Thurber to Write & Direct Magnum P.I.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=12856

Source: Variety
January 24, 2006

Rawson Marshall Thurber will write and direct the big screen adaptation of Magnum P.I. for Universal Pictures, reports Variety. Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment are producing.

Thurber directed 2003's summer comedy hit Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story for 20th Century Fox. Along with that film's star Ben Stiller and producer Start Cornfeld, Thurber set up a high-concept comedy last week at DreamWorks Pictures.

When Imagine first optioned the original 1980s action series in 2003, Mike McCullers, who co-wrote the last two "Austin Powers" sequels with Mike Myers, was hired to pen a draft.

Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley and Larry Manetti starred in the TV series

 

[War Lord]

Sigh.

 

[Sava]

s**t

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

s**t

Don't hold back.

 

[Sava]

i'm not

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Well I am. I don't wanna get banned.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I was never that much of a fan o the TV show but i guess they are gonna go the spoof route that they went with Starsky and Hutch which means it could be funny,Tom Selleck parodies have the potential to produce gold

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I thought Tom Selleck movies were already parodies??

 

[Hunter Rider]

I thought Tom Selleck movies were already parodies??

no their mostly bad comedies or B thrillers but im talking about some actor getting to parody Selleck's Magnum persona

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

no their mostly bad comedies or B thrillers but im talking about some actor getting to parody Selleck's Magnum persona

Oh yeah...I always get those mixed up.

 

[Sava]

Ben Stiller?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Ben Stiller?

To obvious,they need to cast someone unexpected in the role

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Ryan Reynolds for Magnum P.I.?

 

[Sava]

To obvious,they need to cast someone unexpected in the role

Tom Selleck ... damn, they really wont see that sucker coming

 

[DDRSkata-Away]

It's gonna be someone from the Frat Pack. Probably Stiller, Ferrel, Vaughn, or one of the Wilsons.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Tom Selleck ... damn, they really wont see that sucker coming

 

[Sava]

It's gonna be someone from the Frat Pack. Probably Stiller, Ferrel, Vaughn, or one of the Wilsons.

Vaughn could be good

 

[Sava]

yeah, i should be a casting director

 

[Hunter Rider]

yeah, i should be a casting director

Dude if you were working for Universal you could have cast The Hulk as Hulk

 

[Sava]

Dude if you were working for Universal you could have cast The Hulk as Hulk

Hogan?....

 

[Hunter Rider]

Hogan?....

No the big green dude

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I still say Reynolds.

 

[Sava]

No the big green dude

he would have asked for too many purple pants...

 

[Hunter Rider]

I still say Reynolds.

I could see him in a perm wig with some OTT chest hair doing well in the role

 

[Hunter Rider]

he would have asked for too many purple pants...

Always the same with these big stars,want want want