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Posted By: Sebrioth
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Posted On: Mar 17th, 2009, 12:52 pm
Source: HollywoodReporter.com
Category: General
Language: English
Subject: • 'MacGyver' getting revived as feature film
New Line is using twine, bubble gum and a pencil to throw "MacGyver" into development as a feature film.

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

Dino De Laurentiis is exec producing.

"MacGyver" was a science-oriented adventure series that ran from 1985-92 on ABC. 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.

Two telefilms starring Anderson aired in the years after the show's cancellation. The character eventually achieved enough cultural penetration to become a reference for anyone attempting to jury-rig a solution out of household items. "Saturday Night Live" took the concept to the next level with its spoofs "MacGruber," starring Will Forte.

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.
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Gus
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Posted By On Tuesday, March 17th 2009 1:20 pm  
Unless Richard Dean Anderson plays MacGyver, I'll be avoiding this movie like the Plague.
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Posted By On Tuesday, March 17th 2009 7:04 pm  
Without RDA and a roll of Duct Tape this film will FAIL!
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Posted By On Tuesday, March 17th 2009 7:42 pm  
I'll definitely watch it! I love Richard Dean Anderson so as long as he is supportive of it - I'm there! He just might know that he's no longer the right actor for the character. But whoever they pick has some mighty big shoes to fill. And they had better make a very respectful reference to Dana Elcar.
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Posted By On Wednesday, March 25th 2009 12:38 am  
No RDA, not watching this either because it will fail - that we all know, and I hope the people in charge of this production know it too.

I have not watched Max Payne for the same reason... you can't just do it - somethings just won't work.
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