Tom Selleck -- Magnum P.I.?

It seems that the buzz about a possible film version of "Magnum P.I." is news to the original series' 'stashed stud, Tom Selleck.
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Selleck went on the air this morning with Los Angeles' STAR 98.7's Valentine & Lisa Foxx and said that he would be more than willing to take on the role again if the script were good -- and if they called him!

Who's being whispered about to play the pretty private dick in a Magnum opus? The buzz is that Ben Affleck is the lead contender. As hot as Ben is, he ain't got what Selleck's got ... a moustache!



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Tags: interview, lisa foxx, LisaFoxx, magnum P I, MagnumPI, movie, radio, star 98.7, Star98.7, tom selleck, TomSelleck, tv

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1. Stache rules, someone ought to bring back that look!
LOL

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Posted at 3:34PM on May 18th 2007 by Big Beat Battalion (Geek Hop Rap)

2. Someone please tell Tom that the moustache makes him look as queer as Bobby Trendy!

Posted at 3:38PM on May 18th 2007 by Haha

3. I guess Selleck would be happy to get any offer. Magnum PI hasn't been on in years, last movie I can remember him being in was Three Men and a Baby.....

Posted at 3:43PM on May 18th 2007 by Thought He Was Dead

4. Are there no original ideas in Hollywood anymore? All we get, is remakes of old TV shows, sequels, remakes of movies already done......comic books made into movies....etc......somebody do something original!

Posted at 3:50PM on May 18th 2007 by Haha

5. Tom you are awesome! I would love to see Magnum PI as a movie again! It would be so cool!

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Posted at 3:53PM on May 18th 2007 by jProud American Author

6. NO ONE can do Magnum like Tom Selleck......regardless of age. Somebody better pick up the phone and call the man.....PRONTO!!

Posted at 3:55PM on May 18th 2007 by JenJen

7. Knowing how the stupid studio suits in hollywood think, they'll probably stick the latest "flavor of the month" actor into a role like this; they'll replace Tom Selleck with someone like Ben Affleck. What these idiots obviously haven't grasped is, the series worked really well for 2 reasons: the relationship between the actors who played the roles, and Tom Selleck's charisma. With the actors playing so well off each other & Tom Selleck so charismatic in the lead role, the series was a classic; very watchable & fun. Without them, it was just an ok series. The movie will bomb without him...

Posted at 3:57PM on May 18th 2007 by BORING...

8. Enough of the remakes already---STOP PLEASE!!! However--Brad from comment number 6 is right and whenever possible use the original actor. Magnum is Tom Selleck not Ben Affleck--yuck. I wouldn't mind though if they wanted to continue the story & retain the original cast & maybe use Ben as an extra in a crowd scene.

Posted at 4:06PM on May 18th 2007 by bc

9. I luve Tom..........The whole cast should come back and do a movie.......no replacement actors!!!!!!!!!


Magnum PI was a great show. Tom has enough money to put together a project by himself.

Can't imagine other actors doing it - what a shame that would be.

Everyone is alive from the show except Ice Pick - luved that guy too.

So many people would flock to see a funny gritty Magnum movie........Ivan the arch enemy could still be alive.........can't believe there aren't any creative Magnum PI writer/fans who can come up with a script.

I agree....Tom has to do something with that moustache - it is styled so wrong..........

Posted at 4:21PM on May 18th 2007 by Pieta

10. He keeps that moustache because,,,,,,,no one would know him without it, its been so long since he worked! I thought for sure we could have found him on findagrave.com

Posted at 4:44PM on May 18th 2007 by Karen Walker

11. The mustache remains a "seventies thing" and makes Tom Selleck look like, well, a "seventies thing". Sorry, Tom.

But what is this about Ben Affleck as the reincarnation of Magnum? Whaaaaaat? Almost anyone in Hollywood, male, female, or Ryan Phillipe is better qualified to play Thomas Magnum.

Posted at 5:36PM on May 18th 2007 by Prince Romanoff

12. Ben Afflek might make a good Rick, but not Magnum. Tom Selleck was on latenight the other night saying that he would not do a cameo on a campy movie of magnum PI. I think that if they made it dark and serious like the Miami Vice movie or the Bourne Identity trilogy, or the latest Bond movie it would do much better than trying to make it campy and a spoof like the Brady Bunch movies. I would certainly go see it as a real action movie. While they are at it, a movie version of Hawaii 5 O would be nice too.

Posted at 6:30PM on May 18th 2007 by Diego

13. Hawaii five0?? Better idea would be to beg Hollywood to come up with some NEW ideas!

Posted at 7:18PM on May 18th 2007 by Karen Walker

14. Tom Selleck will forever be the hottest man on the face of this earth! Those dimples make me melt! The guy is a class act, in addition to being drop dead gorgeous.

Posted at 8:14PM on May 18th 2007 by scubadivingrocks

15. THEY BETTER CALL! My one and only personal blog was of the email I sent to the writer & director for the Magnum movie pleading with him to use the original cast!

If Harrison Ford can still play Indiana Jones (a role that Selleck had originally been offered, but he refused b/c of that baseball movie (oops!)), then there's no reason why everyone in the original cast couldn't resume their roles. I have absolutely zero interest in seeing Ben Affleck or anyone else play Magnum. The producers should know better after one eighties' TV show that's turned into a movie after another fails to entertain. S.W.A.T. was terrible. Miami Vice wasn't nearly as cool as the TV show, etc...

Posted at 9:17PM on May 18th 2007 by Ally

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