Is there going to be a new version of this show?
My mom is a big fan of the show. She heard that there is going to be a new version of this show. Is that true?
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ABC did a new version of "Fantasy Island" some years back...I think around 1999 or so. It starred Malcolm McDowell in the lead role, and it was quite a bit different from the original. I think McDowell's a great actor, but the show ultimately wasn't as good as its predecessor and it was cancelled fairly quickly.
There is, however, a new film version in the works. Supposedly it's going to star Eddie Murphy. I think it's safe to say they're going for laughs on that one, probably akin to the recent big screen remakes of "Starsky and Hutch," "Dukes of Hazzard," etc.
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Gotta agree with you there, Jason. :)
Incidentally, this rumor that Eddie Murphy is going to be in a movie version of FI has been around for several years now. I'm not convinced it's ever actualy going to happen, and quite honestly, I hope it doesn't -- not if it's going to ger the crummy-comedy treatment that some other TV-to-film projects have received. Anyway, nobody but Ricardo Montalbán could ever play Mr. Roarke...and who the heck would be Tattoo??