I can’t believe that there’s a remake hungry industry out there that could top Hollywood with one of its announcements, but there is, and it’s France. A French TV channel have announced that they are going to remake the Starksy and Hutch TV series as their own! Twenty Two episodes for three series, and they’re already signed up!
Just to add insult to injury the site Dark Horizons carry the story and use a picture of the recent movie remake, not the original series!
First it was “Law and Order: Criminal Intent”, then “CSI”, now the French plan to remake “Starsky and Hutch” into a contemporary series. TV channel M6 will make this new version under the title “Duval et Madani” reports Allocine.
Huggy will be renamed Cesar, Captain Dobbey will become a woman (Monica Cruz is tipped for the role). Laurent Hennequin will play Duval (the new Hutch) whilst Alexandre Brasseur will be Madani (the new Starsky).
What a farce…I’m going to bite my tongue on this one, and all my friends will know why…but remaking the original series is just not on, mind you how recognisable would it be with all these conversions? Surely it just becomes another cop buddy drama? I can’t see them capturing the original feel.
