I can’t believe that there’s a remake hungry industry out there that could top Hollywood with one of its announcements, but there is, and it’s France. A French TV channel have announced that they are going to remake the Starksy and Hutch TV series as their own! Twenty Two episodes for three series, and they’re already signed up!
Just to add insult to injury the site Dark Horizons carry the story and use a picture of the recent movie remake, not the original series!
First it was “Law and Order: Criminal Intent”, then “CSI”, now the French plan to remake “Starsky and Hutch” into a contemporary series. TV channel M6 will make this new version under the title “Duval et Madani” reports Allocine.
Huggy will be renamed Cesar, Captain Dobbey will become a woman (Monica Cruz is tipped for the role). Laurent Hennequin will play Duval (the new Hutch) whilst Alexandre Brasseur will be Madani (the new Starsky).
What a farce…I’m going to bite my tongue on this one, and all my friends will know why…but remaking the original series is just not on, mind you how recognisable would it be with all these conversions? Surely it just becomes another cop buddy drama? I can’t see them capturing the original feel.
Ugh. What a stupid and talentless movie.
Soon they will have nothing to remake. I don’t have a problem with them remaking TV or old movies. So long as they keep putting out new stuff also.
Donna A.
So what ?
American’s always remake (and ruin) some UK sitcoms and dramas.
Let the Frenchies eat their cake.
(Betcha we’ll be watching a dubbed version on Bravo next season)
Paraphrased Led Zep : The names may change, but the concept remains the same.
Bottom line: Keep it in Paris. Don’t get too worked up over this. Could be worse. Stiller could announce a sequel.