Magnum Mania!

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:43 pm**

Hello,

I wondered me why Tom Selleck doesn't produced himself the magnum's movie ? I mean he could call his buddies L.Manetti, R.Mosley and J. Hillerman and why not the others actors if they are agree with him for to make the movie ? What thought you ?

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:45 pm**

It's simple. he doesn't own the rights. Magnum is still the property of Universal.

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:49 pm**

It would be nice if that happened, but those darn rights issues screw everything up! BTW, Welcome to the site!

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:34 pm**

Hello,

Thank you for your answers.

Posted: **Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:38 am**

It's the same as Paul McCartney not owning the rights to the Beatles songs he wrote!

Oh well, at least Tom Selleck is executive producer of the JESSE STONE Tv movies.

Hopefully someday Universal will realize that MPI would have never made it past the first season without TOM!

Tom, Larry, and Roger got to be in the movie if its ever made! If Hillerman isn't available, Universal could hire Paul Giamatti (No disrespect to Hillerman!) Giamatti is an adequate actor, and when he starred in "The Illusionist" he looked A LOT like Jonathan Quayle Higgins! Question is, would he be able to pull off the 'accent'?

I don't mean any disrespect to Higgy-Baby or his fans, just posing a theory.
I'm loyal to Selleck, but I always liked the fact that Magnum had his foil! There's a price to living in paradise!!!

Posted: **Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:15 pm**

Hello,

Supposing that we made a petition with all the fans of the show gathered
wherever in the world and supposing that we send it to the President of
Universal studio, maybe Tom Selleck and his buddies could get the right to make the movie !

Posted: **Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:02 pm**

MACattack wrote:If Hillerman isn't available, Universal could hire Paul Giamatti (No disrespect to Hillerman!) Giamatti is an adequate actor, and when he starred in "The Illusionist" he looked A LOT like Jonathan Quayle Higgins! Question is, would he be able to pull off the 'accent'?

If Hillerman was unavailable, I'd prefer that they wrote Higgins' absence into the plot. Personally I don't think I would be able to accept someone else playing such a key role.

Posted: **Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:22 pm**

Jay-Firestorm wrote: If Hillerman was unavailable, I'd prefer that they wrote Higgins' absence into the plot. Personally I don't think I would be able to accept someone else playing such a key role.

Ditto

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:29 am**

Hey Katleen26, if you're serious about that project, contact me at
Jasonfclark@Gmail.com.

Lets get something going! I've always been obsessed with MPI and the Magnaverse! That show has shaped alot of aspects of my life. I still don't have a ferrari, but I get on a plane to Hawai'i whenever I can!
Tom Selleck is on my list of the top 10 best actors of all time. I can't decide if he or Sean Connery is number one! Hell, they're both excellent. John Hillerman rocks too! Hopefully he can come out of retirement one more time to please the fans!

Posted: **Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:25 pm**

Hi,

Sorry if I did not answer, but I have not a lot of time at the moment. Thus naturally that I am serious about the petition. Only, I do not know how much it would be necessary of signature to convince the direction of Universal Studio.
If somebody has ideas, why not make them share on this forum!

Posted: **Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:15 am**

We already tried hard and pursued this and got nowhere (I can't find all the posts.)

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:23 am**

SelleckLover wrote:We already tried hard and pursued this and got nowhere (I can't find all the posts.)

And we're pretty dogged too.

Posted: **Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:49 am**

Oh well..... I'll just wait.