A tale that’s been told before.

Looks like Gilligan’s Island is the next TV main-stay about to get the big screen treatment.

Word via  Variety that the 60′s sitcom, which is still making the rounds in syndication, is being developed by Warner Brothers and written by Brad Copeland (Wild Hogs) and that producers hope to film for a release sometime next year.

Sherwood Schwartz, who produced the original series, has gone on the record saying he wants Michael Cera to play Gilligan.  Meh.  Frankly, I find that prospect a little under-whelming.  Michael Cera always plays Michael Cera (if you know what I mean).  I think Jay Baruchel (She’s Out Of My League) would make a much better Gilligan.

As for the rest of my “wish list” … Alan Hale (as The Skipper), Jim Parsons (as The Professor), Kelsey Grammar and Christine Baranski (as the Howells), Jennifer Goodwin (as Mary Anne), and Christina Hendricks absolutley MUST get the role of Ginger Grant.  Period.  End of discussion.

Here’s hoping this is done tongue in cheek, much like the Brady Bunch movie was done in 1995 and set in the mid-60′s (pre GPS and satelite imaging).

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