Disney Making Live-action Inspector Gadget Movie
Life is full of surprises. And the production of another Inspector Gadget film is one of those moments. But there it was, in black and white; none other than The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit reporting on Gadget’s return:
Wowsers, Inspector Gadget, is making a return. Disney is developing a new live-action take on the 1980s animated series centering on the clumsy cyborg police inspector, hiring Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell, best known as writers on Saturday Night Live, to pen the script.
Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, who produced the billion dollar-grossing live-action Aladdin remake, are producing Gadget via their Rideback banner…
The series sparked numerous spinoffs and video games, and in 1999, a live-action Disney movie that saw Matthew Broderick play the titular character, and Rupert Everett play Claw. Don Adams, best known for starring in Get Smart, voiced the character in the original cartoon.
Back to the Big Screen?
Borys is “forgetting” the second edition, straight-to-video version of live-action Gadget starring French Stewart, but I digress.
Inspector Gadget, in all of his forms, is a staple in our house (and was a staple in my parents’ house when my siblings and I were in grade school).
The Matthew Broderick version has its merits; similar in watchability to Steve Guttenberg’s Tower of Terror movie back in the day. But my kids love it.
But I’ll bet you that they’d love a new film produced by the folks who did the live-action Aladdin even better.
Go, Go Gadget Reboot!
Kit added:
Gadget was an American-Canadian co-production produced for the syndicated market that was a staple around North America in the 1980s and 1990s. It featured a bionic Inspector Clouseau type who could command (OK, he couldn’t) an endless array of gizmos built into his body. His archenemy was Dr. Claw, leader of an organization named M.A.D. Also figuring in the proceedings was Penny, Gadget’s niece, and the brains behind him who actually stopped Claw’s plans. There was also Brain, Penny’s crafty dog, and Chief Quimby.
So, there was a collective yelp around the house when I told the guys what I was writing and a groan from my wife, who has lived through repeated viewings of both films over the years.
But how about you? Are you excited for a new Gadget movie? Let us know in the comments.