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STAR TREK Writers Kurtzman & Orci Book New HAWAII FIVE-0 Pilot For CBS!! Be There!! Aloha!!
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Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the screenwriters behind J.J. Abrams’ big-screen “Star Trek” movie, got a pilot commitment from CBS Thursday for a new “Hawaii Five-0” pilot!
Way back in August 2008, CBS announced it was developing a “Five-0” with “Criminal Minds” showrunner Ed Bernero. I guess that one didn’t work out.
The original 1968-1980 crime drama followed a fictional state police agency charged with protecting the citizens of the nation’s 50th state.
“CSI: NY” writer-prouducer Peter Lenkov will serve as “Five-0’s” showrunner should it go to series.
Last year’s Bernero version was to center on Steve McGarrett’s son, who would have exactly the same job his dad did. Had I known of the Orci/Kurtzman this afternoon, when I was attending an Orci/Kurtzman press conference in Santa Monica, I would have asked them if the plan now is truly to reboot.
Perhaps if he notices this article, boborci will offer in talkback more details on the project.
CBS, which is also developing a remake of "The Streets of San Francisco," loves cop shows!
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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That show was on for 12 years? How about that.
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Yet another pointless remake. Pass.
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Any charm that Five-Oh has is it's time period... Zzzzzz. Are you sure you guys- Orci & Kurtz aren't already in purgatory? ;-)
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today, Herc. Great Trek, Fringe updates. What?? You visit coax all the time & you don't follow Herc?
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Why not S.W.A.T.? Yes, I know it was done as a film, but I am suprised that it has been choosen to be redone as a TV series, yet.
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let me guess....
it will involve time or dimensional travel.
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But I'd rather do without a remake unless it's going to be good . . . and there's no reason to think Orci/Kurtzman will make it good.
The only remade series I ever liked was "Mission Impossible" and it had Peter Graves back in it.
Lord Lord has taken his black suit to a different Paradise. -
Well....someone had to say it!
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Eat this turkey alive, Asi. Don't drink all of your tequila at once though! Orci still has the VIEWMASTER movie in the works!
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Why not remake all TV shows...lets do Chips, or Hillstreet Blues, or in a few years, we can remake the X-Files or Lost. Yay, Hollywood!!!!
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I saw this idea in a talkback awhile back and I can't get the awesomeness out of my head. It would essentially be like having Jack Bristow back on TV again. These guys should be doing this instead if they have to remake something. These guys essentially know the character having written Alias for several years.
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The whole "three laws of robotics" thing was stupid.
Anyway, I remember Hawaii 5-O when I was a kid. Yeah, I'm that old. I'll check this new one out, I guess
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Come on... you know it. Hell, that one episode even smirkingly referenced it. The Other Dimension people are "this" versions alien conspiracy. At least so far it's been sorta entertaining... I've lost some hope lately though.
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Oct 08, 2009 10:25:03 PM CDT
Why? Just stick to original ideas! Screw remakes/adaptations!
by br1947
I've hated pretty much everything they've done... except Fringe. Really enjoyed it, if they can come up with original material like that, why are they bothering to destroy classic material?
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Showing scantily clad women in bikini's and you just might have something.
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Because, really, that's the only reason I even returned for a second season of the otherwise asstastic X-Files ripoff that's minus the hot female lead (Anna Torv just comes across bitchy and as unappealing emotionally as she is physically). The most appealing character in the whole show is Astrid, and she gets almost as much screen time as Bishop's fucking cow.
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It better. At least a cameo by the original 5-0 crew explaining how they screwed up the timeline.
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The only episode I remember was when some "mad scientist" guy tries to drive McGarrett insane by putting him in a sensory deprivation tank and leaving him there for hours/days. They pull him out and he was like..(paraphrase)"..yeah I like occupied my mind by thinking about stuff to avoid going insane...duh." That is pretty much what he said. Book 'em Orci. You can have that one for free.
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When McGarrett and DanO are busy giving each other hand jobs, they can call in Dog and his gay Under Armor wearing inbred pseudo toughs to parade around suggestively.
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Original Five-O fan here. Nothing really good can come of this, I suspect.
THIS JUST IN: CBS has greenlit a re-imagining/remake of THE CBS EVENING NEWS with WALTER CRONKITE. -
All gay, all the time
Also no one arrested is guilty, they are all victims of society or police violence.
In one episode the police will merely stand-by as Critical Mass (cyclist) protesters riot, smashing windows and threatening a family in a mini-van. -
Oct 09, 2009 12:44:23 AM CDT
This time Five-O will have to have a bitch & a Negro
by borock_a_boomer
Probably no queers but don't rule it out
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I'm too young to have ever seen the original, but isn't the basic concept Hawaii + Cops? Did they reeeally need to re-use the name of an old show? Or is it just for the theme song? At least Galactica had some kind of mythology I'd at least heard of before they remade it. This show, all I have ever heard is "book em Dan-O." Will Dan-O return for the new series so they can re-use the catch phrase? Is Dan-O related to five-O?
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Or are they paid in cocaine, like low-rent porn stars? Why are having to endure their hacky bullshit so much lately?
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based on writing ability?
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Leave SWAT alone.
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Maybe I just assumed it would be made into a movie since that's generally what happens with old, successful TV series. Just waiting on a Little House on the Prairie movie announcement. Hopefully Laura Ingles will spend the entire film sucking cock in the background of every scene.
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BRILLIANT!!! And Hawaii-Five O was on for THAT long? wow.
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I mean seriously, who watches this network? My last time was when Dukes of Hazzard was on the air. No CBS show has appealed to me since then. That's saying a lot coming from a TV junkie.
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The show was halfway decent in a 80's vibe sort of way. They should've had Hicks and Balfour as the main guys.
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Raven, Golden Years, American Gothic, and Hard Time on Planet Earth come to mind. Though I was just a lad when several of those were running so they may not be...and probably aren't...as great as I remember.
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Oct 09, 2009 1:10:17 PM CDT
Well, at least it won't be the gayest fucking show on TV
by _palmer_eldritch
That's now officially Ghost Hunters.
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It would be cool if Tom Selleck makes an appearance. I rather have a Magnum PI remake than a Hawaii 5-0 one.
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"Eat my dust, robotcop."
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Another cop show and a re-tread at that. Why is anyone wasting time on this? Are there no new ideas out there anywhere? Anyone? Please!!!!!!
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Cop shows on CBS for the 50+ crowd. CBS just needs to become a cable station and rename the station Fogies.
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Since the hackmasters are involved.
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To me , there is only one actor versitile and talented enough to fill Jack Lord's shoes. Gary Cole....his work on American Gothic still gives me chills.
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That's a no brainer.
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I remember the original H50 and while it was a big hit and could be very entertaining, it was by no means perfect nor was Jack Lord the be-all and end-all when it comes to actors or his role in it. Hawaiian locals often made fun of the plots and misrepresentation of the Hawaiian islands in the original so an update could be just what it needs.
All remakes DON'T fail as evidenced by the Star Trek movie of last summer which actually recast the original principal cast members with great success. Battlestar Galactica is another example of a remake which succeeded beyond all expectations and there is no reason to think the new H50 won't be another such success.
I can't understand why some people have to be so gloom and doom when they have yet to see a single frame of film from the new series. It's only fair to give a show a chance before declaring it a failure and actually watch it before forming such negative opinions.
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