posty Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 http://tvguide.ca/TVNews/Articles/090917_t...y_remake_DW.htm If you miss the slapstick comedy and lewd humour of Three’s Company, don’t worry because you may be seeing it resuscitated sooner than you think. How I Met Your Mother executive producer Greg Malins is working on reviving the hit series but giving it a modern spin. A lot more modern. The new series will take place in Washington D.C. and the three people living together this time around, two guys and a girl, are all newly elected members of Congress. Huh? “I’ve always been a political guy, following all that stuff, and I always knew I wanted to do a show there,” Malins told Variety. “But I hadn’t found the way in, the thing that would give me that show. But once I discovered that members of Congress often live together, I said, ‘There's your show right there.’” Seems like. Malins is teaming up with Arianna Huffington and Huffington Post founding editor Roy Sekoff for Freshmen. Huffington and Sekoff are working on web tie-ins to the project, such as putting together campaign sites for the show’s characters, coinciding with next year’s mid-term elections. “The stories are endless,” Malins said of the D.C. setting. “They’re all crazy. These characters will write themselves.” Malins is the show runner on How I Met Your Mother and served as executive producer on Friends and Will & Grace. He also has a development deal with Fox for a dark comedy. Aside from being a political pundit, Huffington is also involved in one of this fall’s newest comedies. She voices Arianna, the bear on The Cleveland Show. The original Three’s Company ran on ABC from 1977 to 1984, and was also a remake of the British comedy Man About the House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 This is sacrilige . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Will the chef references be about how the pols cook the books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Wow. Why even call it a Threes Company Remake. You might as well call "V" a War of the Worlds remake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I see a cancellation by the 4th episode. Garbage. You don't remake 3's Company and make it a political satire. Dumb dumb dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isleseeya Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I see a cancellation by the 4th episode. Garbage. You don't remake 3's Company and make it a political satire. Dumb dumb dumb. I agree with this sounds like a very bad idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 So... let's cast this, shall we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Jack Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 So... let's cast this, shall we? spain as Gopher. no, wait. wrong show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 spain as Gopher. no, wait. wrong show. Fred Grandy was in congress, so it would work here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 spain as Gopher. no, wait. wrong show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The only way I'd watch a Three’s Company re-make was if it was on Cinemax. One of my favorite all-time shows... I own every season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The only way I'd watch a Three’s Company re-make was if it was on Cinemax. Between Cinemax and Showtime, I think they already have made this, plus spinoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Will Ferrell as Jack Tripper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Honestly, John Ritter and Don Knotts were both one-of-a-kind... you would have a hard time finding any actor who would do either character justice, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackshi17 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 There was a good reason why the original was on TV for seven seasons. So the "slapstick comedy and lewd humor" of the 70's is now called politics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) Maybe: Jack = Steve Carell Chrissie = Jessica Simpson, Drew Barrymore or Cameron Diaz Janet = Tina Fey Ralph Furley = David Hyde Pierce Edited October 28, 2009 by muck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Maybe: Cameron Diaz Her name makes me all giddy inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Unless they show boobies, the show will be pointless and just as hard to watch as any other sitcom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackshi17 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 John Cleese would make a great Ralph Furley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 There was a good reason why the original was on TV for seven seasons. Yeah. There was a gaping void in the sitcom dept at the time. Stuff like All in the Family, MASH - even the bubble gum Happy Days - had already played out and were just clinging to life. Seriously, how/why anyone got into that show (w/the exception of teenage boys getting a very soft porn fix) I will never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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