I’m hearing Ron Moore—the genius writer-producer responsible for rebooting a little show called Battlestar Galactica—is in the very early stages of developing a remake of the ’60s classic The Wild, Wild West.

And I mean very early stages (read: it could be weeks or even months before he starts pitching it to the networks).

The original series—which ran on CBS from 1965 to 1969—starred Robert Conrad and Ross Martin as Secret Service agents who get reassigned to the Old West. It was described at the time as “James Bond on horseback,” per my good buddy Willie Wikipedia.

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/10/05/wild-wild-west-ron-moore/

I hope this reboot doesn't turn out as horrible as the Wild Wild West movie starring Will Smith. :rolleyes:

I hope this reboot doesn't turn out as horrible as the Wild Wild West movie starring Will Smith. :rolleyes:
I was just thinking that! A reboot might make up for it!

CBS To Remake "The Wild Wild West" Series With Writers Ron Moore And Naren Shankar
By NELLIE ANDREEVA
Wednesday November 10, 2010


In one of the highest-profile reboots this season, CBS is looking to revive the 1960s action-adventure Western "The Wild Wild West" with former "CSI" executive producer/co-showrunner Naren Shankar and "Battlestar Galactica" developer/executive producer Ron Moore.

The network is negotiating a deal for the project, which will be co-produced by CBS TV Studios, where Shankar is based with an overall deal, and Sony Pictures TV, where Moore is under an overall deal.

The project originated at CBS TV Studios, which has the rights to the original series that ran on CBS from 1965-1969.





Shankar and Moore are writing and executive producing the remake, which follows two Secret Service Agents who investigate federal crimes in post Civil War America.

The original series, which creator Michael Garrison described as "James Bond on horseback," was set during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant who served from 1869-77. It centered on Secret Service agents James West, a gunslinger played by Robert Connrad, and Artemus Gordon, a gadget-maker played by Ross Martin, who traveled the country aboard their luxury train, the Wanderer, as they did missions to protect the President.






In putting together the "Wild Wild West" remake, CBS is taking a page from its recent successful "Hawaii Five-0" reboot which also paired well-known writers with sci-fi background, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, with the co-showrunner of a "CSI" series, "CSI: NY's" Peter Lenkov.

The Rothman Brecher Agency-repped Shankar left the mothership "CSI" series in April after 8 years, the last five serving as executive producer/co-showrunner alongside "Battlestar Galactica" alum Moore's second high-profile project this season.







Mounting a period drama on broadcast TV is a risky proposition as they are hard to pull off. It's been easier on cable, with AMC's "Mad Men", HBO's "Boardwalk Empire", Showtime's "The Tudors" and the upcoming "The Borgias", and Starz's "Spartacus".

AMC has a pilot, "Hell on Wheels", which is set during the same period as Wild Wild West - it chronicles the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s.




As for reboots, "Wild Wild West" joins other high-profile film and series adaptations this year, including "True Lies" and "MI-5" at ABC, "Munsters" at NBC, the rolled over "Charlie's Angels" at ABC and "Rockford Files" and "Prime Suspect" at NBC as well as "Wonder Woman" and "Goodfellas", which have not been set up at a network yet.



This would be the second remake for the "Wild Wild West" series following its ill-fated big screen adaptation in 1999 starring Will Smith.

http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/cbs-to-remake-the-wild-wild-west-series-with-writers-ron-moore-and-naren-shankar/

Oh boy! Another TV show to put on my list of things not to watch.

...that their successful "rebooting" of "HAWAII FIVE-O" was a fluke? If they insist on going through with a "new and improved" revival of "THE WILD WILD WEST" (which already failed when Will Smith starred in that awful movie adaptation), I guarantee they'll have the same results when they tried revivng "THE FUGITIVE" in the 2000-'01 season....

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And another thing:Have those writers Moore and Shaker ever SEEN the ORIGINAL 1960's CBS series?Or are they just familiar with the movie?Most people involved in reboots have probably never seen the ORIGINAL series.

Oops! Sorry I meant Moore and Shankar,not Moore and Shaker.

I love the idea of a wild wild west remake but i have tried to watch the NEw hawaii five o...and its unwatchable ...awful writng and acting ....pales in comparison to the original...

Anybody hear of any updates on the Wild, Wild West reboot?? I'm kind of looking forward to this one. Its got to be better than the disasterous feature film.

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I just recently rediscovered the original series thanks to Me-TV. The series still holds up after all theses years so I see absolutely no reason for a reboot.

Creativity is DEAD! :horse: :rip:

Creativity is DEAD! :horse: :rip:
He's really whoopin him good, ain't he ?

A year after announcing its rebooting Wild, Wild West, CBS is now planning to reboot The Rifleman. Well, what's going on with WWW?:confused:

man, just look at that list:
"Wild Wild West" - apparently abandoned before getting to pilot
"True Lies" - apparently DOA
"MI-5" - any news on this one?
"Munsters" - DOA
"Charlie's Angels" - cancelled after lukewarm performance
"Rockford Files" - DOA
"Prime Suspect" - surely to be cancelled after poor ratings
"Wonder Woman" - DOA
"Goodfellas" - haven't heard anything on this one
"Hawaii 5-0" - obviously some sort of strange fluke that it has managed to catch on (I never got into it and gave up on the show after half a dozen episodes - to me the show is NOTHING like the original)

which begs the question, why does Hollywood keep trying with all these remakes?

I love the idea of a wild wild west remake but i have tried to watch the NEw hawaii five o...and its unwatchable ...awful writng and acting ....pales in comparison to the original...
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