Now this desecration of another cultural icon!
Is nothing sacred???
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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Will do!
If the Dobes are not on the show, I couldn’t care less about this.
:)
I think its just another lunacy buzz feed idea, pops up during a full moon or some other celestial event, and as an avid Selleck fan i just cannot really get into it, only if its a very good actor. Will have to wait and see after Trump wins because most of these stupid ideas will get “fired”.
And with a possible future home purchase on Oahu it just doesn’t wow me.
She is too old. Sounds like a dud already. No one can replace Tom Selleck.
What’s next? Highway Patrol?
I’m 6’ 3”, you can have me.
Why can't we have Carson Drew's daughter?
The Doberman’ will be replaced with poodles
No. Women must be deprived of tough men and settle for lesbianism with cute metrosexuals cheering while watching.
It doesn’t say Longoria is going to be in the show. It says it’s being produced by the same people who are producing another show she is in. At least that’s how I read it. It doesn’t sound like they’ve picked the lead actress yet.
Whether it works or not will just depend on whether it’s good show in it’s own right.
I watch Magnum PI every day on Encore....still my favorite show.
Without Higgins and Magnum? No fun, no thanks.
Now this desecration of another cultural icon!
Is nothing sacred???
CHiP-ettes.
Am 6’2 myself but have zero desire to be on screen and I wouldn’t want to see me anyway.
Have you seen the Jesse Stone movies with Selleck?
Great!
Most of these remakes/reboots, what have you, turn out to be ghastly to execrable. I’ve seen ads for the MacGyver reboot, and to call it horrid would be an understatement. Some insufferable blonde, femme-looking twat hanging from the underside of an airplane ? Yeah, that’s about as far from Richard Dean Anderson’s dignified portrayal as you can get. I predict a swift, merciful death.
Why do they have to remake these shows? Aren’t they all creative geniuses like we are led to believe Hollywood is?
Lethal Weapon, Hawaii 5-0.....ect.
I was in my preteen years when Magnum was on Thursday nights (Simon & Simon came on afterwards).
I wasn’t in to boys at all, but I knew there was something very special about Tom Selleck in shorts. Mmmm.
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