FOX Is Developing 'True Lies' TV Reboot
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Executive produced by James Cameron, the potential series is set to be a modern version of the story about how a suburban couple adjusts when one of them is a spy.

AceShowbiz - FOX is developing a "True Lies" TV reboot with James Cameron, director of the original 1994 flick, serving as executive producer. The one-hour planned series will be based on the action classic which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The network has handed out a sizable put-pilot commitment to the reboot. Written by "Arrow" executive producer Marc Guggenheim, the potential drama is poised to be a modern version of the story about how a suburban couple adjusts when one of them is revealed to be a spy.

In addition to writing the script, Guggenheim will serve as executive producer. Also executive producing the series are McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision president Mary Viola and frequent Cameron collaborator Rae Sanchini through his Lightstorm Entertainment banner. Guggenheim will also direct the pilot.

"True Lies" followed Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger), a mild-mannered computer salesman. Unbeknownst to his wife Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis), it turns out that Harry is not an ordinary salesman as he lives a double life as an anti-terrorist black ops agent. The two later were captured by a terrorist group and Harry needed to save both the day and his marriage.

Being one of Schwarzenegger's great action extravaganzas, the movie was a huge success at the box office. It grossed over $378 million worldwide on a budget of $115 million. Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Art Malik, Eliza Dushku and Grant Heslov also starred in the movie.

Should the project move forward, "True Lies" TV series marks the second Cameron-directed/Schwarzenegger-starring movie which is adapted into a TV series. Back in 2008, FOX aired "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles", which follows Sarah and John Connor's journey after the events of "Terminator 2". "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" didn't live for long, though. It was canceled after two seasons despite its generally positive reviews.

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