Lethal weapon tv pilot
Recently returned to duty after a heart attack, Murtaugh not only has his own health to think about but a large family to provide for as well. Damon Wayans' Murtaugh is good, though his arc doesn't come off quite as strong as Riggs'. transfer itself gets explained and the regional "foreignness" does help accentuate the Riggs character a bit more than expected, and in a good way. after his pregnant wife is suddenly killed in an accident. In a way, they actually fit the Clayne Crawford casting, as Riggs is now a cop from Texas who transfers to L.A. Things are tweaked a bit for TV, but not too much. That doesn't mean there's not plenty of souped-up action and a general "action movie" sense of silliness present, but the spine of this story is still engaging due to Riggs' tragedy. There's a sadness to the tale and a bite to the partnership.
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So the series takes the entire story back to formula, to that beginning time when Riggs was still suicidal and Murtaugh was still too old for this s***. Riggs is dangerous in both the sense that he wants to die and he's a badass fighter - people often forget he's actually the titular lethal weapon (the films sure did by the time the franchise hit number three). Lethal Weapon didn't invent the mismatched cops premise, nor did the idea end with the series, but the Riggs/Murtaugh pairing is the most famous example of this genre because of the aforementioned dynamic. And within this lies the ultimate buddy cop duo. He gets paired with a veteran cop, Roger Murtaugh, close to retirement who wants to play things safe since he's a family man with everything to lose. Martin Riggs, a cop, distraught over the death of his wife, becomes reckless in hopes of dying on the job. The basic premise of Lethal Weapon is actually a tragic one. Now, even if you're a huge fan/protector/flame keeper of the original movies, you still have to admit that the franchise itself lost its original hook by the third movie. And it turns out that excitement was justified. He's so damn good on Rectify - which tonally is very different, of course - that I'll admit to getting a little excited about hearing he'd be Riggs. Being a fan of Sundance TV's Rectify, Clayne Crawford's casting was the thing that initially caught my interest about this show. Mostly due to Clayne Crawford's performance as rambunctiously traumatized cop Martin Riggs. Plans are also afoot for a ‘Training Day’ TV spin-off, with Ethan Hawke reportedly having been approached to reprise his role from the 2001 movie.And it does. There’s no word yet on when the ‘Lethal Weapon’ TV show is due to air, but it won’t be the only big screen action franchise getting a small screen revival in 2016 as a ‘Rush Hour’ series is also incoming. This pilot announcement comes after years of rumours about a big screen ‘Lethal Weapon’ reboot, with Jeremy Renner and Chris Hemsworth both having been tentatively linked to the role of Riggs.
This time around the as-yet uncast Riggs will be a “Texas cop and former Navy SEAL,” who transfers to LA after losing both his wife and their baby, whilst Murtaugh is under doctor’s orders to avoid stress following a minor heart attack. Where the original 1987 ‘Lethal Weapon’ saw the traumatised Vietnam veteran and recent widower Riggs team up with the just-turned-50 Murtaugh on the mean streets of LA, this new take from screenwriter Matt Miller (formerly a producer on ‘Chuck’) has naturally made some updates.