Remakes are not just for the big screen!
Both Steve Keller and Mike Stone will soon be heading to The Streets of San Francisco.
CBS will be turning the 1970s cop series into a contemporary show. The original starred Michael Douglas and Karl Malden.
The remake will keep key elements from the original shows. Such as the same names of the two main character, the same show title, and the same setting at the City by the Bay.
Writer Sheldon Turner says, “The times are very similar — it was the Vietnam War in the 1970s and the Iraq War now. There is the same sort of tension between generations, and we wanted to carry that to the new series.”
There will also be references to John McCain and Barack Obama.
Turner adds, “One, like Obama, wants to be active and believes in rehabilitation, while the other one, like McCain, doesn’t quite believe in rehabilitation and believes that the enemy is the enemy.”
Sounds like a snooezefest.
It totally belongs on CBS, the old people’s network!