'Only Fools and Horses' US remake to be 'redeveloped' ABC's remake of Only Fools and Horses is likely to be redeveloped. The network recently revealed its schedule for the 2012-13 season, but the UK comedy revamp was not picked up to series. However, ABC president Paul Lee is reportedly a fan of the project and is keen to film a second pilot, according to Deadline. Romeo + Juliet star John Leguizamo was cast as Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in the remake, with stand-up comic Dustin Ybarra playing his brother Rodney.
Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd also starred as the pair's grandfather, while Happy Endings actor BJ Bales played the character of Trigger, who was reinvented as a 'ghetto-talking con man' and Del and Rodney's 'perpetual enemy'. Original Only Fools and Horses star David Jason has spoken out against ABC's remake, claiming that the show's humor won't "travel across the pond". "It might work but you've got to change it so much that, in the change, in order to Americanise it, do you lose the whole concept of the piece? " US Only Fools and Horses hits snag | News. May 19, 2012 Source: Comedy Central News Photo : Keystone The US version of Only Fools and Horses has hit a bump in the road. It's not been picked up to run for the 2012-13 season. We almost used a life imitating art analogy but even confused ourselves. anyway, according to Deadline, ABC president Paul Lee is committed to the project and wants to film a second pilot.
Which is hopefully some kind of relief for Romeo + Juliet star John Leguizamo ('Del Boy') and Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd (Granddad). And probably even bigger news for UK star David Jason who's generally been down on the whole thing, saying, 'It might work but you've got to change it so much that, in the change, in order to Americanise it, do you lose the whole concept of the piece? ' We will have to just wait and see who laughs last and laughs the longest. Copyright : Comedy Central UK. Only Fools and Horses US remake asks fans for name. Naming rights to Only Fools and Horses USA. 'Only Fools and Horses' US casts 'Bridesmaids' Wendi McLendon-Covey. Wendi McLendon-Covey has been cast in ABC's Only Fools and Horses remake. The Bridesmaids star will play Ruby, the ex-wife of John Leguizamo's Del. The equivalent role of Raquel in the UK original was played by Tessa Peake-Jones. After she was released from HBO pilot Viagra Diaries, McLendon-Covey attracted five offers, and ultimately decided to join the cast of Only Fools and Horses, reports Deadline.
The comedy pilot is about two streetwise brothers Del (Leguizamo) and Rodney (Dustin Ybarra), along with their grandfather (Christopher Lloyd), as they devise schemes to make money in the hope of becoming millionaires. McLendon-Covey starred in last year's summer hit Bridesmaids as the cousin of Maya Rudolph's Lillian. Her television credits include Reno 911! > Only Fools and Horses, Misfits: The British invasion of US TV Watch the trailer for Bridesmaids below: Bridesmaids' Wendi McLendon-Covey Joins ABC's Only Fools And Horses Pilot.
Christopher Lloyd Joins John Leguizamo In ABC Comedy Pilot Only Fools And Horses. Great Scott! Could Christopher Lloyd be returning to television? I suppose that depends on how things go for the ABC comedy pilot he’s been cast in. Those of us who are secretly (or openly) excited for the release of the gore-fest of a movie that is Piranha 3DD will get to see Lloyd return to his role as the fish expert Mr.
Goodman in the sequel. Meanwhile, the Taxi star has been cast in the ABC’s multi-camera comedy Only Fools and Horses (based on a British series). Deadline posted the news, stating that Lloyd is set to star opposite John Leguizamo and Dustin Ybarra in the project, which “chronicles the misadventures of two streetwise brothers, Del (Leguizamo) and Rodney (Ybarra), and their aging grandfather (Lloyd) as they concoct outrageous, morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes in their quest to become millionaires.”
Blended From Around The Web. John Leguizamo Will Star in ABC's Only Fools and Horses Pilot. Julie White Cast in NBC's Go On P... David Crabb Is A Bad Kid 2011 Drama Desk Award winner John Leguizamo will star in ABC's comedy pilot Only Fools And Horses, according to Deadline.com. The site reports that the series will chronicle the misadventures of two streetwise brothers, Del (Leguizamo) and Rodney, and their aging grandfather as they concoct outrageous, morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes. The actor recently signed a development deal with ABC, which also includes the possibility of creating a series based on Leguizamo's life.
Leguizamo won the Drama Desk for Ghetto Klown, which he is currently touring. His previous shows include Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama, Freak, and Sexaholix... A Love Story, and his many other stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream and La Puta Vida. Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href=" First Look: Joaquina Kalukango and Jonathan Cake in The Public Theater's Antony and Cleopatra Photo Flash Tweets by @Theatermania Email.
David Jason suggests 'Only Fools and Horses' US remake won't work. Sir David Jason has suggested that the American remake of Only Fools and Horses won't work. The 71-year-old actor, famous for playing Del Boy in the classic BBC sitcom, believes that the original London setting is intrinsic to its success. "They can do brilliant comedy [in America] but I don't see that they can bring off Fools and Horses," he told BBC News. "I don't see that it will travel across the pond. It might work but you've got to change it so much that, in the change, in order to Americanise it, do you lose the whole concept of the piece? " Jason went on: "The language will have to change so much and there will be so many parts of the storyline you have to change.
"It's so London and so British, [in] its humor, that you wonder. "I have no idea what the American equivalent of 'plonker' is, for example. Scrubs writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley are said to be adapting the show for US network ABC. > David Jason on Royal Bodyguard: "We didn't quite bring it off" Only Fools and Horses to be remade in America. Three decades after its debut on UK TV screens, sitcom Only Fools and Horses is to be remade in the US. Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley (writer-producers of Happy Endings and Scrubs) will adapt John Sullivan’s classic comedy for the ABC network. As in the BBC series starring David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst, the project will revolve around the misadventures of two brothers and their aging grandfather as they concoct outrageous, morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes in a bid to become millionaires.
Only Fools and Horses isn’t the first British success story to receive a transatlantic transfer – Sanford and Son (based on Steptoe and Son) ran for six seasons between 1972 and 1977) and All in the Family (the US Till Death Us Do Part) aired from 1971 until 1979. Currently, the American incarnation of The Office is into its eighth season. Only Fools and Horses USA: a sneak preview. Is nothing sacred in the world of transatlantic remakes? Apparently Only Fools and Horses isn't – the quintessentially English comedy of south London wheeler-dealers is being given an American reboot and we all have to live with it. G2's showbiz spies now reveal the subtle tinkerings that have been made with the original formula. • The David Jason role will be filled by Jason Alexander. The Rodney role will, confusingly, be taken on by Tracy Morgan from 30 Rock, while the character of Uncle Albert is killed off in the first show, and replaced by an attractive female cousin, played by someone from Bridesmaids, but not the large one. • The cockney-heavy dialogue will obviously have to change, and so American viewers can expect to soon be parroting classic catchphrases such as "Rodney, you goddamn asshole!
", "Awesome jawsome! " • The family will, true to the original, drive a distinctive yellow vehicle emblazoned with the family logo. . • The Nag's Head will now be a branch of Hooters.