Wednesday, March 4

• Selleck Wants Back in the Magnum Driver's Seat

  Looks like Tom Selleck is ready to return to role that made him famous: private investigator and tiny-OP-shorts wearer Thomas Magnum. Yet, the studios aren't calling Selleck and telling him to pack his bags for Honolulu once more.

  Matthew McConaughey has already been dismissed by producer Brian Grazer for the role. So the search continues for another, well, "Tom Selleck" -- much to the dismay of the original Magnum. Selleck told WENN :

  They haven't called, they haven't written. I keep hearing they're developing [a Magnum, P.I. movie] but I don't know whether I'm going to be in it ... but they keep doing [fan] polls, and I keep winning them.

  Not even calling, huh? Weird. Time to consult Icepick and find out what he's heard.

  
  

  Posted 03/04/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Matthew McConaughey | Tom Selleck | Magnum P.I.

Monday, November 24

• Magnum P.I. Casting Search Continues

  Producer Brian Grazer has dismissed the rumor that Matthew McConaughey will play the lead in the upcoming Magnum P.I. movie adaptation, produced by his company, Imagine Entertainment. With a script and director Rawson Thurber (Dodgeball) already on board, casting has been the project's biggest problem. Grazer told MTV: "I think the idea for 'Magnum P.I.' is to find a counterpoint, to not try and find the new Tom Selleck but to find someone that is just so different that you go, oh my God! That guy is Magnum?!?" Sorry Matthew, apparently you're too Tom Selleck-y

  Our dream casting: Mad Men's Jon Hamm as Magnum, The Office's Craig Robinson as T.C., Pineapple Express' Danny McBride as Rick, and Rowan Atkinson as Higgins.

  Magnum P.I. casting, mostly Twilight style: Robert Pattinson as Magnum, Edi Gathegi as T.C., Peter Facinelli as Rick, and Bea Arthur as Higgins.

  You got any suggestions?

  
  

  Posted 11/24/2008 by reelz

  Related: Matthew McConaughey | Tom Selleck | Rawson Marshall Thurber | Magnum P.I.

Friday, June 27

• Leonard Maltin's Online Hidden Gem

  

  

  Leonard Maltin Says:

  We recently devoted an entire episode of Secret’s Out to the Western movie genre. One of its strongest proponents over the last twenty years has been Tom Selleck. I’m especially fond of Quigley Down Under, which has all the earmarks of a traditional Western, except for one thing: it takes place in Australia.

  Selleck plays an American gunman hired by a power-hungry rancher (Alan Rickman) to come to Australia and shoot the wild dingoes roaming his property. Upon arrival, Selleck quickly learns that he’s actually been hired to shoot the Aborigines who trespass on Rickman’s land. Selleck walks away from the job, but Rickman won’t stand for this, and marks him for death. The characters are well-drawn, the scenery is great, and the film is thoroughly entertaining.

  
  

  Posted 06/27/2008 by reelz

  Related: Leonard Maltin's Secret's Out | Alan Rickman | Tom Selleck | Quigley Down Under

Thursday, April 3

• Bald-chested McConaughey to star in Magnum P.I. flick?

  Rarely does it make news when an actor is merely offered a role, but when said role is for the lead in a big screen adaptation of an iconic TV series, ears perk up. Yesterday EW.com reported that America's favorite bongo-playing apparel-phobe Matthew McConaughey has been approached to play Magnum P.I., the laid-back private investigator who spent much of the '80s solving crimes while cruising around Hawaii in his red Ferrari.

  EW calls it "perfect casting" to have the Fool's Gold star assume the role first made famous by Tom Selleck, but we beg to differ. Is McConaughey even capable of growing chest hair? Because a bald-chested Magnum is an absolute deal breaker. I'll picket the premiere if that happens.

  Source: EW

  
  

  Posted 04/03/2008 by reelz

  Related: Matthew McConaughey | Tom Selleck