MacGyver

"We think we're a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise." That's not exactly a line that inspires confidence when coming from a major Hollywood studio, especially New Line, the studio that supposedly died last summer. But none of the executives behind a planned reboot of MacGyver as a feature film seem remotely worried-- maybe they've inherited some of the confidence of their main character. THR is reporting that Raffaelle De Laurentiis, Dino's daughter, is producing with Martha De Laurentiis and MacGyver creator Lee Zlotoff. There's no writer yet, and the article doesn't mention whether or not they're tapping Richard Dean Anderson to reprise his iconic role. Anderson has proven more than willing to revisit the character on SNL's MacGruber sketches, but you've got to wonder whether a studio wants to kick off an action franchise with a 59-year-old in

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Does MacGyver have all the right parts for a big-screen hit? New Line seems to think so.
The resourceful secret agent who favored brains over brawn is about to become a leading man in a movie adaptation of the classic ABC adventure series, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Raffaella De Laurentiis, daughter of Dino De Laurentiis, is producing alongside Martha De Laurentiis and original series creator Lee Zlotoff. The trio is currently in search of ...
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Let’s see you get yourself out of this one, MacGyver! (Insert evil villain laugh here.) Okay, so the villains on the ’80s TV show MacGyver never really offered up evil laughs, but they should have considering how easy MacGyver kept getting out of their traps. Now New Line Cinema wants to revive the character into a possible movie franchise, cause why the hell not, am I right? Via THR: 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, who will oversee with Sam Brown and Walter Hamada. The original starred Richard Dean Anderson, an incredibly resourceful
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