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NBC and Adam Sandler to reboot Real Genius as a comedy series

posted 10 years ago by tsrts
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NBC has come up with a really smart idea for their next workplace comedy.

The Peacock network is teaming with up Adam Sandler‘s Happy Madison Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment and Sony TV to reboot the 1985 film Real Genius as a comedy series. The original movie starred Val Kilmer as a college senior working on a chemical laser at the fictitious Pacific Tech University. The NBC reboot however will be a modern-day workplace comedy focusing on the relationship of two incompatible co-workers.

NBC has given the project written by Craig DiGregorio (Workaholics) and David King (Parks and Recreation) a script commitment plus penalty.

[–] the_match_maker 10 years ago

Too bad. I like the idea of a campus set 'Real Genius' t.v. show. It could be like 'The Big Bang Theory' for the college set.

[–] HowYaLikeDemApplesWill 10 years ago

"The NBC reboot however will be a modern-day workplace comedy focusing on the relationship of two incompatible co-workers."

Sooo, a 'reboot' that has nothing to do with Real Genius?

"the relationship of two incompatible co-workers" = Every tired sitcom on TV today.

Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

[–] smcbee27 10 years ago

How is this the same as Real Genius? Take it off campus of Caltech and don't you have, well,"The Big Bang Theory"?

Sandler will have to be a damn fine actor to convince me he's a genius! And I haven't seen evidence of that yet.

[–] Studman_Productions 9 years ago

any progress on this?