DreamWorks developing 'Fall Guy' movie

BrookieD

A movie based on 1980s TV series The Fall Guy is reportedly in the works.

Producer Walter Parkes and studio DreamWorks are developing the film, based on the action-adventure series starring Lee Majors, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The original show aired from 1981 to 1986 on ABC. Majors played a Hollywood stuntman who moonlighted as a bounty hunter. The series was known for its elaborate stunts and explosions.

The Fall Guy is the latest in a string of recent 1980s TV series to receive the big screen treatment, including The A-Team and the upcoming Equalizer film with Russell Crowe attached to star.

is nothing from the 80's safe?:mad: I remember The Fall Guy was some what entertaining but a movie on this would fail big style:rolleyes:

Kess73

Would have to agree that the spate of 80's tv show being made into films over the last five or six years have been rubbish.



Thankfully the big screen version of Magnum PI has floundered.


Matthew McConaughey as Magnum, Tyrese Gibson as T.C., William H. Macy as Higgins, and Steve Zahn as Rick was the proposed line up. I would have found a way to put a bullet in all their heads if they had made the film version.


Tom Selleck is Thomas Magnum, nobody else is acceptable.

I have no problem with big screen versions of classic TV, Miami Vice was a great film and managed to capture the feel of the show. Most films based on shows turn them into a joke, look at Starsky and Hutch, a rather gritty and adult for its time show turned into a piss poor comedy which made fun of the original.

paddyismaddy

bad idea

Mickeroo

Used to watch the Fall Guy when I was kid, don't particularly want to see a movie of it though.....still looking forward to The A-Team I have to say.