MacGyver: The Movie

[royterp]

I'm not sure what I think about this yet...

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

Discuss amongst yourselves.

[pruben]

MacGyver was one of my favorite TV-series when I was younger. I loved how Mac got out of problems. I don't watch MacGyver nowadays, but I would see the movie when it comes out.

[simontrent]

Am kinda nervous about this. Hopefully they give RDA a cameo? Only time will tell.

Maybe a MacGyver meets O'Neill movie? lol

[bjkrautk]

The problem with a movie version of MacGyver is this: how many times can you get the character into the sequences that he would have to "MacGyver" himself out of within a 90-minute film? That's why we all loved the character....and while it works in serial form, it's difficult to connect 2-3 of those situations in a form that you'd want to see.

...it's been a long time since I've seen the series, but I do vaguely recall there was a recurring killer character that could make for an interesting premise.


I can't imagine that it's going to be good enough to actually want to see it in the theaters.

[scoobydiesel]

idk this idea really scares me lol but i think it could also be done very well but i dont think thats what they will aim for.