Coming Soon: 'Battle of the Network Stars: The Movie'

[LynneSin]

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2005-08-25/#film3

Coming Soon: 'Battle of the Network Stars: The Movie'


In what may seem like the unlikeliest transition from TV to feature films, Paramount is planning to produce a movie version of Battle of the Network Stars, which ran on ABC from 1978 to 1984. The show, in which TV stars competed in "athletic" events (tug-of-war was one of them; Bob Newhart participated in a memorable event spinning plates atop poles), will be exec produced by Barry Frank who created the original show. It is being written by Etan Cohen, a former writer on King of the Hill and Beavis and Butt-head. The TV show was hosted by the late TV sports personality Howard Cosell (Daily Variety commented today that he "presided over the proceedings as soberly as if he were hosting the Olympics"); it was revived on the Bravo channel last week with Mike Adamle, the former football star and sportscaster, doing the play-by-play

[Mojambo]

1. You know what? If they approached this in the right way

It has the possibility of being VERY funny.

But they won't do it right and it'll end up being cheesy crap.

[Moochy]

2. Synergy ... ugh

They are just cashing in on the buzz of "battle of the reality stars"
and are out of ideas. And an almost inaudible buzz it is.

Whats that called when you are leaching on anothers marketing budget again?

[no name no slogan]

3. Who's gonna play Jamie Farr?