Three decades after Remington Steele launched the career of Pierce Brosnan, the romantic comedy/drama procedural is getting a next-generation reboot, this time as a half-hour comedy. NBC, which aired the original hourlong series for five seasons between 1982-1987, has nabbed the sequel project from 20th Century Fox TV, which owns rights to the show via News Corp’s acquisition of Remington Steele producer MTM. Titled Remington Steele, the reboot follows Olivia Holt, the daughter of Remington Steele and Laura Holt, as she reopens the once-world-famous Remington Steele Detective Agency — only to fall into the same hilarious, action-packed, romantic entanglements of her parents. Jay Scherick and David Ronn are writing the script and Ruben Fleischer is set to direct the project, which has a script commitment plus penalty. The three are executive producing, with Fleischer’s executive Heather Petrigala as producer.
In the original series, Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist), a licensed private detective, recruits a con man (Brosnan) to pose as fictitious male superior Remington Steele at her detective agency. (Watch the opening sequence to Henry Mancini’s theme music below.) While sparks between the two were flying from the first episode, Holt and Steele did not get together until the series finale. The dramedy, which co-starred Doris Roberts, helped establish shows with strong, independent women at the center and is credited as being a precursor to the similarly themed Moonlighting
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In the original series, Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist), a licensed private detective, recruits a con man (Brosnan) to pose as fictitious male superior Remington Steele at her detective agency. (Watch the opening sequence to Henry Mancini’s theme music below.) While sparks between the two were flying from the first episode, Holt and Steele did not get together until the series finale. The dramedy, which co-starred Doris Roberts, helped establish shows with strong, independent women at the center and is credited as being a precursor to the similarly themed Moonlighting
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Oh no! I can't believe they are making this into a comedy... just not right..
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOO!!!! It's bad enough they have destroyed all the TV shows in "MOVIES" - Dukes of Hazard; 21 Jump Street and the list goes on but to destroy by doing a remake is just the worst thing in the world. While it had comedic anecdotes the show launched Pearce Brosnan and made him into the star he is today. Don't let them do it!
ReplyDeleteOh no! This was one of my favorite shows as a kid.. they will ruin it!
ReplyDeleteThis is so exciting, I was a big big fan of the original, how it works as a half hour comedy remains to be seen, but the concept sounds great, one things for sure I' ll check it out!!
ReplyDeleteThey are murdering the show. The original had Pierce freaking Brosnan, wtf are they thinking?
ReplyDeleteThey are basically just using character names, because they are turning it into a 30 min comedy, so not even the same style will be used. I don't know why even call it Remington Steele.
I never saw the original, but this just sounds wrong..... but on the other hand it does sound like out of the box thinking (other than the remake part) to try something unexpected... so we'll just have to see
ReplyDeleteStupid. Remingston Steele was awesome. Pierce Brosnan, seriously, just...please NBC, don't do this.
ReplyDeleteCastle (show) reminds me of Remington Steele.
ReplyDeleteReboots, sequels, prequels, reimagining are four things that should be banned.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to feel like a mockery isn't it - I've not encountered a classic being re-done as a comedy and it just feels like mockery. Even if it's really good, and funny, it feels like an insult or something! Strange.
ReplyDeleteAs i was reading the headline i was thinking okay another reboot,it could work,then i read comedy..
ReplyDeleteYour right,it is a mockery!