EW has shared an exclusive first look at Emmy Award-nominated actress Laverne Cox (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK) as Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Tony Award winner Ben Vereen as Dr. Scott in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, which is set to air Fall 2016 on FOX. Victoria Justice, Adam Lambert, Christina Milian and Annaleigh Ashford will also star. Check out the first look below and click here for a second image from the show featuring Reeve Carney and more!

The two-hour event is a reimagining of the cult classic, which is celebrating 40 years of theatrical distribution -- longer than any other film in history. One of the most popular films of all time, it still plays in movie theaters around the world.

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW follows sweethearts Janet Weiss and Brad Majors, who stumble upon Dr. Frank-N-Furter's bizarre abode. Frank-N-Furter, a sexually ambiguous flirtatious alien mad-scientist, is holding an annual, Transylvanian Science convention to showcase the birth of 'Rocky Horror' -- a fit, attractive man created solely to fulfill Frank's desires.

Ben Vereen recently co-starred with Richard Gere in Time Out Of Mind, which opened last fall. A Tony and Drama Desk Award winner for his renowned performance in Bob Fosse's Pippin, Mr. Vereen's Broadway credits include Wicked, I'm Not Rappaport, Chicago, Hair, Fosse, Jelly's Last Jam, Jesus Christ Superstar, and A Christmas Carol. In 2010, Ben completed a successful run in the world premiere of Fetch Clay, Make Man, directed by Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys) at theMcCarter Theatre. Film: Idlewild, All That Jazz, Sweet Charity, Funny Lady (Golden Globe nomination), Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Once Upon a Forest. Television: The legendary television miniseries Roots, How I Met Your Mother (recurring), Grey's Anatomy (Prism Award), Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark's An Accidental Friendship (NAACP nomination), Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style, Ellis Island (Golden Globe Nomination), Anne Rice's Feast of All Saints, Zoobilee Zoo, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He recently co-starred in Paramount Studios' Top Five with Chris Rock.

Laverne Cox is an Emmy Award-nominated actress who is best known for portraying the groundbreaking role of transgender inmate "Sophia Burset" on the hit series ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. She is the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on a mainstream scripted television show. Cox recently added another drama to her resume as the lead of the CBS pilot DOUBT. Additional TV credits include THE MINDY PROJECT, GIRLFRIENDS' GUIDE TO DIVORCE and FAKING IT. She also appeared opposite Lily Tomlin in the feature comedy GRANDMA, from acclaimed writer and director Paul Weitz . Her groundbreaking documentary, LAVERNE COX PRESENTS: THE T WORD, won a Daytime Emmy Award and was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award. Her next trans-themed documentary, FREE CECE, is scheduled for release in 2016.

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is from FOX 21 Television Studios and The Jackal Group. Adler and Berman will serve as executive producers. Emmy Award winner Kenny Ortega ("High School Musical" franchise, "This Is It," "Descendants," "Hocus Pocus," "Newsies") will direct, choreograph and executive-produce.

Photo credit: (Steve Wilkie/Fox)

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