Headed to CBS this March is Rush Hour, a new action-comedy from Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Blake McCormick, along with Psych's Steve Franks. Based, of course, on the popular Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker films. The three creators, along with the cast - including leads Justin Hires and Jon Foo - appeared at the TCA Press Tour to talk about the positives and negatives of taking a well-known movie to the small screen.
"You guys know the battle of TV right now, right?," Lawrence (Scrubs) asked the TV critics in attendance for the Q&A session. "There are a lot of shows on television right now, and I think it's a risky dice to roll because, if it’s an iconic movie that people like you can’t knock fans off of it. But I think what you hope is that a title brings people to check out your show and give it a look. And I still want to believe that if you cast it well and write it well and act it well and produce it well, the people will stay after that, long after the references to the feature are gone."
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"You guys know the battle of TV right now, right?," Lawrence (Scrubs) asked the TV critics in attendance for the Q&A session. "There are a lot of shows on television right now, and I think it's a risky dice to roll because, if it’s an iconic movie that people like you can’t knock fans off of it. But I think what you hope is that a title brings people to check out your show and give it a look. And I still want to believe that if you cast it well and write it well and act it well and produce it well, the people will stay after that, long after the references to the feature are gone."
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