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Fall Guy film planned with The Rock
McG is in line to direct the 80s TV remake.
For a certain generation, the opening credits of 80s Saturday tea time show 'The Fall Guy' will be looked on with sepia-tinted nostalgia.
Now it's set for a big screen reboot, according to reports.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is in line to take on the role of Colt Seavers, the movie stuntman who works as a bounty hunter on the side.
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He was played to the hilt by 'Six Million Dollar Man' star Lee Majors in the original TV show, while Douglas Barr played his cousin and sidekick Howie and Heather Thomas as stunt actress Jody.
In talks for the spot in the director's chair is Joseph McGinty Nichol – or McG as he prefers to be known – the man behind 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Terminator Salvation'.
The writers of 'Thor' and 'X-Men: First Class' Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller have penned the draft script.
As yet, these are the only details, and you'll either be punching the air or rolling your eyes at this stage.
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This project has seemingly been in development for some years already, with 'Casino Royale's Martin Campbell at one time in the frame to direct, with, of all people, Nicolas Cage starring.
The show ran over 113 episodes and five seasons from 1981 to 1986.
It was created by Glen A. Larson, the TV legend behind the likes of 'Battlestar Galactica', 'Quincy, M.E.', 'Magnum, P.I.' and 'Knight Rider'.
Much like Dennis Waterman today, Majors sang the theme tune to the show, 'The Unknown Stuntman', which griped about the stuntman's lowly status while the likes of Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford took all the glory in the movies.
The new project is currently being shopped around at the Toronto Film Festival.
