Take this rumor with a grain of salt, but WorstPreviews is reporting that producer Jonathan Shestack (Disturbing Behavior, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past) has secured the film rights to Saved By The Bell.
Apparently, it will be an update, think Miami Vice or Charlie’s Angels, with a new cast and hopefully featuring cameos from the originals.
I’m always skeptical of how a multi-camera sitcom becomes a one camera film. It’s a gigantic tonal shift - are there any good examples of this transition? The Brady Bunch movie, maybe.
Normally in situations like this I’d say something along the lines of “don’t fuck this up,” but considering the amount of camp in the original I’d say that would be pretty hard to do.
It can go one of two ways. They take a Brady Bunch approach and not change a thing, maintaining the original’s tone and 90s style. Or they update (a la the aforementioned Miami Vice) and thus ruin the memory of the show.
For a show that only ran in it’s original incarnation for four years, it sure has found its place in the cultural lexicon.
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can get Dustin Diamond...same pay he got 1st season.
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