CBS has greenlit production on a pilot for a new version of HAWAII FIVE-O from a dream team of scribes — red-hot feature writers & FRINGE producers Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and CSI: NY executive producer Peter Lenkov. You may recall that CBS passed on a take from CRIMINAL MINDS showrunner Ed Bernero last season and, several years before that, scuttled a filmed pilot from Steve Cannell & Kim LeMasters that starred Russell Wong and Gary Busey (the main title from that unaired pilot is below). Kurtzman and Orci know a thing or two about reviving old TV concepts…they wrote the feature versions of STAR TREK, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and TRANSFORMERS.
I suspect McGarrett will have himself a Slusho after telling Dano to book ’em.
If it’s done right it could be great. I love the original to this day and they have a LOT to live up to. And I think people will call them on it if it is bad. And if it’s good it could be a huge hit.
any info on hawaii auditions?
How about an update on that crap music??? Sounds like they used the original score. Not good.