"THE FALL GUY" - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to star in Remake of 80's TV show. - Blu-ray Forum

Aerodude73 · 09-06-2013, 03:14 AM

Toronto: Dwayne Johnson, McG to tackle 'The Fall Guy'. (Exclusive)

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Hyde Park will co-finance the big-screen remake of the classic 1980s TV show alongside WWE Studios.

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TORONTO – The long-in-the-works movie version of 1980s TV series The Fall Guy is coming together once again, this time as a vehicle for Dwayne Johnson.

Johnson is in negotiations to star in a big-screen remake that McG is in talks to direct. Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment is financing the action film alongside WWE Studios. Writers Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller (Thor, X-Men: First Class) executed the draft that attracted all the attention.

Amritraj is producing alongside Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, who have held the rights to the property for years. WWE Studios president Michael Luisi also is producing, while McG is in talks to produce as well. The film is being presented to foreign buyers at the Toronto Film Festival.

Fall Guy was an ABC series that ran from 1981 to 1986 and starred Lee Majors as a Hollywood stunt man who supplemented his income by doing bounty hunter work. He was joined on his escapades, which usually involved him transferring a stunt from a movie to the job at hand, by his sidekick cousin (Douglas Barr) and a fetching female stunt actress played by Heather Thomas.

Hollywood has long been trying to translate Fall Guy to the silver screen. The project was set up for years at Warner Bros., and more recently at DreamWorks, where Parkes/MacDonald tried to get it off the ground with Casino Royale's Martin Campbell at the helm and Nicolas Cage starring.

Sources say Hyde Park, which is here in Toronto with the festival's closing night film Life of Crime, will be officially shopping it at the festival in the coming week. Hyde Park will finance the film along with WWE.

Johnson, repped by WME and Gang Tyre, is about to begin shooting Fast & Furious 7.

McG, repped by WME, last directed 2012's This Means War.

** TheHollywoodReporter **

bowlingbilly10 · 09-06-2013, 03:47 AM

Huh. This sounds interesting. I'll watch anything with the rock in it. The rock is one of my favorite actors.

Aerodude73 · 09-06-2013, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

Huh. This sounds interesting. I'll watch anything with The Rock in it. The Rock is one of my favorite actors.

Corrected your post a bit.

But yea, as long as it's an Action type movie, I'm usually in if he's in it as well.

*PREACHER* · 09-06-2013, 03:52 AM

Please find a way to get Majors to make a cameo in it and I'd watch it.

SpiderRock88 · 09-06-2013, 03:54 AM

Nice!

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Aerodude73 · 09-06-2013, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by *PREACHER*

Please find a way to get Majors to make a cameo in it and I'd watch it.

I'd be Shocked if they don't

Wonder if they'll give Heather Thomas a call?

[Show spoiler]

(though, since she's now in her mid-late 50's [DOB: 9/8/57

], I'd doubt that)

Jennifer Lawrence Fan · 09-06-2013, 05:58 AM

I'll give it a try. The Rock = Awesome.

bowlingbilly10 · 09-06-2013, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Aerodude73

Corrected your post a bit.

But yea, as long as it's an Action type movie, I'm usually in if he's in it as well.

Oh thanks there. I didn't notice it.

cinemaphile · 09-06-2013, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Aerodude73

I'd be Shocked if they don't

Wonder if they'll give Heather Thomas a call?

[Show spoiler]

(though, since she's now in her mid-late 50's [DOB: 9/8/57

], I'd doubt that)

Thats the first person I thought of when I saw Fall Guy

I'm sure they'll find someone equally hot. If theres one thing McG is reliable for, it's filling his projects with hot women.

RyanPom · 09-06-2013, 07:23 AM

Will the Rock sing the theme song?

Fightertown · 09-06-2013, 07:42 AM

I'm sure McG will use Cameron Diaz as the female lead.

cinemaphile · 09-06-2013, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Fightertown

I'm sure McG will use Cameron Diaz as the female lead.

oh GOD no.

Agent Bond · 09-06-2013, 08:30 AM

I was interested until I saw McG...

Aerodude73 · 09-06-2013, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Agent Bond

I was interested until I saw McG...

Yea, that definitely has me a bit "concerned" as well

thrillmygorilla · 09-06-2013, 12:03 PM

McG huh? Sorry, no thanks.

Guydowood · 09-06-2013, 12:18 PM

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Heather Thomas today.....

Fortion · 09-06-2013, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

Huh. This sounds interesting. I'll watch anything with the rock in it. The rock is one of my favorite actors.

good ,,,,
same is with me

sackexchange · 09-06-2013, 03:27 PM

I wonder if that 80's shag carpet matches the drapes?

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09-06-2013, 03:27 PM	#18
sackexchange Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:DigiBooks...........................34 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:691 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:5	I wonder if that 80's shag carpet matches the drapes? [Show spoiler]Attachment 70870 Attachment 70871

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bowlingbilly10 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2011 Blu-ray collection:1 Trading Score:181	Huh. This sounds interesting. I'll watch anything with the rock in it. The rock is one of my favorite actors.

09-06-2013, 03:52 AM	#4
PREACHER Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Apr 2012 Trading Score:5	Please find a way to get Majors to make a cameo in it and I'd watch it.

09-06-2013, 03:54 AM	#5
SpiderRock88 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2012 Location:Salinas, CA 4K collection:485 Blu-ray collection:1935 DVD collection:1004 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:648	Nice! Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk 2

09-06-2013, 05:58 AM	#7
Jennifer Lawrence Fan Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Aug 2011 4K collection:413 Blu-ray collection:2750 DVD collection:1312 MA collection:305 Digital collection:495 iTunes collection:284 Trading Score:721	I'll give it a try. The Rock = Awesome.

09-06-2013, 07:23 AM	#10
RyanPom Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2013 4K collection:391 Blu-ray collection:1626 Prime collection:1	Will the Rock sing the theme song?

09-06-2013, 07:42 AM	#11
Fightertown Active Member Member since:Feb 2009 4K collection:12 Blu-ray collection:476 Trading Score:3	I'm sure McG will use Cameron Diaz as the female lead.

09-06-2013, 08:30 AM	#13
Agent Bond Blu-ray Champion Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Las Vegas, Nevada Blu-ray collection:227 DVD collection:33 Trading Score:3	I was interested until I saw McG...

09-06-2013, 12:03 PM	#15
thrillmygorilla Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2012 Location:Dayton, OH Blu-ray collection:390 DVD collection:59 Trading Score:24	McG huh? Sorry, no thanks.

09-06-2013, 12:18 PM	#16
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