MacGyver will return, call Patty and Selma

Yes, a Simpsons joke, because I can. MacGyver is joining the long list of tv shows being turned into movies. No word on if Richard Dean Anderson is being brought in to continue as MacGyver, but I doubt it. I smell reboot.

“MacGyver” being reassembled as feature film (Reuters)
: Reuters 2 hours, 44 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – It will take more than twine, bubble gum and a pencil to do it, but the science-oriented adventure series “MacGyver” is being developed as a feature film for New Line.
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Raffaella De Laurentiis, daughter of veteran producer Dino De Laurentiis , is producing the movie through her Raffaella Prods. along with Martha De Laurentiis and series creator Lee Zlotoff. Dino De Laurentiis is executive producing.

No writer has been hired. The studio hopes to find a script that acknowledges the concept’s pop-culture profile yet still makes for a serious and fun adventure movie .

“We think we’re a stick of chewing gum , a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise,” said New Line’s Richard Brener.

Hurr hurr MacGyver humor.