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    James Cameron Teams Up With 'Burn Notice' creator to Bring 'True Lies' to Small Screen

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    CBS has given a pilot order to the TV adaptation of the ‘Titanic’ director’s classic action movie with filmmaker McG being attached to direct its first episode.

    Feb 12, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Filmmaker James Cameron is revisiting his classic action movie “True Lies” for a new TV adaptation.
    Cameron wrote and directed the 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis film, and now he has signed on to executive produce a potential series for U.S. network bosses at CBS.
    A pilot order has been given to the project, which will be penned by “Burn Notice” creator Matt Nix, while filmmaker McG, who previously attempted to reboot “True Lies” for a TV series in 2017 and again in 2019, will direct the first episode. He will also serve as an executive producer.

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    Joining McG as executive produce for this TV reboot are his Wonderland Sound and Vision president Mary Viola and frequent Cameron collaborator Rae Sanchini of his Lightstorm Entertainment banner.
    The “True Lies” show will follow the same storyline as the movie, which starred Schwarzenegger as a secret international spy who struggles to balance his risky work life with his domestic duties at home with his family.
    The action comedy itself was based on the 1991 French release, “La Totale!”. A box office success, it earned $378.8 million worldwide, and gave Curtis her Golden Globe award for Best Actress – Comedy or Musical. In addition to Curtis and Schwarzenegger, it also has Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku and Charlton Heston in the cast ensemble.
    “True Lies” series adds to CBS’ slate of shows based on feature franchises, following “Clarice” and “The Equalizer”. It is also the network’s third drama pilot order this season, joining Sophia Bush-starring “Good Sam” and Patrick Dempsey’s “Ways and Means”.

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      Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in Talks to Do 'True Lies' Spin-Off

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      The original stars of the 1994 action movie, who played husband and wife Harry and Helen Tasker, are said to have recurring roles in the first season of the Disney+ series.
      May 20, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis are reportedly in talks to reprise their roles in “True Lies” for a TV spin-off.
      The stars, who played husband and wife in the 1994 action movie, have been circling a Disney+ series inspired by the James Cameron movie in recent months and according to the entertainment news website We Got This Covered, they will have recurring roles in the show’s first season – but they are not expected to lead the cast.
      The film followed a secret agent who allows his wife to participate in a spy mission after he fears she is having an affair.
      The news comes after “Terminator Salvation” director McG revealed last year (19) that he was involved in a planned television series.
      Curtis previously shot down rumors of a sequel to the production, insisting it would not be appropriate to spoof terrorism in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
      ”I don’t think we could ever do another ‘True Lies’ after 9/11,” she shared during a 2019 press conference. ”This was pre-9/11… we could make fun of terrorism because it was so outrageous.”
      But she confessed the role was one of her career favorites.
      ” ‘True Lies’ is just a perfect combination of everything I would do well in every way,” she shared. “It was just a perfect canvas. It was such a giant scope and Jim (Cameron) hired me, he wrote it for me… he just let me do what I do.”

      The news comes as Curtis and her Comet Pictures associates sign a three-year, first-look deal with bosses at horror movie studio Blumhouse. Among the projects already in production is thriller “Mother Nature”.

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