Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Movies: Magnum PI film
The movie people have finally gone too far. I didn't particular care if they turned "Charlie's Angels", or "Bewitched", or "The Brady Bunch" into movies, because I didn't particularly care (good or bad) about the tv show in question. Now, though, the movie people are turning one of my favorite tv shows into a movie. I'm rather annoyed and disappointed.
According to Variety.com, Magnum, P.I. will be turned into a film (article here). Rawson Marshall Thurber is mentioned as director and writer (Thurber apparently was behind the "Terry Tate, Office Linebacker" commercial(s?) and was the writer and director for "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" - the Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller movie), Brian Grazer is producing and original show creators Donald Bellisario ("JAG", "Quantum Leap", "NCIS") and Glen Larson ("Battlestar Galactica", "Knight Rider", "Buck Rogers") are executive producing. Apparently the co-writer (Mike McCullers) of the two Austin Powers sequels was given the first shot at writing the screenplay.
No news on actors is yet forthcoming.
CNN also has an article about this issue ("'Magnum P.I.' coming to big screen"). That article mentions that Thurber plans to make a film similar to the original show and not a spoof (which might have happened with McCullers at the writers desk).
According to Variety.com, Magnum, P.I. will be turned into a film (article here). Rawson Marshall Thurber is mentioned as director and writer (Thurber apparently was behind the "Terry Tate, Office Linebacker" commercial(s?) and was the writer and director for "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" - the Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller movie), Brian Grazer is producing and original show creators Donald Bellisario ("JAG", "Quantum Leap", "NCIS") and Glen Larson ("Battlestar Galactica", "Knight Rider", "Buck Rogers") are executive producing. Apparently the co-writer (Mike McCullers) of the two Austin Powers sequels was given the first shot at writing the screenplay.
No news on actors is yet forthcoming.
CNN also has an article about this issue ("'Magnum P.I.' coming to big screen"). That article mentions that Thurber plans to make a film similar to the original show and not a spoof (which might have happened with McCullers at the writers desk).
