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[strafer]

I'm not sure anyone can replace Tom Selleck.

The network has handed out a sizable pilot-production commitment to a reboot of the Hawaii-set Tom Selleck cop drama.

The new Magnum P.I. is being written Peter Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim, who also are behind the network's Hawaii Five-0 reboot. (Lenkov, for his part, serves as showrunner on both Hawaii Five-O and the network's MacGyver reboot.)The Blacklist producers John Davis and John Fox will exec produce via their David Entertainment banner. The potential series is a co-production between CBS Television Studios — where Lenkov is based — and Universal Television, with the latter having produced the original series.

The new Magnum is described as an update of the original. It follows Thomas Magnum (Selleck's former role), a decorated ex-Navy SEAL (also like the original) who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. With help from fellow vets Theodore "TC" Calvin and Orville "Rick" Wright, as well as that of disavowed former MI:6 agent Juliet Higgins, Magnum takes on the cases no one else will, helping those who have no one else to turn to. Action, adventure and comedy aside, Magnum P.I. will also explore a brotherhood forged by the trauma of combat, what it means to return home an ex-soldier, and a commitment to continuing to serve while in the private sector.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/magnum-pi-reboot-works-at-cbs-1050888

 

[xxracerxx]

I want Nick Offerman as Higgins.

 

[antonz]

Turning Higgins into a lady? Oh god sexual tension between Magnum and Higgins ....

 

[Transistor]

No

No no

No no no

They'll fuck it up just like the Hawaii five o and macgyver reboots

Wonder how many times they'll talk about Bing and Subway

 

[norm9]

Since Hawaii 5-0 ending soon, they will probably just shift the enitre cast over to this production.

 

[Escape Goat]

i hope they find someone with as hairy a chest as Tom Selleck.

 

[strafer]

The intro is so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIgXhiOpeQ

 

[SchrodingerC]

I can just see them reusing episode ideas from H5-0. I hope they use the weaponized killer bees plot again, or the low budget iron man super military suit.
God that show was hilarious trash.

 

[strafer]

Seeing as it's on the same network as Blue Bloods starring Tom Selleck, just have him be Higgins.

 

[shira]

No

No no

No no no

They'll fuck it up just like the Hawaii five o and macgyver reboots

Smash n grabs

 

[Superblatt]

Seeing as it's on the same network as Blue Bloods starring Tom Selleck, just have him be Higgins.

Better yet, just have him come back as Magnum PI 30 years later. It could easily work with the right cast.

 

[old manatee]

they should get Dr Disrespect to play him.

 

[BLAUcopter]

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!

 

[Paracelsus]

Obligatory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppmUnkafqT0

 

[KernelPanic]

Better be a Ferrari 308

 

[geomon]

 

[Afrikan]

The intro is so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIgXhiOpeQ

I, like I'm sure with most, used to always do that eyebrow raising thing in sync with Tom.

 

[RC]

Those bastards have gone too far now.

 

[Skellig Gra]

The intro is so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIgXhiOpeQ

My college band used to play this at our basketball games.

 

[DMczaf]

Why haven't they just brought back Magnum P.I. with Tom Selleck playing an aged Magnum?

 

[Volimar]

James Roday. Do it.

 

[Paracelsus]

Why haven't they just brought back Magnum P.I. with Tom Selleck playing an aged Magnum?

Because they remember Death Wish 3, 4 and 5.

 

[Escape Goat]

Why haven't they just brought back Magnum P.I. with Tom Selleck playing an aged Magnum?

Because nobody wants a 73 year old in their action show.

 

[DMczaf]

Because nobody wants a 73 year old in their action show.

i do

The Olds can still go

 

[strafer]

We all know who they should cast as TC.

Idris Elba.

 

[Somewhat Damaged]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93mO5rR-4Tg

 

[Skellig Gra]

We all know who they should cast as TC.

Idris Elba.

Elba as Magnum. Fassbender as TC.

 

[Gnub]

The Rock as Magnum and Tyrese as TC. Think of the chemistry.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

Will he have a moustache?

 

[see5harp]

No mustache, no sale.