Chips' The Movie???

*Raph's Girl* · 12-08-2005, 04:29 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051208/tv_nm/valderrama_dc

Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Fez on "That '70s Show," will star as motorcycle cop Ponch in a big-screen version of "CHiPs."

Warner Bros. Pictures, which recently brought TV staples "Starsky & Hutch" and "The Dukes of Hazzard" to theaters with much success, has just acquired the rights for the series.

Erik Estrada famously originated the Ponch role in "CHiPs," which ran on NBC in the late 1970s and followed the adventures of California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers Francis "Ponch" Poncherello and Jon Baker. Larry Wilcox played Baker.

The show had a serious macho tone, but over the years has achieved a cheesy, cult status. Sources say the project was built around the involvement of Valderrama, who is working on the final season of "That '70s Show" and appears in "The Darwin Awards," an indie that will screen at Sundance in January.

The action comedy has no producer and no director attached. The script will be written Paul Kaplan and Mark Torgove, who are writer-executive producers on "George Lopez."

Raph's Girl note: Well...at least he looks somewhat like Erik Estrada.

Turtle Dove · 12-09-2005, 10:20 AM

whhhhhhhhhhhhhhat?THe Chips Movie?......Is Holloywood fresh out of ideas??

IceFlash78 · 12-09-2005, 07:31 PM

I find it amusing that even though (my interpretation) box office sales clearly show that people simply don't go to remakes, Hollywood continues to churnout remakes/movie adaptations.

The best movies I've seen this year were all movies with original ideas (with the exception of batman begins, and that was not a remake, more of a restart/retelling of the story.)

When will Hollywood learn?

Turtle Dove · 12-09-2005, 09:09 PM

Hollywood is in a city of hot air

should explain the attitudes

12-08-2005, 04:29 PM	#1
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	Chips' The Movie??? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051208/tv_nm/valderrama_dc Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Fez on "That '70s Show," will star as motorcycle cop Ponch in a big-screen version of "CHiPs." Warner Bros. Pictures, which recently brought TV staples "Starsky & Hutch" and "The Dukes of Hazzard" to theaters with much success, has just acquired the rights for the series. Erik Estrada famously originated the Ponch role in "CHiPs," which ran on NBC in the late 1970s and followed the adventures of California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers Francis "Ponch" Poncherello and Jon Baker. Larry Wilcox played Baker. The show had a serious macho tone, but over the years has achieved a cheesy, cult status. Sources say the project was built around the involvement of Valderrama, who is working on the final season of "That '70s Show" and appears in "The Darwin Awards," an indie that will screen at Sundance in January. The action comedy has no producer and no director attached. The script will be written Paul Kaplan and Mark Torgove, who are writer-executive producers on "George Lopez." Raph's Girl note: Well...at least he looks somewhat like Erik Estrada. __________________

12-09-2005, 10:20 AM	#2
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12-09-2005, 09:09 PM	#4
Turtle Dove Stone Warrior Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Don's workshop Posts: 854	Hollywood is in a city of hot air should explain the attitudes __________________ ]~You'll always be #1 in my heart~ 1..2...3...4..Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.....

12-09-2005, 07:31 PM	#3
IceFlash78 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 302	I find it amusing that even though (my interpretation) box office sales clearly show that people simply don't go to remakes, Hollywood continues to churnout remakes/movie adaptations. The best movies I've seen this year were all movies with original ideas (with the exception of batman begins, and that was not a remake, more of a restart/retelling of the story.) When will Hollywood learn?