Hooters: The Movie

Hooters: The Movie tells the founding story of the famous restaurant chain, following Ted and Lenny, two small-town Iowa friends whose road trip to Clearwater Beach, Florida in search of a woman named Diane leads to the creation of a national restaurant empire. The independent feature is being produced by members of the original Hooters founding partners, with Jon Rosenbaum directing from a screenplay by Ed Droste, Phil Olson, and Chuck Melcher. Production is scheduled to begin in November 2026, filming primarily in the Tampa/Clearwater, Florida area where the original Hooters restaurant opened in 1983.