TRUE LIES TV Reboot from James Cameron Set at Fox
Two decades after its debut in theaters,
True Lies is headed for the small screen.
Fox has handed out a sizable put-pilot commitment to a reboot of James Cameron's 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis action drama.
Arrow executive producer Marc Guggenheim will pen the script for the potential drama, which is said to be a modern version of the story about how a suburban couple adjusts when one of them is revealed to be a spy.
Cameron — who wrote, directed and produced the feature film — is attached as an exec producer. The drama hails from 20th Century Fox Television, whose feature arm produced the 1994 film. McG will exec produce and, should the script move forward, direct the pilot. McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision president Mary Viola and frequent Cameron collaborator Rae Sanchini of his Lightstorm Entertainment banner will also exec produce, with the latter having been credited in the same capacity on the movie.
For Guggenheim,
True Lies marks his first broadcast project to come after the
Arrow and
Legends of Tomorrow EP exited his overall deal with Warner Bros. Television. The prolific comic book scribe maintains a full plate on the small screen with both DC Comics TV shows for The CW as well as Netflix's animated
Trollhunters.
True Lies also marks Cameron's largest small-screen scripted project to date and brings the
Avatar mastermind back to Fox after the network adapted his
Terminator franchise for the small screen nearly 10 years ago.
McG, meanwhile, will expand his relationship with Fox, where he's attached to exec produce Ryan Murphy's upcoming
911 procedural as well as its
Lethal Weapon reboot.
True Lies grossed $378.8 million worldwide (on a budget of $115 million). The action drama co-starring Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku and Charlton Heston — itself a remake of the 1991 French comedy — earned Curtis a Golden Globe win for best actress.
'True Lies' TV Reboot From James Cameron Set at Fox