Cameron Crowe and Angela Lansbury both successfully shut down any chance of a TV remake for their classic hits "Say Anything" and "Murder, She Wrote," respectively. "Rush Hour," "School of Rock," "Full House" and much more still remain in development to make their returns on the small screen.
The failed TV remakes and reboots ("Charlie's Angels," "Knight Rider," "Wonder Woman," etc.) far outnumber the successes ("Battlestar Galactica," "Fargo"), but Hollywood studios continue to mine the archives for another classic (or something close) to reignite.
Here are 10 movies and TV shows that could soon make a comeback on the small screen:
Rush Hour
"Rush Hour" had surprising success on the big screen when it premiered in 1998. The first movie grossed more than $244 million worldwide and spawned two sequels.
CBS gave a pilot production commitment to Warner Bros. TV for "Cougar Town" creator Bill Lawrence to reboot "Rush Hour" into an hour-long action comedy series. Lawrence plans to stick with the original "Rush Hour" premise, which brought a straight-laced Hong Kong detective (played by Jackie Chan) to Los Angeles to work a joint case with a cocky LAPD detective (played by Chris Tucker).
School of Rock
Actor-comedian Tony Cavalero will pose as substitute teacher Dewey Finn, the role originated by Jack Black, in Nickelodeon's "School of Rock" TV series. Cavalero will teach a new group of prep school students how to rock 'n' roll as he tries to live out his own rock star dreams.
"I am honored to be part of the rad legacy that is 'School of Rock,'" Cavalero said. "Jack Black is one of my biggest comedy influences and I am ready to shred."
Nickelodeon ordered 13 episodes for the first season that will premiere early next year. The 2004 film's director Richard Linklater and producer Scott Rudin will serve as executive producers on the TV show.
Lost In Space
CBS's "Lost in Space" and NBC's "Star Trek" had nearly identical track records for their original series. Both took advantage of the space race excitement during the 1960s and both had their shows pulled after three seasons due to poor ratings and ballooning budgets.
The similarities pretty much stop there.
The "Star Trek" franchise recovered nearly 20 years later and has produced four spin off TV series as well as 12 major motion pictures, with one more in development.
"Lost in Space" also got its own movie in 1998 but never saw success like the Starfleet crew. The sci-fi series might get a second shot on TV and send the Robinson family back into space.
Legendary TV has put a "Lost in Space" reboot into development with "Dracula Untold" writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless signed on to adapt the script, according to Deadline.
Uncle Buck
Unlike "Say Anything," the director and star of "Uncle Buck" are no longer living to express their opposition to a television reboot of their 1989 film. The families of director John Hughes and actor John Candy have instead spoken out against ABC and Universal TV's development plans for a series that already had an unsuccessful TV run on CBS in 1990.
"The families feel a strong attachment to the original film which symbolized the great and unique collaboration between Hughes and Candy. Recalling that the director was displeased with the first Uncle Buck TV show effort which failed on CBS in 1990, it is well expected that he would not be supportive of this current attempt," the Hughes and Candy families said in a joint statement to Deadline.
If the show goes forward, the new series would follow the movie plot line, which centers on a man-child (originally played by Candy) who learns to become an adult by taking care of his brother's children in an unconventional way.
Big
Tom Hanks received a 1989 Oscar nomination for his role in "Big." His character Josh, a 12-year-old boy from New Jersey, wishes to become "big" at a carnival machine and overnight becomes a full-grown man.
"Enlisted" executive producers Kevin Biegel and Mike Royce have sold Fox a half-hour comedy based loosely on the 1988 film. Royce and Biegel will use the message of the film to show "what it means to be an adult and what it means to be a kid, and how in today's world those two things are more confused than ever," according to Variety.
Full House
"Full House" remains one of the most popular shows on TV even though it went off the air in 1995. Its primetime repeats on Nickelodeon pull in 1.5 million viewers a night, and Jimmy Fallon has staged several small cast reunions on "The Tonight Show" including a one-night-only performance by "Jesse and The Rippers."
John Stamos, who played Uncle Jesse, has plans to revisit "Full House" and is in the early development stages with the original series creator Jeff Franklin, executive producer Bob Boyett and Warner Bros. TV. Stamos has recruited former cast mates Candace Cameron Bure (D.J.), Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie) and Andrea Barber (Kimmy Gibbler). Dave Coulier (Joey) and Bob Saget (Danny) also will have some involvement on the project.
Ghost
Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner, the men behind Fox's sci-fi series "Fringe," will reboot the supernatural classic "Ghost" for Paramount TV. The movie starred Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, who won an Oscar for her role as the psychic Oda Mae Brown.
"We are thrilled to collaborate with Akiva and Jeff, two deeply creative and accomplished talents, on the television adaptation of this classic supernatural drama," Paramount TV president Amy Powell announced last November.
The Greatest American Hero
Chris Miller and Phil Lord successfully rebooted the cop drama "21 Jump Street" for the big screen. They will try to do the same with another Stephen J. Cannell series from the '80s, "The Greatest American Hero," but on a smaller scale.
Fox has given a put pilot commitment for a new TV series based on the same concept about a teacher who obtains an alien suit that gives him superpowers. Cannell's daughter Tawnia McKiernan will co-produce with Miller and Lord.
Minority Report
Fox will try to reboot another Tom Cruise thriller after NBC's unsuccessful remake of "The Firm" in 2012. The network has given a put pilot commitment to "Minority Report," a remake of the 2002 Steven Spielberg film, which will start 10 years after the movie, which was set in 2054.
"Godzilla" screenwriter Max Borenstein will adapt the script and serve as an executive producer for the show from Spielberg's Amblin Television, Paramount TV and 20th Century Fox TV.
