MacGruber gets attacked by MacGuyver
Bring in the lawyers, it looks like the MacGuyver creator Lee David Zlotoff is none too pleased with the notion of a parody of his hit television show being converted into a feature length motion picture. Although MacGruber is already done with principal photography and is in the midst of marketing and post-production for the April 23rd release date, it’s the perfect time for the creator to try and either get some money out of this or to stop it due to the production of a MacGuyver movie. Here’s a snippet of the report from Latino Review.:
So there’s this rich guy named Lee Zlotoff. Real Cowboy type. He created MacGyver and is working on the film at New Line Cinema. And he is in the wings I hear tell with the Madre of all lawsuits. Not just to shut the film down and save us from this cinematic hell. No. He’s looking at Relativity for dolares. Mucho Dolares. And it seems likely that he would get it too. Again, think about it- otherwise I could make the YAWNING- Y MEN about some bored mutants without pissing Fox off. And of course I can’t.
Now we just wait and see as they go through their small legal dispute and see who ends up on top. In the meantime, here’s a few new pictures from the upcoming parody feature starring Will Forte along with Val Kilmer and Kristen Wiig.:
I’ve never seen the parody on SNL, as I haven’t watched the show in years. I saw a commercial with this character during the Super Bowl last year and though, “this is about as funny as finding out you are dying.” Now they are making a movie about this? Oh boy. I’m rooting for Team McGyver.
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