Posted on 03/02/2010 10:49:27 PM PST by tlb
A much-talked-about new version of "The Rockford Files" for this fall has found its new James Garner.
Movie star (and former Julia Roberts boyfriend) Dermot Mulroney has been cast to play Jim Rockford, the honest-man private detective that Garner made famous in the 1970s.
Mulroney has been playing romantic, leading men in movies like "The Wedding Date" and "Must Love Dogs" since the mid-1990s.
Filming on a pilot for the series is set to begin next month in LA -- but with the show's well-known name and film-star lead, it seems a sure bet to be on NBC's fall schedule this year.
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There is only one Jim Rockford. This show will tank. Why can’t these dopes come up with a new idea.
This is so stupid... There’s only one Jim Rockford, and that’s final.
am i the only one now humming the music....??
A metrosexual Jim Rockford? Bombs away.
That music is the ring tone I hear when my son calls my cell phone. :)
NBC hasn’t learned from their remake disease: Knight Rider.
And she’ll always be coming to the rescue of minorities, muslims, and 3rd world immigrants. Plus don’t forget those who are backing this brainwashed female super solider program and attempting to control her to further their financial gain and world domination will be a secret society of republicans, christian conservatives & religious leaders who are always leading double lives, and defense contractors smoking cigars. The usual hollywood honey bucket of fermenting liberal crapola.
I loved that on the original show Rockford always drove a Gold Firebird, even if he had a new model every year. He lied in a Trailer but always had a brand new car. LOL
NBC is the dumbest network ever. Yes it was superior in the Friends/Seinfeld/ER time, but it has not done anything since. I watch CBS and Fox exclusively. Two networks that know how to do it right. NCIS/NCIS LA...Fox 24/American Idol. It does not seem to difficult to make good programming.
There’s also a new Hawaii 5-0 coming. Confirmed actors I can remember are Jin from Lost and Boomer from BSG remake.
BUMP what you said. This project is sheer lunacy.
(And I'm saying that knowing that Pierce Brosman is my Brother In-Laws friend).
lied = LIVED
Damn that spell check!
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