mr.brighteyes
03-16-2009, 06:44 AM
Merrick here...
Dino and Raffaella De Laurentiis are working with New Line to realize the long-rumored MacGYVER movie.
The marching orders for this one may be enough to spontaneously lobotomize even the heartiest of scribes:
The Fonzie produced series ran from 1985-1992 on ABC, followed by two TV movies a few years later.
New Line is using twine, bubble gum and a pencil to throw "MacGyver" into development as a feature film.
Raffaella De Laurentiis, daughter of Dino De Laurentiis, is producing through her Raffaella Prods. along with Martha De Laurentiis and series creator Lee Zlotoff.
Dino De Laurentiis is exec producing.
"MacGyver" was a science-oriented adventure series that ran from 1985-92 on ABC. Richard Dean Anderson, later of "Stargate: Atlantis" and "SG-1" fame, starred as an incredibly resourceful secret agent for the Phoenix Foundation who frequently would escape from dangerous situations with ingenious and lightning-quick engineering trickery.
Two telefilms starring Anderson aired in the years after the show's cancellation. The character eventually achieved enough cultural penetration to become a reference for anyone attempting to jury-rig a solution out of household items. "Saturday Night Live" took the concept to the next level with its spoofs "MacGruber," starring Will Forte.
No writer is attached, but the studio hopes to find a script that can acknowledge how the concept has staked a place into pop culture yet still makes for a serious and fun adventure movie.
"We think we're a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise," said New Line's Richard Brener, who will oversee with Sam Brown and Walter Hamada.
'MacGyver' getting revived as feature film
New Line developing pic based on ABC's 1985-92 series
By Borys Kit and Jay Fernandez
While I love the idea of a MacGyver movie It's going to be really hard to bring someone in to play the lead character.
That said absolute musts for the movie aside from. of course, MacGyver, are
Pete Thornton and the Phoenix Foundation
Jack Dalton, Cab Driver, Pilot, Con artist.
The Colton bounty hunter family.
Murdock Crazed international assassin that occasionally dresses up as a woman to allude the authorities.
Dino and Raffaella De Laurentiis are working with New Line to realize the long-rumored MacGYVER movie.
The marching orders for this one may be enough to spontaneously lobotomize even the heartiest of scribes:
The Fonzie produced series ran from 1985-1992 on ABC, followed by two TV movies a few years later.
New Line is using twine, bubble gum and a pencil to throw "MacGyver" into development as a feature film.
Raffaella De Laurentiis, daughter of Dino De Laurentiis, is producing through her Raffaella Prods. along with Martha De Laurentiis and series creator Lee Zlotoff.
Dino De Laurentiis is exec producing.
"MacGyver" was a science-oriented adventure series that ran from 1985-92 on ABC. Richard Dean Anderson, later of "Stargate: Atlantis" and "SG-1" fame, starred as an incredibly resourceful secret agent for the Phoenix Foundation who frequently would escape from dangerous situations with ingenious and lightning-quick engineering trickery.
Two telefilms starring Anderson aired in the years after the show's cancellation. The character eventually achieved enough cultural penetration to become a reference for anyone attempting to jury-rig a solution out of household items. "Saturday Night Live" took the concept to the next level with its spoofs "MacGruber," starring Will Forte.
No writer is attached, but the studio hopes to find a script that can acknowledge how the concept has staked a place into pop culture yet still makes for a serious and fun adventure movie.
"We think we're a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise," said New Line's Richard Brener, who will oversee with Sam Brown and Walter Hamada.
'MacGyver' getting revived as feature film
New Line developing pic based on ABC's 1985-92 series
By Borys Kit and Jay Fernandez
While I love the idea of a MacGyver movie It's going to be really hard to bring someone in to play the lead character.
That said absolute musts for the movie aside from. of course, MacGyver, are
Pete Thornton and the Phoenix Foundation
Jack Dalton, Cab Driver, Pilot, Con artist.
The Colton bounty hunter family.
Murdock Crazed international assassin that occasionally dresses up as a woman to allude the authorities.