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Old 04-23-09, 05:20 PM
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Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

..kind of.

Sci Fi Channel is teaming with Will Smith for a new crime procedural.

The network has ordered "Unfinished Business," a drama about an ex-cop who starts seeing flashes of memories from the recently deceased. The visions compel him to help wronged souls resolve their unfinished business.
I can't link it, but it's on the hollywoodreporter site.
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

That doesn't sound terribly original.
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

No Dushku = no sale!
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

Originally Posted by Snowmaker
No Dushku = no sale!
Like that helped the first time around?
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

Sounds like Pushing Daisies.
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

will he be partnering with jeff goldblum?
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

Aw HELL NAW!
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

what's so wrong with original ideas?

is it that difficult to come up with an original concept

i mean rehashes haven't worked...
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

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Aw HELL NAW!

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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

hmmmm why didn't they pick up the original if they liked it enough to take the idea?
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

Originally Posted by Baron Of Hell
hmmmm why didn't they pick up the original if they liked it enough to take the idea?
I'm guessing that Will Smith can answer that question for you.
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

sounds like ghost whisperer to me. minus a few "attributes" of course.
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

That tytle mayks my brayn hirt.
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

...there was also "Haunted" starring Matthew Fox from 2002. It was on UPN I think.

"After having a near-death experience, ex-cop-turned-private-eye Frank Taylor learns that he has the ability to see and communicate with restless ghosts of murdered people who ask for his help in solving their deaths".
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

I think Will Smith is only producing this, not starring in it.
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

Originally Posted by devilshalo
Like that helped the first time around?
It worked for me.
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Re: Will Smith brings Tru Calling reboot to SyFi

Originally Posted by Bateman
That doesn't sound terribly original.
10:1 it has to be a black guy in the lead role.

Not that I care, because this show is an obvious Medium/Tru ripoff and will likely suck.

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