Now There's A New Female-Led Magnum PI Sequel

[ZariusTwo]

ABC is teaming with Leverage creator John Rogers and producer Eva Longoria for a Magnum P.I. sequel focusing on the daughter of the iconic character played by Tom Selleck, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.



Magnum has received a script commitment with a hefty penalty. The potential series is described as an action-packed drama in the same style of the original. It follows Magnum's daughter, Lily "Tommy" Magnum, who returns to Hawaii to take up the mantle of her father's PI firm. She and her tribe of friends mix tropical beaches with the seedy underbelly of international crime and modern espionage, even as she tries to unravel the mystery of the blown spy operation that ended her career in Navy intelligence.


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Rogers will pen the script and executive produce alongside his Kung Fu Monkey topper Jennifer Court. Universal Television-based Longoria will executive produce alongside Ben Spector. Magnum P.I. owns the rights to the series, and Longoria's affiliation with the studio is important to the ABC revival.



Originally created by Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson, Magnum P.I. launched in 1980 and ran for eight seasons on CBS. Magnum's daughter was featured in four episodes. She was raised by her mother, Magnum's presumed dead wife, Michele, and her second husband. Following their deaths, Lily was reunited with her birth father.



Reboots continue to remain in high demand as broadcast, cable and streaming outlets look for proven IP in a bid to cut through a cluttered scripted landscape that is quickly approaching 500 original series. Key to the remakes is having the original producers involved in some capacity as more studios look to monetize their existing film libraries.


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Already in the works this season are reboots of The Lost Boys (The CW), Varsity Blues (CMT), The Departed (Amazon), Let the Right One In (TNT) and L.A. Law, though the latter does not yet have a network attached.



The upcoming broadcast season features a number of familiar titles, including MacGyver (CBS), Training Day (CBS), Frequency (The CW), Lethal Weapon (Fox), 24: Legacy (Fox), The Exorcist (Fox) and Taken (NBC).

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[TheSkeletonMan939]

Reminds me of the "Mrs. Columbo" series they tried doing some time ago... that didn't go so well.

[plastroncafe]

I did enjoy "Leverage," and most of the early "Burn Notice," and this sounds like it's the lovechild of both those shows.

Could be good?
Or it could be something I just burn through next time I'm home sick with the flu.

[snake]

Ah, riding on the coattails of men as usual. Never change, feminists.

[Commenter 42]

[Candy Kappa]

I donno... Magnum PI is pretty awesome, and the name is catching. But I think I'd rather have a reboot series set in 70s/80s then contemporary times. I'm more interested in the MacGyver reboot, I absolutely loved the original show.

So, when does V.I.P. get its reboot series, or Tropic Thunder?

[The Deadman]

Originally Posted by snake

Ah, riding on the coattails of men as usual. Never change, feminists.

But..but..equality!

[Raph's Girl]

A Magnum P.I spin-off about Thomas' daughter?? Isn't that My Little Pony Friendship is Magic?? Seriously Rarity's dad is ponified Thomas Magnum. The rest of the Magnum P.I gang have even appeared in the comics.

I wonder if this spin-off will crossover with Hawaii 5.0?

[snake]

I wonder if the 10+ people Plastron dragged along to see Fembusters are still friends with her

[BubblyShell22]

If they're entitled feminists like she is, then I'm sure they're still friends with her.

As for this show, I'm not that against it because it is a next generation thing and not a whole reboot. But I get where you're coming from, Powder, and do feel that some things should be left alone just like in the case of Ghostbusters. They better not make MacGyver female because it just would ruin everything.

[ToTheNines]

Anyone ever been to a Lez Zeppelin concert? Now there's a cool all-female version of something.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Anyone ever been to a Lez Zeppelin concert? Now there's a cool all-female version of something.

Lez Zeppelin is AMAZING!
And I will forever be disappointed that Expendables 2 wasn't the crew from the first vs Linda Hamilton, Sigorney Weaver, Pam Grier, Michelle Yeoh....etc.