Posted on 09/23/2016 1:09:37 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
EXCLUSIVE: A famous 1980s title is eyeing a comeback. ABC has nabbed Magnum, a sequel to the classic series Magnum P.I. that starred Tom Selleck, with a script commitment plus substantial penalty. The project, from Leverage creator John Rogers and Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, will keep the fun, action-packed style of the original as it follows Magnum’s daughter, Lily “Tommy” Magnum, who returns to Hawaii to take up the mantle of her father’s PI firm. She and her tribe of friends mix tropical beaches with the seedy underbelly of international crime and modern espionage, even as she tries to unravel the mystery of the blown spy operation that ended her career in Navy Intelligence.
Rogers will write the script and executive produce through his Kung Fu Monkey banner alongside UnbeliEVAble’s Longoria and Ben Spector and Kung Fu Monkey’s Jennifer Court. Universal TV, which owns rights to the original series and where UnbeliEVAble is based, is the studio.
Longoria and Spector, whose UnbeliEVAble is under an overall deal at Universal TV, looked at the studio’s catalog for titles that could be suited for reboot. They identified Magnum P.I. as particularly viable and relevant, and then Rogers unlocked a way in with Thomas Magnum’s daughter that he took custody of in the show’s finale. While the trio felt that rebooting the series with another Thomas Magnum would be daunting, focusing on his daughter was an organic way to update the franchise.
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My favorite books forever! Loved them.
Why can’t we have real males of any height? I’ve been wondering a lot about that lately.
They need to make a gender-bender remake of “Cannon”.
Rosie O’Donell, starring.
:D
“another woman replacing the man..it’s getting ridiculous”
I know. On the new “Hawaii Five-0”, Kono is a girl. I’d rather have “Zulu as Kono”.
“every friggin move now has a woman replacing ..Star Wars, ghostbusters,etc..
I’m getting sick of it and the agenda is obvious.”
I think market forces will prevail. I started watching a movie with a female lead. She was an FBI hostage rescue lead. She could do anything a man could do. So, while the team was full of 250 pound men, she went in first and did the shooting. I made it about 15 minutes in and turned it off.
will go over as well as female ghost busters.
No, in this case and the other she is the PRODUCER
I believe the new “Longmire” season begins on Monday.
“I believe the new “Longmire” season begins on Monday.”
Come to think of it, it could begin today.
Like “SVU”, where a 130lb female routinely manhandles 6’4” 230lb suspects?
I would never insult William Conrad and Quinn Martin like that.
I read a couple Longmire mysteries recently. It sounds weird to say, but the show is better than the books
“Longmire” on Netflix is an excellent series”
Yep, and I just received an email this morning that season five is now available to watch.
*What wally_bert said.*
William Conrad especially.
Great actor - the original radio “Matt Dillon”!
The Voice of narration for Rocky & Bullwinkle and The Fugitive.
And my favorite detective - Nero Wolfe.
I wince at the mention of that gnarly hose beast in the same context as William Conrad.
Magnum PI as a woman. Yet another “reboot” of an old show conformed to PC liberal sensibilities.
She is waaaayyyyyyy past ‘prime time.’
Magnum and Rockford Files. Real men.
I am sure they will eff it up with SJW BS.
Like your moniker.
This sounds terrible...but does it surprise anyone?
Wish they had gone forward with the Magnum movie scripted by Tom Clancy(!). If crowdfunding had existed back then, this would have happened.
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