'The Greatest American Hero' Reboot in the Works, to Feature Female Lead
The 1981 cult classic "The Greatest American Hero" is making a comeback, but with a female twist.
Created by Stephen J. Cannell, the original comedy-drama superhero television series ran for three years and followed the story of public school substitute teacher Ralph Hinkley played by William Katt.
The original "The Greatest American Hero" also starred Robert Culp as Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent Bill Maxwell and Connie Sellecca as lawyer Pam Davidson.
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Interestingly, according to Deadline, "The Greatest American Hero" reboot that ABC committed to put a pilot for will center on a 30-year-old Indian-American woman from Cleveland named Meera.
In this half-hour single-camera reboot, Meera has the affinity to drink tequila and do karaoke. That was pretty much it until she was approached by aliens to protect the planet, complete with a super suit.
This very suit will endow her with superpowers that should help her safeguard planet Earth, but she does the complete opposite due to the fact that she is unable to get a good grip of these new abilities.
"Fresh Off the Boat" writer-producer Rachna Fruchbom will take on the writing duties for the pilot and will serve as executive producer with "Fresh Off the Boat" creator herself c, her producing partner Mandy Summers and Cannell's daughter and television director Tawnia McKiernan. 20th Century Fox TV will co-produce "The Greatest American Hero" reboot with ABC Studios.
Since "The Great American Hero" reboot is set for a put-pilot, it is expected to make it to air, unless ABC is prepared for some serious major financial consequences.
Either way, there is a lot of excitement surrounding the project since the show is being brought back by its original home — ABC. However, this is not the first reboot attempt for it.
20th TV, which owns rights to the original "The Great American Hero," tried to bring it back for FOX in the past couple of years with McKiernan, Phil Lord and Chris Miller set to executive produce it although it did not come to pass.
