News ‘True Lies’ Movie Rebooted As TV Series By Fox

[Enterprise is Great]

http://deadline.com/2017/09/true-li...-cameron-fox-put-pilot-commitment-1202170748/

True Lies, James Cameron’s hit 1994 action comedy movie, is headed to television. Fox has given a put pilot commitment to an hourlong reboot of the film, which comes from McG, Arrow co-creator Marc Guggenheim, Cameron’s Lighthouse Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV.

Guggenheim is writing the adaptation, with McG set to direct. The two are executive producing alongside Cameron and Jon Landau via Lighthouse, as well as Rae Sanchini and Mary Viola.

I wish they had made a sequel to True Lies. It's hard to see this working without the two Arnolds.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

And without Jamie Lee Curtis.

 

[Jayson1]

Maybe it will star Eliza Dushku, the daughter all grown up now also being a secret agent and she is keeping it a secret from her boyfriend. Tom Arnold could be her partner and Arnold and Curtis could do guest spots.

Jason

 

[Tosk]

McG huh? Great. [/sarcasm]

Just give me the movie on Blu-ray already. And The Abyss.

 

[Teelie]

Maybe it will star Eliza Dushku, the daughter all grown up now also being a secret agent and she is keeping it a secret from her boyfriend. Tom Arnold could be her partner and Arnold and Curtis could do guest spots.

Jason

As a sequel movie that might work. As an ongoing series I don't think it would last.

These movie to television series adaptions are often terrible anyways. Outside of Lethal Weapon I can't think of a good one off hand that has actually been good.

 

[Jayson1]

As a sequel movie that might work. As an ongoing series I don't think it would last.

These movie to television series adaptions are often terrible anyways. Outside of Lethal Weapon I can't think of a good one off hand that has actually been good.

Well you got stuff like "MASH" but I also can't think of any in terms of action movie transitions except for "Terminator:Sarah Connor Chronicles" which I liked but even it was flawed.

Jason

 

[Tosk]

I can think of a few good ones. Just looking at my TV shelf, I see Fargo, Alien Nation, M*A*S*H, Ash vs Evil Dead, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Max Headroom, Terminator, The Dead Zone.

Oh, and Westworld.

 

[Jayson1]

I can think of a few good ones. Just looking at my TV shelf, I see Fargo, Alien Nation, M*A*S*H, Ash vs Evil Dead, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Max Headroom, Terminator, The Dead Zone.

Oh, and Westworld.

I knew this! I was um hoping everyone else knew it as well. I'm glad you proved the point I was going to make at some point.

Jason

 

[Teelie]

I did say "off hand" although I probably should have added, "also in the last 20 years" too since most of those have long since ended. Although it is on me I completely forgot Ash vs the Evil Dead. It and Lethal Weapon are the two most successful ones in recent times. I liked MASH, Alien Nation, Buffy and WestWorld although IMO WestWorld is more a reimagining than a remake/continuation of a previous movie franchise. Plus the original movie is from the 1970's, before most of the current audience was born or was old enough to watch it when it was new.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

To make it more contemporary instead of "True Lies" it will now be known as "Fake News".

 

[Qonundrum]

I can think of a few good ones. Just looking at my TV shelf, I see Fargo, Alien Nation, M*A*S*H, Ash vs Evil Dead, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Max Headroom, Terminator, The Dead Zone.

Oh, and Westworld.

"Alien Nation" was pretty cool!

"War of the Worlds", at least season 1, had some novel ideas at work - and surviving movie cast members.

"Buffy" wasn't my cup of tea, and the only Joss Whedon show I never got into (Dollhouse, Firefly, Roseanne, etc, were all pretty cool), but can understand why "Buffy" did so well without having to personally like it.

I need to check out "Westworld" - the movie was cool...

 

[Teelie]

WestWorld is great, and the second season promises to be even more of the same greatness if some of the leaked spoilers are to be believed.

 

[jbny67]

There's also the entire Stargate franchise.

 

[Skipper]

I can think of a few good ones. Just looking at my TV shelf, I see Fargo, Alien Nation, M*A*S*H, Ash vs Evil Dead, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Max Headroom, Terminator, The Dead Zone.

Oh, and Westworld.

Serpico? Highlander: The Series? 12 Monkeys? Fame?

 

[Tosk]

Who in the heck watched the quickly-cancelled Serpico?

 

[Skipper]

Who in the heck watched the quickly-cancelled Serpico?

...me?

 

[marillion]

And I was a HUGE Highlander: the Series fan..

slightly off topic, I read today that Jamie Lee Curtis is going to come back for another Halloween movie.. Really? I mean, it's one thing to kill off Michael , but then have him come back in the next movie.. But she died... Will be interesting to see how they explain that one.. Or if they are going to just cancel the canon of H2O and Resurrection and maybe pick up continuity where 4 and 5 left off. I actually preferred much of 4 and 5, and even some of 6 (Paul Rudd!) to the later incarnations with JLC...

Who knows... Will be interested to see what they do...

 

[tharpdevenport]

Keep in mind though Teelie is still spot on. Even though a dozen or so ones that worked were listed, for every one that worked I'd say maybe there are three that failed.

For you "Buffy the Vamprie Slayer" I give you:
1. A "Turner and Hooch" pilot that bombed.
2. A "Coming to American" pilot that was just terrible.
3. A "Remo Williams" pilot that isn't worth your time.

For "Stargate : Sg1", I give you:
1. A failed "Legally Blonde" pilot.
2. The failed "Fargo" pilot from 1997 (that aired in 2003).
3. Or the 1995 obscure pilot "The Conversation" .

I could go on, but I want to do other things.

 

[Tosk]

Who knows... Will be interested to see what they do...

It's a direct sequel to Halloween II, ignoring everything else. Yes, again.

 

[Kor]

The concept of a secret agent hiding his identity from his significant other worked will in True Lies (and probably even better in the original French movie that it was actually a sloppy remake of), and it worked well in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I don't know how well it would work for a whole series... episode after episode of false alarms where it looks like the significant other will find out, but doesn't!

Kor