Grease Live! is a 2016 English-language Musical Romance movie written by Robert Cary and Jonathan Tolins. The movie is directed by Thomas Kail and Alex Rudzinski. The film originally aired on Fox. Grease live! stars Julianne Hough in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Carlos Penavega, Carly Rae Jepsen, Keke Palmer and Kether Donohue. The movie is based on Grease Grease. The film has a running time of 130 minutes. It was released on 31st January 2016 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Paramount Television.