Selleck 'wants Magnum P.I. movie role'

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Tom Selleck has reportedly revealed that he wants to land the lead role in the movie adaptation of his US TV show Magnum P.I.

The actor, who played private investigator Thomas Magnum from 1980 until 1988, admitted that he is eager to reprise the character on the big screen, despite studio bosses failing to offer him the part.

"They haven't called, they haven't written. I keep hearing they're developing one but I don't know whether I'm going to be in it," WENN quotes him as saying.

"But they keep doing [fan] polls and I keep winning them."

Last year, Matthew McConaughey confirmed that he had been offered the lead role, telling DS: "I'm having a look at it right now. I'm considering that."