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Screenwriter hired for 'MacGyver' movie

Published Friday, May 21 2010, 16:36 BST | By Mike Moody
MacGyver

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New Line Cinema has reportedly hired a screenwriter for the upcoming MacGyver movie.

Bangkok Dangerous scribe Jason Richman has been tapped to pen the big screen update of the 1980s action-adventure show.

The original MacGyver starred Richard Dean Anderson as a resourceful secret agent who could escape any dangerous situation with his own unique science-based creativity.

Raffaella De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis and series creator Lee Zlotoff are producing the film.

MacGyver is spoofed in the Saturday Night Live sketch-turned-feature film MacGruber, opening today in US cinemas.
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