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Another tv show is being turned into a movie. Yes, because movies adapted from CHiPs, Yogi Bear, Bewitched, Lost In Space, Land Of The Lost, Starsky & Hutch, Sgt. Bilko, The Honeymooners, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Mod Squad, The Dukes Of Hazzard, Inspector Gadget and Car 54 Where Are You were just oh-so-successful.
Downton Abbey movie with original cast gets greenlight
https://www.thewrap.com/downton-abbe...ets-greelight/
Today in Hollywood unoriginality: Believing there is "gold" in remakes, 20th Century Fox is planning a third movie adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel Call Of The Wild.
Harrison Ford in negotiations to star in Call Of The Wild
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...aAqx?ocid=AMZN
Tommy Pickles is probably wondering how Hollywood film studios can be in such a pickle that they can't come up with any original ideas.
Nickelodeon is reviving the animated series Rugrats with 26 new episodes and a live-action film
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/ru...aVyI?ocid=AMZN
I hate to sound catty but here is the latest example of Hollywood's unoriginality:
Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Ian McKellen to star in Cats movie adaptation
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...QTOS?ocid=AMZN
Vampires can be slain but remakes, reboots and sequels will never die. Today in Hollywood unoriginality:
Buffy The Vampire Slayer series reboot will have a black lead
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/bu...SwSm?ocid=AMZN
Deadwood was centered around an 1876 gold strike in South Dakota. In 2018, Hollywood must think it can strike gold by turning the tv series into a movie.
It took 12 years but HBO has confirmed the Deadwood movie is happening
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...725-story.html
"Hello, Doctor Crane. Thank you for taking my call. I have a very real fear that Hollywood is going to keep churning out reboots, remakes and sequels. Can you help me?"
Frasier reboot being explored by Kelsey Grammer and CBS
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/fr...3rTv?ocid=AMZN
"Good morning, Angels. Your assignment is to waste millions of dollars making a movie version of the 1976-81 tv series that starred my original Angels. I have to warn you that the movie will probably bomb. Do you think you can handle this assignment?"
Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska, Naomi Scott to star in Charlie's Angels reboot
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...6jMo?ocid=AMZN
I'm guessing Archie Bunker will be a black Democrat living next door to a bigoted white Republican, the Jeffersons will be Muslims dealing with persecution, Maude will be a transsexual, and the Evans family will be illegal immigrants -- JJ's catchphrase will be "Im-mi-gra-tion!"
Norman Lear To reimagine All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude via deal with Sony Pictures TV
https://deadline.com/2018/07/norman-...tv-1202434917/
Today in Hollywood "scraping-the-bottom-of-the-barrel" unoriginality:
Peter Dinklage to star in Rumplestiltskin movie for Sony
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...9xpx?ocid=AMZN