MacGyver is Coming to the Big Screen!

[Galactus]

By Garth Franklin
Sunday, May 4th 2008 11:06am
"MacGyver" creator Lee David Zlotoff announced at Maker Faire 2008 this weekend that a big budget "MacGyver" movie is in the planning stages.

According to Gizmodo, Zlotoff mentioned he ended up with the movie rights years ago (extremely uncommon), giving him full control over the film.

Further specifics were not mentioned, and no formal announcement has been made.

 

[ord0g]

This is gonna be interesting.

 

[Riven]

Oh boy...

 

[Matt]

Do we really need a MacGyver movie when you have a great show like Burn Notice on USA which is essentially MacGyver updated for the 21st century?

 

[Riven]

Yeah, I don't really get what was ever so great or exceptional about MacGuyver that could succesfully translate into a movie today.

I mean, the main shtick of the show was a guy who works for this agency, goes to investigate something and gets into a dangerous situation, which he resolves through the use of a penknife and duct tape.

I don't see a major blockbuster movie going with the penknife/duct tape angle in the big third act set piece, so if you take that away, what's left? Generic-Action-Hero-Movie #37991052...

 

[IRON_Lad]

Maybe it'll be about his son

 

[terry78]

I assume it'll either be played for laughs like Starsky and Hutch, or they'll update it so he's actually having to concoct stuff with just literal spare parts, only done in more realistic light. I'm trying to think about who would make a good Macgyver.

 

[Dr Lee]

I can't see them doing this without something from RDA in there somewhere

 

[Kent]

I loved this series as a kid, and would love to see a big budget movie (if done right).

As a silly fanboy, I'm gonna suggest Nathan Fillion as MacGyver.

 

[Zacky]

I cant believe that they would even consider making this into a movie

 

[GhostPoet]

I'm usually fine with remakes...but honestly...in this case. If Richard Dean Anderson isn't Mcgyver...I have no interest in watching this.

 

[Rac]

RDA or no deal.

 

[terry78]

"How did you do that, MacGyver?"

"I fashioned a miniature nuclear reactor compiling a toothpick, some Big League Chew, and a calculator battery."

"You've done it again."

 

[wellsy]

Question: will Patty and Selma have a cameo?

 

[Hunter Rider]

I love MacGyver, it's the only one of those old 80's action series i can still watch without cringing b/c he wasn't a plug in 2D "type", he was a full character. I'm not the fanboy type but i just can't imagine anyone other than RDA as MacGyver.

 

[RickO'Connell]

No Richard Dean Anderson as MacGyver then no sale

 

[Matt]

I love MacGyver, it's the only one of those old 80's action series i can still watch without cringing b/c he wasn't a plug in 2D "type", he was a full character. I'm not the fanboy type but i just can't imagine anyone other than RDA as MacGyver.

Yeah, I tend to agree. Sadly the producers will probably cast Ashton Kutcher or something.

 

[Bruce_Wayne29]

I'm usually fine with remakes...but honestly...in this case. If Richard Dean Anderson isn't Mcgyver...I have no interest in watching this.

Totally agree. I want this to happen but WITH RDA.

 

[Symbiotic]

Yeah, I tend to agree. Sadly the producers will probably cast Ashton Kutcher or something.

They're not that stupid...right?

 

[Pink Ranger]

No Richard Dean Anderson as MacGyver then no sale

Yeah, either RDA or Will Forte.

 

[RickO'Connell]

Yeah, either RDA or Will Forte.

Or how about Richard Dean Anderson or no sale

 

[GhostPoet]

hehe...I just thought of something worse. They'll bring RDA in on the film...but he won't play MacGyver and will instead play MacGyver's DAD with a very small, side-kick role.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53731

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
March 16, 2009


The Hollywood Reporter says that New Line Cinema is bringing MacGyver to the big screen.

Raffaella De Laurentiis, daughter of Dino De Laurentiis, is producing through her Raffaella Productions along with Martha De Laurentiis and series creator Lee Zlotoff. Dino De Laurentiis is executive producing.

"MacGyver" ran on ABC from 1985-92. 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.

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.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Aren't there better shows they could make into a movie?

 

[Galactus]

I cant believe that they would even consider making this into a movie

In a time when Hollywood is preparing movies based on just about everything, even a movie based on Monopoly, or are remaking just about every movie ever made, or doing big screen versions of old tv-series, nothing is surprising anymore.