For a LONG time now, there has been talks about getting a I Dream of Jeannie adaptation made, including one that had Lindsay Lohan as Jeannie (I can see her in the outfit anyways)
Now it seems this adaptation that seems to never get off the ground is setting up for another try. This time with Sheila Callaghan writing the script.
A number of writers have been attached to the project including NATIONAL TREASURE writers Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, MULAN’s Rita Hsiao and BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM’s Gurinder Chadha. Jimmy Fallon was allegedly under contract to play the Larry Hagman role. But now Sony wants to blow that all up and start fresh with a new script from Sheila Callaghan, a writer on “The United States of Tara.”
I Dream of Jeannie had a very simple premise that doesn’t have much to go on. Man finds a bottle and discovers that he has “earned” a Genie named… Jeannie. Eventually they fall in love and get married. The End.
But the charm of the whole show was that Jeannie served her master out of duty, and was oblivious to the modern world. I hope they keep that element. But as reported Callaghan would be going with a more of a focus on the relationship of equals with different roles instead of Jeannie being duty bound to call him Master etc.
I just wonder what peice of eyecandy they will get to wear the sexy genie outfit.
