Posted on 03/03/2010 1:50:47 AM PST by tlb
The seven castaways of "Gilligan's Island" have found a home at Warner Bros. and Atlas Entertainment.
The studio and production company have begun development on a feature film based on the iconic CBS sitcom, which generated solid ratings during its three seasons between 1964 and 1967 and then found something close to eternal life in syndication.
Charles Roven and Richard Suckle are onboard to produce for Atlas, with Brad Copeland penning the screenplay. Original show producer Sherwood Schwartz is aboard to exec produce along with son Lloyd Schwartz.
Plans are for a contempo take on the well-known premise and characters, with the studio and the Schwartzes' blessing Copeland's initial idea for the screenplay. Roven told Daily Variety that he's hoping to start production as early as next year but won't move forward on seeking a director or cast until Copeland's script is completed.
"The characters are so good," Roven added. "We think it's going to be a great story to transport these cultural icons to the modern day."
No casting's been set although Sherwood Schwartz said in an interview last year that he was interested in Michael Cera playing the lead role.
Roven's credits include "The Dark Knight," "Batman Begins," "The Bank Job," "The International," both "Scooby-Doo" pics and the upcoming "Season of the Witch."
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Hollywood could do wonders with “My Mother The Car”.
Obama could make a surprise appearance — flipping people off and picking his nose.
Yeah in a remake of Flipper! lol
Be a great theme song. If Leno is ever convinced that Obama is a “flipper” and a “picker”, our president would be the lamest duck ever.
So far the guy reminds me of “Flubber”.
one wonders why reasonably intelligent people will commit money for this fiasco. you simply cannot remake GI. they’ll try to put some deeper meaning into it, and ruin it totally.
the only TV show that made good movies was the Babyloon 5 series, and those were only made for TV, adn not big screen.
Is this a Billy Joel song?
An age discrimination suit was recently settled for writers. All the studios and producers want ideas only from kids and that’s what’s killing them. Of course, it’s mostly just kids who go see the crap anyway.
And the answer to the ever present question "Mary Ann or Ginger?" once again is "Mary Ann".
(Its ALWAYS Mary Ann!)
Yes. Indeed.
Jim Carrey as Gilligan
Jim Belushi as The Skipper
Kelsey Grammer as Thurston Howell III
Wendie Malick (Nina from "Just Shoot Me") as Lovey Howell
Yup. Loved the series—as a kid. Can’t imagine how they could dress it up to make me want to see it as an adult. Or maybe they’ll make it darker. Let’s see.....Thurston Howell III starts cannibalizing his fellow cataways....starting with MaryAnne.
Forget the remakes just bring back the oldies like Laural and Hardy,Amos and Andy.
Strangely that is very close to one of my persistent dreams as a young man, with me playing the part of the millionaire that is...
(Wait, did I say that out-loud?)
Uh.....thanks for sharing.....I guess.....
Now THAT’s funny.
With Sherwood Schwartz on board the show will be funny and maintain a decent course. He narrates the creation of Gilligan’s Island on the DVD set for first series and shows the pilot episode. The original series nearly never made it to TV because the Hollywood execs were not believers. IMO Gilligan’s Island may be the best TV series ever. Still good for a ton of laughs.
Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley from Harry Potter) as Gilligan
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