Starsky & Hutch fans rejoice!  After almost 40 years off the air the popular ’70’s cop show is returning to TV screens, with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn set to produce the series.  Reported by Variety, Amazon is partnering up with Sony Pictures to produce the rebooted show, with Amazon’s involvement guaranteeing that the new Starsky & Hutch will also air on the company’s streaming service.  James Gunn is attached to the project as the show’s executive producer, with his brother Brian Gunn and their cousin Mark Gunn set to write the script.  The script is based off of an original story by James Gunn.

“When I was a kid, ‘Starsky & Hutch’ was the first ‘adult’ show I ever saw, and I fell in love,” said Gunn.  “It instilled in me a lifelong love of gritty street shows, of killer 70’s threads, and muscle cars.  So when Neal Moritz asked me if I wanted to be a part of an all new ‘Starsky & Hutch’ on TV, I was instantly intrigued.  I teamed up with the two writers I trusted most in the world to work with us, my brother Brian Gunn and my cousin Mark Gunn and together we came up with a show that I’m really proud of.  At Amazon I believed we would have the most freedom to create something that is different, challenges the audience, and that strays outside the parameters of genre from time to time.”

The original Starsky & Hutch series aired from 1975-1979 on ABC, and starred Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul as the titular characters.  The show – which ran for four seasons – followed two Southern California detectives, and also starred fan-favorite characters Huggy Bear and Captain Dobey.  In 2004 the show was rebooted into a Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson movie.

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