Thanks to TVMONKEY for the heads up.
Fox has closed a deal to develop Gavin & Stacey, an adaptation of the 2007 British romantic comedy series. The script will be written by David Rosen, creator/executive producer of the MTV cult comedy I Just Want My Pants Back, which also was based on source material — a book. BBC Worldwide Prods. and Sony Pictures TV are producing with the company behind the UK series, Baby Cow Prods. The original series, created by James Corden and Ruth Jones, chronicled the long-distance relationship between a man from England (Matthew Horne) and a woman from Wales (Joanna Page) who start off talking on the phone. They eventually decide to meet, and hit it off — but must navigate their eccentric families and friends (watch a clip below). It ran for three seasons plus a Christmas special and aired in the U.S. on BBC America.
Source: Full Article @ Deadline


This is gonna go as well as all the other times America has remade our shows..................
ReplyDeleteNot impressed, they're going to destroy it!
ReplyDeleteOh dear.
ReplyDeleteReally? If they like it that much just show the original!!!!
ReplyDeleteMost times the UK versions are much better than US versions. Especially, when the US makes a PG version of a UK show that isn't so PG. Life on Mars UK was so much better than Life on Mars US, which tanked. You can't take a UK show like Free Agents with all its profanity and make a US totally PG version that works. That also got cancelled.
ReplyDeleteOh God don't...
ReplyDeleteit not gonna work. it's too the welsh for the most part and surly, the execs might think it needs to be dumb down.
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