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Iconic 'Starsky & Hutch' show from '70s to get 21st century upgrade in modern-day remake

Fox Entertainment is working on a remake of the iconic 1970s buddy cop show 'Starsky & Hutch' that will star two female detectives

CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA: Fox is working on a remake of the 1970s buddy cop show 'Starsky & Hutch'. But, unlike the original series, which had only two men as the main leads, the modern “reimagining” of the drama series will star two female detectives.

Sasha Starsky and Nicole Hutchinson, the two female detectives feature in the series and solve crimes in the offbeat town of Desert City, Deadline reported. They do it while staying true to their friendship, their awesomeness, and somehow also trying to unravel the mystery behind who sent their fathers to prison 15 years ago for a crime they didn’t commit. 

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Series is collab production Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment.

Fox Entertainment has teamed up with Sony Pictures Television to produce the project with Sam Sklaver and Elizabeth Peterson as writers and showrunners, as per Hollywood Reporter. The original series was produced by Sony TV, then known as Columbia Pictures Television.

Created by William Blinn and produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, it aired on ABC from 1975-1979. It centered on two detectives, starring Paul Michael Glaser as David Michael Starsky and and David Soul as Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson. The two buddy detectives drove through the fictional streets of Bay City, California in a two-door Ford Gran Torino, solving crime.

Peterson, the outlet reported is currently part of the mini writer's room developing 'Jenny Is a Weapon' at Fox and previously worked on 'Prodigal Son' and HBO’s 'The Leftovers' and 'The Newsroom'. Peterson is repped by CAA and Lichter Grossman.

'Get some original ideas'

"Who are they going to get to play Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller?" one Twitter user asked, seemingly unaware that 'Starsky and Hutch' was a TV series before it was a movie. Another said, "Female Starsky and Hutch." But some were also quite critical. "Does anyone have an original idea in Hollywood anymore? (says the woman who wouldn't mind a From Dusk Till Dawn remake)," read one tweet. Another wrote, "Because the 1st time you did that it went so well. Dear Hollywood get some original ideas." Another user asked, "Will they be calling it "Cagney & Lacey", or will this be the Self-Indulgent Badass Power-Fantasy version, like Ocean's 8?"

A few users were curious with one hopeful viewer tweeting, "I hope this one is not a comedy." Another said, "Why not make a sequel to the perfect Starsky & Hutch remake?". More users asked if they could reboot Cagney and Lacey instead, with one tweet saying, "Why not Cagney and Lacey that would actually make sense."

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