The Next Disaster in Waiting
October 30th, 2007 -- by Augie De Blieck Jr.
Fox is teaming with writer Adam Barr and producer McG for “Spaced,” a comedy project based on the Channel 4 series of the same name from “Shaun of the Dead” masterminds Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright.
I can’t see this ending well.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:08 am
Considering neither Pegg or Wright have no involvement in the show (in fact neither of them was ever contacted to inform them there would be a US attempt) Fox is going to be very surpised to see the fanbase go nowhere near it.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:51 am
I tend to agree, particularly given that Spaced was as much or more a personal series as Coupling (and we recall how bad that translation was…even with some involvement by Moffat). On the other hand, the one bit that maybe provides some hope is that while Barr’s been doing much more mainstream stuff recently, he was a significant writer on Parker Lewis Can’t Lose.
On the other hand, I really can’t see the quirkiness of the original getting upper level approval, and as seen with The Office, the tightrope is basing something on the original but still giving it its own identity.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:14 am
I have heard good things about the original series. Lets hope this goes the way of The Office and not the way of other British imports.