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The Flying Dutchmans · 03-05-2011, 02:26 PM

Almost every big hit sitcom has had a movie in it's honer, and yet here we have the biggest of them all, Gilligans Island, and still no movie. What is taking them so long? Or maybe they are having trouble casting for the Movie. I know Natalie's role would not be easy to cast. After all she was so unique.
Still I guess we will have to play the waiting game. If it ever gets made. :-(

JWood201 · 03-05-2011, 07:26 PM

Well, last March they announced that Warner Brothers was producing and Brad Copeland was writing the script. It takes about a year to write a good script (rewrites, studio notes, more rewrites, etc). Hopefully if nothing has gotten in the way, if there were no legal issues, we should hear something about any progress being made soon.

I'm excited about this, but I'm really nervous, too. The casting has to be perfect and the script has to be right. It's easy to fall into the trap here of making a goofy slapstick movie with no heart. If that happens, I will not be amused.

Fingers crossed!

(Maybe they'll run into issues and have to cancel it. And then I can finish my epic GI movie screenplay and sell it to WB, haha).

treky · 03-06-2011, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by The Flying Dutchmans

Almost every big hit sitcom has had a movie in it's honer, and yet here we have the biggest of them all, Gilligans Island, and still no movie. What is taking them so long? Or maybe they are having trouble casting for the Movie. I know Natalie's role would not be easy to cast. After all she was so unique.
Still I guess we will have to play the waiting game. If it ever gets made. :-(

I have my doubts about a GI movie. I'm sure that, if it gets made, it'll be as bad as 99% of all the other movies of old TV shows! ("THE HONEYMOONERS", "THE BEVERLY HIBILLIES", "McHALES NAVY" & "SGT. BILCO" come PAINFULLY to mind).

Albert71292 · 05-30-2011, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by JWood201

I'm excited about this, but I'm really nervous, too. The casting has to be perfect and the script has to be right. It's easy to fall into the trap here of making a goofy slapstick movie with no heart. If that happens, I will not be amused.

If Sherwood Schwartz is still well enough to be involved somehow, it might not turn out too bad. He was involved in the two "Brady Bunch" movies, and I kind of enjoyed those.

Teebs · 05-31-2011, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by treky

I have my doubts about a GI movie. I'm sure that, if it gets made, it'll be as bad as 99% of all the other movies of old TV shows! ("THE HONEYMOONERS", "THE BEVERLY HIBILLIES", "McHALES NAVY" & "SGT. BILCO" come PAINFULLY to mind).

I'm scared that they'll sex up Ginger and Mary Ann in a really inappropriate manner to hook a target audience of young males, that they'll cast a real doofus in the role of Gilligan and just have him behaving like a jerk, and the laughs will be forced and unfunny throughout.

Imho you can never replace Bob Denver as Gilligan.

comedyfreak · 05-31-2011, 08:50 AM

I thought the closest thing to a movie was the tv made Surviving Gilligan's Island, where a new cast played the iconic rolles. I bought the dvd when it came out.

gilligan fanatic · 08-18-2011, 08:34 AM

Hopefuly it will never see the day

gilligan fanatic · 08-18-2011, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by comedyfreak

I thought the closest thing to a movie was the tv made Surviving Gilligan's Island, where a new cast played the iconic rolles. I bought the dvd when it came out.

That was was esentially a movie version of Sherwood Schwartz's book "Inside Gilligan's Island.

gopyle · 10-23-2011, 03:23 PM

I hope there is never one. I despise when they make new versions of classics.

The Flying Dutchmans · 11-03-2011, 02:06 AM

I can understnad some of you and the point you make about the fear of it coming out bad, which is more likely to happen than not given todays movies. But look at the Fugative and how Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones handled their parts. That movie actually came out really good. The Bardy Bunch Movies, I liked allot, well the 2 I saw. I didn't see the 3rd one The bardy bunch in the white house. Who knows, we might gett lucky with GI

gopyle · 11-04-2011, 04:09 AM

Gilligan only works in the half hour format.

03-05-2011, 02:26 PM	#1
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03-05-2011, 07:26 PM	#2
JWood201 TV Nerd Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 25, 2001 Posts: 798	Well, last March they announced that Warner Brothers was producing and Brad Copeland was writing the script. It takes about a year to write a good script (rewrites, studio notes, more rewrites, etc). Hopefully if nothing has gotten in the way, if there were no legal issues, we should hear something about any progress being made soon. I'm excited about this, but I'm really nervous, too. The casting has to be perfect and the script has to be right. It's easy to fall into the trap here of making a goofy slapstick movie with no heart. If that happens, I will not be amused. Fingers crossed! (Maybe they'll run into issues and have to cancel it. And then I can finish my epic GI movie screenplay and sell it to WB, haha).

10-23-2011, 03:23 PM	#9
gopyle Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 22, 2011 Posts: 235	I hope there is never one. I despise when they make new versions of classics.

11-03-2011, 02:06 AM	#10
The Flying Dutchmans Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 30, 2006 Location: New York Posts: 1,017	I can understnad some of you and the point you make about the fear of it coming out bad, which is more likely to happen than not given todays movies. But look at the Fugative and how Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones handled their parts. That movie actually came out really good. The Bardy Bunch Movies, I liked allot, well the 2 I saw. I didn't see the 3rd one The bardy bunch in the white house. Who knows, we might gett lucky with GI

11-04-2011, 04:09 AM	#11
gopyle Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 22, 2011 Posts: 235	Gilligan only works in the half hour format.