James Cameron, who directed box office giants such asAvatar,Titanic, andThe Terminator, is executive producing a television reboot of his 1994 film,True Lies.CBShas given the project a pilot order and an official logline for the series.
The pilot was written byBurn Notice’s Matt Nix and will be directed by McG (Charlie’sAngels). Cameron’s originalTrue Lieswas a loose remake of the 1991 French comedyLa Totale.It followed a secret government agentHarry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who tried to reignite his relationship with his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) after he learned that she was having an affair with a used-car salesman while balancing life as a spy.
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The action-comedy grossed over $370 million worldwide on a $115 budget and earned an Academy Award nomination for visual effects. Jamie Lee Curtis received wide acclaim for her portrayal of Helen Tasker and she went on to win Best Actress at theGolden Globe Awards. The pilot’s log-line is identical to the movie’s story: “Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she’s recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage.” The cast for the upcoming project has yet to be announced.
Cameron and McG have been attempting to rebootTrue Liesinto a series for the past decade. In 2017,Arrow’sMarc Guggenheim’s had a version of the pilot that was greenlit by Fox. However, the pilot never saw the light of day as the network decided to not move forward with the project. A few years later, the series found its way to CBS, which has also made reboots ofMacGyver, Magnum P.I.,andSWAT.The network is also releasing a sequel toSilence of the Lambsand recently debutedan update to The Equalizer.
This isn’t the only reboot that McG is working on. The filmmaker was recently hired to direct the series reboot ofTurner & Hoochfor Disney Plus. Meanwhile, James Cameron has spent the last decade filming fourAvatarsequels simultaneously. As of right now,Avatar 2’stheatrical release is set for December 2022. Its cast includes Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, andKate Winslet.
True Lies(1994)is now available on Amazon Prime Video.
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