Can McConaughey Pull Off the Hawaiian Shirts?
Entertainment Weekly reports that Matthew McConaughey has been offered the role of Thomas Magnum in Universal Pictures’ adaptation of “Magnum P.I.,” based on the hit ’80s TV series that starred Tom Selleck. McConaughey is reportedly reading the script from writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) and will decide shortly. Brian Grazer and Imagine Entertainment are producing. This sounds like it’s nowhere near being verified, but it’s an interesting bit of news. McConaughey looks the part (minus moustache, of course, but that’s not that hard to fix) and I don’t think he’s a terribly bad actor. I think he picks some stupid parts, but the good ones, he handles well. I think it’ll be an interesting take on the movie. It’ll still be hard pressed to break free of the usual rut that old TV shows have to break out of to make a good movie twenty years later. Keep an eye on this. Gretchen Mol in Tenure Variety reports that Gretchen Mol will star opposite Luke Wil
