Category: Reboots and Remakes
Lizzy Caplan Will Star In The Paramount+ TV Series Adaptation Of “Fatal Attraction”
I don’t know how many times the executives at Paramount+ heard people whisper, “Hands off the classics, please,” when it was announced earlier this year they were thinking of turning the 1987 erotic thriller and top-tier Glenn Close performance, Fatal Attraction, into a TV series. Because let’s face it, an erotic thriller, and one as high-caliber in the over-the-top drama department as Fatal Attraction, has no business being adapted outside of any decade besides the 80s (the 90s get a pass, but only based on its close proximity to the 80s). Not to mention doing it without Glenn Close seems wrong, but, it’s still happening, and we learned today that it will star Lizzy Caplan.
Fox Is In Talks To Bring Back “24” And Would Also Love To Do A Revival Of “Glee”
You’ll never guess what Hollywood is up to! Oh, honey, you wanted a twist? Well, you’re never going to get one. The people at Fox are in “active creative discussions” to bring back 24, which starred Kiefer Sutherland. 24 has already been brought back twice: as a limited series and a remake that starred Corey Hawkins. But now Fox is thinking about how to bring Kiefer back into the world of highly-time-sensitive anxiety-inducing terrorist drama. They’re also thinking about bringing other Fox hits back like Glee! Wow, and my skin just finished growing back after crawling off from the first version of that show.
NBC Is “Standing By” For A Reboot Of “The Office”
Rumors of a reboot of the American version of The Office have been swirling since Christ was a cowboy (2017-ish). Back then NBC’s plan was to have a Steve Carrell-less revival ready for the 2018-2019 television season, just five years after the original ended in 2013. Obviously, that didn’t happen. But now that NBCUniversal’s launched their Peacock streamer and spent a cool $500 million buying The Office rights back from Netflix, the idea is back on the table. Yesterday NBCUniversal’s content chief Susan Rovner told Deadline that whenever The Office showrunner Greg Daniels wants to do one, “we’re standing by.” Then she whispered, “Please come back, baby,” and burst into tears.
Nicole Ari Parker Has Reportedly Replaced Kim Cattrall In The “Sex And The City” Revival
You know, in a metropolis like New York you would expect the cast of Sex and the City to have had at least ONE Black friend (and Jennifer Hudson as Carrie Bradshaw’s suffering assistant doesn’t count. And I say “suffering” because of the ugly purse that Carrie gave her). But no. And now, twenty-three years after its premiere, the producers must have said to themselves “Wait, there are black people in New York too?” because they have decided to throw beautiful sistah Nicole Ari Parker into the mix for the revival. And now it’s being reported that Nicole’s character completes the foursome after Kim Cattrall decided that she no longer wants to deal with Sarah Jessica Parker.
Open Post: Hosted By The End Of The “Punky Brewster” Revival After Just One Season
Pour one out for the most annoyingly precocious child on TV who grew to be an annoyingly precocious adult. In a move that surely NOBODY saw coming, Punky Brewster has been canceled. The revival of the 1984 series followed a grown Soleil Moon Frye as she navigated motherhood and divorce and life as a photographer, all while taking in another precocious child just like she was way back in the day. I mean, with a description like that how could you not watch it? Apparently very easily, as the series only last one measly season on NBC’s Peacock streaming network.
Open Post: Hosted By The Trailer For “He’s All That,” Which Jameela Jamil Thinks Looks Terrible
The original She’s All That wasn’t really all that to begin with so people had low expectations for He’s All That, the gender-swapped remake starring TikToker Addison Rae, going in. Well, the trailer is here, and let’s just say expectations were met! Exceeded even, considering that Addison’s best adult friend Kourtney Kardashian pops up out of nowhere. No wonder Jameela Jamil #TookToTwitter to proclaim — “This looks objectively Fucking terrible.” And she’s right. The “nerd” (Tanner Buchanan) Addison makes over doesn’t even wear glasses! I’m like, come on. How else are we supposed to know a transformation has occurred? Make! It! Make! Sense!