A very reliable entertainment media source, “The Hollywood Reporter,” has generated a report, which alludes to the fact that a remake of the 1994 film “True Lies” is in progress at CBS.

Matt Nix, renowned for his writing works in the American television show “Burn Notice,” will write a script based on the 1994 film “True Lies,” which starred Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis in the leading roles.

Matt Nix will write the script for the series, and James Cameron, who had helmed the film back in 1994, apart from writing the script for it, will oversee the development of the series as an executive producer. If you have been following the reports pertaining to the “True Lies” reboot, then you would know that McG (Joseph McGinty Nichol) has been around with a desire to remake the 1994 film into a TV series. And, he has deservedly earned a place in the production team, and he will direct the first episode apart from executive producing the whole series.

20th Television, which is now owned by Marvel’s partner Disney, is the premier studio behind the production of the series.

Apart from Cameron himself and McG, Wonderland Sound (founded by McG), Mary Viola (President of Vision), and longtime collaborator of James Cameron, Rae Sanchini under the banner of Lightstorm Entertainment, are also on the list of executive producers.

The Hollywood Reporters suggests that Rae Sanchini has been credited under the same designation on the film.

Some other reports state that the script for the series is akin to that of the 1994 film. A housewife living in the metropolis gets astonished to discover that her unattractive and lazy husband is actually working for the government and already holds a pedigree of several successful international missions under his belt. She soon finds herself getting involved in a very dangerous and life-threatening mission as the married couple tries to bring their chemistry back to life.

The Hollywood Reporter is pretty confident that this might be CBS’s last attempt to remake “True Lies.”

There have been several failed attempts to produce the remake. Fox tried it in 2017 and even got Marc Guggenheim (of Arrow fame ) to write a script for it, but the project never took a significant step forward. McG also alluded to the fact in 2019 that a remake series is under talks at Disney+.

Arnold Schwarzenegger starrer “True Lies” was a massive global success as it obtained an affluence sum of almost $379 million. The film was also a critical success and eventually won Jamie Lee Curtis her first Golden Globe Award in the Best Actress category.

Up until this point, 20th Television has been busy producing only Disney’s projects spanning across multiple platforms such as Disney+, Hulu, Freeform, and ABC.

“True Lies” will mark the third series that has been ordered for a pilot episode in 2021. It joins the list that already has titles “Good Sam,” and “Ways and Means.”

“Good Sam” will star Sophia Bush in the leading role, and “Ways and Means” will star Patrick Dempsey in the leading roles.

Source : CBS Is Going to Reboot “True Lies”