Johnny Depp Agrees to Do Another Remake of an ABC Cult Show,Kolchak:The Night Stalker - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 05-21-2012, 10:34 PM

Johnny Depp, who’s currently in theaters starring in Tim Burton’s adaptation of “Dark Shadows,” is intent on bringing another vintage ABC show to the big screen.

The update of the Darren McGavin series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” which attracted a cult following during its 1974-75 run on ABC, has recruited D.V. DeVincentis ("High Fidelity") to pen the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Edgar Wright, best known for "Shaun of the Dead," is set to direct.

The original series starred McGavin as intrepid reporter Carl Kolchak of the Independent News Service, who tracks down bizarre crimes and supernatural occurrences.

http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/

Retro4Life · 05-22-2012, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Johnny Depp, who’s currently in theaters starring in Tim Burton’s adaptation of “Dark Shadows,” is intent on bringing another vintage ABC show to the big screen.

The update of the Darren McGavin series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” which attracted a cult following during its 1974-75 run on ABC, has recruited D.V. DeVincentis ("High Fidelity") to pen the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Edgar Wright, best known for "Shaun of the Dead," is set to direct.

The original series starred McGavin as intrepid reporter Carl Kolchak of the Independent News Service, who tracks down bizarre crimes and supernatural occurrences.

http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/

Please, Johnny Depp, I beg of you; stop mangling the memories of all my childhood favorites. You've taken Willy Wonka and Barnabas Collins, and your pal Burton took Planet of the Apes. Now you want Carl Kolchak.

If I even hear you are thinking about H.R. Pufnstuf, I will no longer speak of even "Ed Wood" kindly.

The Flying Dutchmans · 05-26-2012, 10:08 PM

I agree. Leave Kolchak alone. No one can do it like Darren did it.

dakert · 05-26-2012, 10:28 PM

This is probably just a rumor but if not--Johnny Depp needs to be slapped upside the head, by me!!!!

robyrob · 05-28-2012, 09:56 PM

so this is the next show he plans on ruining then?

UMFaninMD · 06-03-2012, 11:49 AM

Not a good idea---I can see him trying to do a "goth" version of Kolchak and it won't work. It didn't work for the TV remake and I don't think it will work on the big screen.

05-21-2012, 10:34 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Johnny Depp Agrees to Do Another Remake of an ABC Cult Show,Kolchak:The Night Stalker Johnny Depp, who’s currently in theaters starring in Tim Burton’s adaptation of “Dark Shadows,” is intent on bringing another vintage ABC show to the big screen. The update of the Darren McGavin series “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” which attracted a cult following during its 1974-75 run on ABC, has recruited D.V. DeVincentis ("High Fidelity") to pen the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Edgar Wright, best known for "Shaun of the Dead," is set to direct. The original series starred McGavin as intrepid reporter Carl Kolchak of the Independent News Service, who tracks down bizarre crimes and supernatural occurrences. http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/
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05-26-2012, 10:08 PM	#3
The Flying Dutchmans Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 30, 2006 Location: New York Posts: 1,017	I agree. Leave Kolchak alone. No one can do it like Darren did it.
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robyrob certified wackball#3 Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Aug 03, 2003 Location: hiding under the third booth at Arnold's Posts: 58,198	so this is the next show he plans on ruining then?
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05-26-2012, 10:28 PM	#4
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,411	This is probably just a rumor but if not--Johnny Depp needs to be slapped upside the head, by me!!!!

06-03-2012, 11:49 AM	#6
UMFaninMD I love a mystery Senior Member Join Date: Apr 19, 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,287	Not a good idea---I can see him trying to do a "goth" version of Kolchak and it won't work. It didn't work for the TV remake and I don't think it will work on the big screen.