumping. Because all kids in 2011, even in the small towns, crump almost daily. The census taught us that.

John Lithgow‘s big, bad dad is now played by Dennis Quaid. Hmm…what else? The lead character shows up for the first day of school in a hipster tie, so it’s hard to feel sorry about everything that happens to him from that point on. Then Julianne Hough comes in with her attitude and sunglasses and hips. I like that.

And from there characters appear to race modified school buses in a junkyard. What? Yes.

Random Quote: “Oh I wish you could love yourself, the way that I do.” – From her song, “Love Yourself” off her self-titled debut.

Good news and bad news about the Footloose remake. The good news is it’s no longer a Zac Efron vehicle, and it’s no longer based on the Broadway musical. The bad news: it’s still a remake. Dancing with the Stars’ Julianne Hough plays Ariel Moore in director Craig Brewer’s version and she spoke about the remake while promoting her first film, Burlesque, this weekend.

“It’s so true to the original and so fitting for our time the way the script is done right now,” Hough said. “I don’t really dance that much in it. I mean, I do but I had to kind of, not dumb down my dancing but tone it down a little bit. ‘Tone down the hairography’ is what Craig Brewer and I called it.”

Ariel is the daughter of the preacher who bans dancing from his small town in Footloose. The Kevin Bacon original was daring in 1984, so that gives the remake license for 2011. “It’s really a drama with dancing in it rather than a dance movie,” Hough said. “When you look back at the original, it was really edgy. It would probably be rated R in our time now. We’re definitely pushing the envelope a little bit too. The fact that she gets hit in the movie and there’s black eyes. There’s weed in the original movie. It’s like well, they had it so we can do it. So that’s one thing that’s good about redoing the original.”

They still probably shouldn’t remake Footloose, but at least if they do, they can get it right. “Less based on the stage musical, it’s more like the original movie. I’m so happy because I’ve been attached to it for so long, probably about a year and a half now.  It was going to be a big musical and I was going to sing in it and dance in it. Then they changed directors and cast and everything. It’s so wonderful that everything happened the way that it did to get to where it’s at.”

Footloose is due out in 2011.

The cast for the Footloose remake has finally been set. Yaaaaay… Julianne Hough is already on board to play the girl, and Dennis Quaid is playing John Lithgow‘s role of Strict Preacher Father. But I’m guessing you want to know who’s filling Kevin Bacon’s fancy shoes?

It’s Kenny Wormwald! You probably remember him from the MTV series "Dancelife" and the film Center Stage: Turn it Up, the sequel to Center Stage. He  can dance, and the film’s director, Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow), must also think he can act. Why else would be turn down Zac Efron and Chase Crawford for at unknown? Oh and some kid named Miles Teller is playing the Chris Penn friend to Bacon role.

Listen, all of this is moot unless Kenny Loggins comes out of hiding and records a new song for the soundtrack. Or Kanye just remixes the original "Footloose" pop sensation. Imagine what Strict Preacher Father would think if all the kids were listening to black people music. Getting crunk is forbidden in his little town.

Are you a male, age 18 or older, who has a natural rhythm and loves to dance? If so, would you be interested in driving your father to alcoholism by playing high school senior in the upcoming remake of the Kevin Bacon classic, Footloose? Well then, what are you waiting for, Cinderella? Let’s get you ready for the ball!

Paramount has begun casting for the film and has put out a call for digital audition videos to be sent in via email. Nothing could go wrong there; just ask Chris Klein.

As the casting call clearly states, applicants do not need to be a trained dancer, provided they are a quick learner (i.e. you’ve learned to keep your damn mouth shut about the casting couch).

Click here for your chance to be in Footloose.