Wheel of Bad Ideas Spun Again

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"Thanks" to kennfusion for this news tip, from Variety.com:

Ice cool with 'Kotter' redo
Dimension boards 'Welcome' wagon

Dimension Films has completed a deal to turn the ABC series "Welcome Back, Kotter" into a feature film, with Ice Cube producing and playing the title character.

Comments

[frobisher]

"We were skeptical about selling 'Kotter' because making a great movie from a TV show can be challenging"

See? They almost avoided falling over the cliff.

Why? Why do they hate us?

[mcpino]

I'm once-removed friends with Robert Heyges (Epstein) from WBK, I'll hafta call him & see what HIS reaction is...

Good to know that there's Fresh, Vital, Original movie scripts out there.

[changeng]

i am now ready to die.

Pino, call Hedges and give him a gun.