With Magnum P.I. becoming a movie you knew it was only a matter of time before the 80s other big, television action sex-symbol got his shot at the big screen too. Gizmodo is reporting that MacGyver may soon get his Hollywood due.
The news comes straight from the lips of show creator Lee David Zlotkoff, who says a big budget MacGyver movie is in the early planning stages. Apparently he has all the movie rights and thus full control of everything which happens. Perhaps that will save it from the disappointing fate of other period big screen translations like Starsky & Hutch, where characters were recast with replacements and played for comedy. If Zlotkoff is smart, he’ll do what no other TV show to movie translation has managed, and bring back the guy who made MacGyver who he is: Richard Dean Anderson.
Anderson’s older, but he’s still got jump. Not long ago he was playing the lead on Stargate SG-1. If Harrison Ford can still play Indiana Jones, then there’s no reason we can’t have a MacGyver movie with Richard Dean Anderson. Unfortunately, Hollywood being what it is, we’ll probably get a mulleted Matthew MacConaughey wielding Mac’s duct tape.
What, you don't remember the greatness of MacGyver? Here's a refresher:
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Agreed, RDA is as good now as he ever was, hes older, but hes aged very well and his tenure with SG:1 has made him a better, more exerienced actor. I think it would be great to bring him back... as long as Shia Lebouf doesnt play his smart-alek-young-son-taking-over-the-family-business.
I cant stand that kid.
MacGyver ran for 7 seasons it was as though Richard Dean Anderson was teaching america's youth how to live straight. Using anyone other than the man that mastered the art of getting out of a jam would be a waste of my money, and everyone else who decides to see it id they use another actor. Richard Dean Anderson had a spirit of realism...he was believeable who else are you going to find that plays hockey, and get out of a jam and make it look real?
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With Magnum P.I. becoming a movie you knew it was only a matter of time before the 80s other big, television action sex-symbol got his shot at the big screen too. Gizmodo is reporting that MacGyver may soon get his Hollywood due.
May 5th, 2008 at 15:20
Agreed, RDA is as good now as he ever was, hes older, but hes aged very well and his tenure with SG:1 has made him a better, more exerienced actor. I think it would be great to bring him back... as long as Shia Lebouf doesnt play his smart-alek-young-son-taking-over-the-family-business.
I cant stand that kid.