With the recent trend of rebooting shows from the 80's, "MacGyver" joins the growing line up as CBS pushes through with the show's revival.
According to a report by Deadline Hollywood, 20th Century Fox is pushing through with its plans to bringing back "MacGyver" to television through CBS.
"MacGyver," an action/adventure series created by Lee David Zlotoff and starred Richard Dean Anderson (Angus MacGyver) and Dana Elcar (Pete Thornton), first aired on television in 1985 on ABC and lasted for seven seasons. "Macgyver" is a secret agent who uses ordinary everyday objects and his knowledge of science to solve complex problems in fighting enemies out to cause havoc in the world.
The CBS revival of "Macgyver" is said focus on the life of the young MacGyver as he was recruited to join the Los Angeles-based secret organization, Phoenix Foundation, and how he learned his skills which he got famous for.
R. Scott Gemmill ("NCIS: Los Angeles") will write the script and produce for the series, together with one of the show's original executive producers, Henry Winkler, director James Wan ("Saw," "Furious 7"), and Atomic Monster Head of Production Michael Clear.
James Wan was previously enlisted by New Line to direct its "MacGyver" movie in 2012, which was announced in 2009, with Jason Richman ("Bangkok Dangerous") writing the script, and Martha and Raffaella De Laurentiis as producers. Wan unfortunately had to give up the project for "Furious 7."
The Hollywood Reporter says that CBS still has not given a lot of details regarding the project except that they are excited to be working on it.
"MacGyver," which produced two TV movies in 1994, was originally planned to be revived on television by Paramount Pictures through a spin-off series, "Young MacGyver." It was supposed to star Jared Padalecki ("Supernatural") but unfortunately, the project never pushed through.
