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Sunday
05Jul2009

It Had to Happen: The 'T.J. Hooker' Movie is a Go

DateSunday, July 5, 2009 at 11:40PM
I don't even know why the producers of movies like this even feign excitement about the idea anymore. Instead of acting like there's some untapped gold mine, I wish one of them would just come out and say, "It was either make this movie or let some other idiot have it."

And so...we're getting a T.J. Hooker movie. Astonishingly, the Shatner cop show lasted four years on the air at a time when there were only three networks. But because someone else was sure to grab it, David Foster, Ryan Heppe, and series creator Rick Husky will bring Hooker to the screen, with Chuck Russell (The Mask) in talks to direct.

Variety says it's being positioned as an action comedy centered on the relationship between the beat cop and his father. We don't have a star yet, but it's not necessarily a young man's game. Shatner was in his 50s when the series began, so if they're serious about the comedy, Bruce Campbell should be the first person they call.

Seriously: Bruce Campbell riding on car hoods? Come on...

Said Heppe with a straight face, "The series was the poster child for cop TV shows in the 1980s with great stunts, so we think there's a fun movie to be made from it." Of course, Hill Street Blues is not only the actual poster child for cop shows from the 80s, it's the Saving Private Ryan of the entire genre. But whatever.

Incidentally, Heppe and Foster are also exhuming Johnny 5 for the completely unnecessary Short Circuit remake. So enter at your own risk.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment3 Comments |

Reader Comments (3)

Not a movie I expect to line up to see.

If they can't get Bruce Campbell (and are planning to adopt an ironic tone for the movie), how about Nathan Fillon and Cristina Applegate as Officers T.J. Hooker and Stacy Sheridan?

They both have good comic timing so it might actually work.

Monday, July 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterHugging the Coast

Oh I'm sure Shatner will be all over them for a cameo in this. There's probably a CHiPs movie in a broiler somewhere too. Hmmm, maybe take TJ, (the as yet unspoken for) CHiPs, and the Beverly Hills Cop reboot/rework/reimagined whatever make them all and release them against each other! Let's just see who wins that box office battle.

Monday, July 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAsana

We all would.

Monday, July 6, 2009 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

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