The Greatest American Hero Movie Gets Majorly Revamped
The Greatest American Hero (2009) Movie — By Nix on April 14, 2008
It’s been a while since I saw “The Greatest American Hero”, and to be honest with you, all I remember from the show is William Katt crashing into walls and flopping onto garbage dumps in alleyways. Anyways, the movie version is coming, and changes are afoot for the movie. At least, according to MovieHole, who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows about the changes. The biggest change of all seems to be that the lead character, Ralph Hinkley is now the most popular teacher at school, and Owen Wilson, who was originally looked at as the perfect Ralph Hinkley, is out, and an unknown is being sought after to play the lead.
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She explained that the Ralph Hinkley of the film is “the most popular teacher at school, and has a real way with the kids – notably Josh, who is revealed to be Pam’s (the love interest from the original TV show) son”.
Adversary-wise, there’s your typical superhero villain (though nobody has seen the whole script, so nobody knows who or what it is), but also “Harve Lundy, a fat 35-year-old teacher at the same school as Ralph. His classroom has all the desks and seats at the back of the room and his desk is on a high platform overlooking them.”
Seems if Hinkley doesn’t get a laugh, then they plan for Harve too – he’s an obnoxious, bumbling baffoon by the sounds.
Most interestingly, this ‘Ralph Hinkley’ won’t just inherit the power to fly… he’ll snag a whole range of super-powers….. including the ability to burst into a ball of flames (Johnny Storm) style. These ‘turns’, of course, happen at the most inopportune of times – like the school Open Night that’s featured in the first half of the film.
What, no mention of the FBI agent/buddy? Isn’t he sort of pivotal to the movie?
Production on the film is supposed to start in July of this year.
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Guys, I’ve said this before and I’ll say this again: This is not, not NOT an official source about the project – don’t trust it. This is the same hearsay that we’ve gotten for “The A-Team,” which BTW is the only SJC endeavor that I know of that’s proceeding as planned. “A-Team” has an official greenlight – or at least one step forward. “GAH” has not had any official word it’s being filmed from a legitimate source – Cannell productions, Variety, AP, MSNBC, CNN, Fox, etc.
An official source is from SJC productions, not “Was speaking to a casting director friend today… According to my friend-who-should-know.” I sent an E-mail to Cannell Productions and they said that they’re doing something in house, but it’s a WIP and nothing else. Anyone can claim to be a casting director, and if they had to remain anonymous, they should explain why – which is not mentioned here.
Plus, why spoil the new story with comments such as “Pam’s son” and an evil teacher with names. Right now, I read this a lot as someone using “Sky High” ideas and theming it with “GAH.” I mean, evil teacher when they had at worst mafia men and ninjas in the TV series? Also, giving Ralph a Fantastic Four power when DC comics sued SJC in the ’80s for thinking Ralph was Superman? (I know, “Four” is Marvel, but same cause and reason).
Again, I feel a lot of these “Rumors” are currently because of the fanfilm production called “TGAH 2008,” and people confusing it as a legit movie being produced. The fanfilm production is supposed to air in July, and their front page of the Web site can be misleading as to being a movie production. For a while, it even had an MPAA rating on it, which was illegal as no film had been shown to the company, and was found out to be filched from “Bridge to Terabithia.” So, I think people are looking at that – thinking it’s for a movie, but isn’t – never will be. It’s not an official SJC production – and never has been.
Personally, I truly believe is now defunct as they’ve said nothing to try and attract fans and this is a way to draw attention to it. Until SJC’s company says anything or it comes from an official cited source, not “Talking to a friend,” don’t believe this story.
Can we please stop re-making 80’s stuff. Have we ran out of imagination? Have all the stories been told ,,really? I know that history usually repeats itself but give me an F-n break here. Let 80’s stuff rest in peace and lets start coming up with ORIGINAL ideas.