Hollywood 'S.W.A.T.s' at Another '70s Show

ByABC News
August 8, 2003, 1:56 PM

Aug. 8 -- There are two types of moviegoers this weekend those who remember S.W.A.T. was a TV show, and those who don't.

Into which group do you fall? Hollywood doesn't care.

If you're older, you'll probably remember the shoot-'em-up cop drama, even though it ran for only a year and a half. You can probably still hum the theme song, a hit single in 1975.

If you're younger, you may want to know that S.W.A.T. was the TV show based on the Los Angeles Police Department's Special Weapons and Tactics Unit. More importantly, the movie version features a sexy cast, led by Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson and rapper LL Cool J. Will Britney Hazzard to Play a Duke?With the success of Charlie's Angels last year, Hollywood is scraping the mold off gone-but-not-forgotten TV shows, even though Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and The Hulk met with lukewarm success at the box office this summer.

Next April, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson will jump into a vintage red-and-white Ford Gran Torino to fight crime as Starsky & Hutch, with Snoop Dogg joining the fun as their street informer, Huggy Bear.

Also in development: big-screen versions of Hart to Hart, Fantasy Island as well as The Six Million Dollar Man.

When will it end? There's even a script floating around for a big-screen version of The Dukes of Hazzard, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The trade paper says Ashton Kutcher and Paul Walker want to star as Bo and Luke Duke, the fast-drivin' Southern cousins, with Anthony Anderson as Boss Hog.

Who will play the all-important Daisy Duke the good ol' boys' country-flower cousin in very short shorts?

Hold on to your hat: There's speculation that it will be offered to Britney Spears, a Louisiana native who could play on her Southern roots as she tries to overcome the debacle of her first film, Crossroads. Six Million Dollar Role Too Small for Todays Stars

Half the fun of reprocessing TV history is in the casting. With a possible remake of Get Smart in the works, Will Ferrell is said to be interested in playing Agent 86, the role immortalized by Don Adams.