Saturday, September 29, 2012

BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU EVERY NIGHT:  The ALOTT5MA Unnecessary Remakes Desk reports that FNL/Parenthood executive producer Jason Katims will be attempting to adapt About A Boy into a single-camera comedy for NBC, but at least as far as Deadline relates the mom is now described as "kooky" and not "depressed and suicidal."

About a decade ago, Fox also started developing an adaptation, with Patrick Dempsey as the lead. Go ahead and cast your leads, but recognize that a commenter on the AV Club already said "David Schwimmer."

17 comments:

  1. Adam C.8:55 AM

    If it had a Disqus account, Adam C.'s RemakeBot 2000 would surely say, "Oh, for fuck's sake."

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  2. I don't know--I can actually sort of see this working with Katims in charge. Wouldn't you have said much the same thing about Parenthood 5 years ago? Not sure who I'd cast in the Grant role, but the Toni Collette part is the sort of role I think Elizabeth Banks would be fascinating in--she was really good in People Like Us in a similar vein.

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  3. Huh. I kind of like that Banks idea. As for the Grant role, I may be way off base here, but think about this: Ryan Reynolds. He has that likeable dick thing he can do, he's a better actor than people give him credit for, he might be gettable at the moment (and for some reason, his performance in The Nines makes me think this isn't a crazy idea). He might be too big for a series get, but ah well.

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  4. Michael Raymond-James (Terriers' Britt)

    Or, make that the storyline for Season 9+ of HIMYM.

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  5. And why doesn't Adam C's RemakeBot 2000 have a Disqus account?

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  6. Adam C.1:24 PM

    Apparently, it runs IE7.

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  7. Adam C.1:29 PM

    Not sure if MR-J pulls off the Grant lovable cad shtick, but maybe that would be an improvement. What about Joshua Jackson, coming off of the final season of Fringe?

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  8. Rebecca4:03 PM

    Do we think Scott Porter is too young?

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  9. Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I have full confidence in JK's ability to make this show compelling.

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  10. Jason Bateman?

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  11. I just want to chime in to say that I am also troubled by the announced Mummy remake. I love the Mummy movies. They're in my batch of "Always Stop to Watch" movies.

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  12. bill.8:25 AM

    Macaulay Caulkin as Hugh Grant, Tyler Perry is the mom, and the boy is now a girl, adopted and in a wheelchair.

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  13. Reynolds also was great in Definitely, Maybe, acting opposite a kid actor (Abigail Breslin) and ... Elizabeth Banks.

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  14. Adam B.10:48 AM

    JGL's not doing series tv at this point in his career.

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  15. I'm not predicting -- I'm just saying he'd be good at it.

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  16. Abigail Breslin is now 16 so may be out of the picture.

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  17. bristlesage9:42 AM

    Whaaaat. I hadn't heard this. I'm with you on those movies.

    And this makes me think: what about Brendan Fraser for this About a Boy thing?

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