The melodic theme song ’s perish to be stuck in your read/write head for the quietus of the day , but : The Greatest American Hero , the ‘ 80 superhero cult classic , is being renovate for twenty first - century audiences on Fox .
In anexclusiveto Deadline , it was confirmed that Fox is picking up the show , and it ’ll be written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa ( Dope , lecture to Me ) and Phil Lord and Chris Miller ( the directing pair that was involve with the flick version of 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie ) . attack out the team is Tawnia McKiernan , daughter of Stephen J. Cannell , creator of both Greatest American Hero and the original 21 Jump Street TV show .
Fox , in a pre-emptive steal , has sign up for a pilot production commitment to the show .
Those of us who were around in the ‘ 80s will call back the show as an adventure of the straight everyman : William Katt starred as Ralph Hinkley , the blonde , curly - haired teacher who was gifted by foreigner with a superpower - granting courtship . When he puts on the red cape and suit , he turns into something of a bumbling acid , often flying into things , but pull through the twenty-four hour period . It unravel for three seasons from 1981 to 1983 on ABC .
It also gave us this awesome ear worm of a theme song :
Or you might have a go at it it from Seinfeld :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ria37d9mInY
No premiere or yield date have been announced yet , but we ’ll be singing this blasted theme and take heed to it on closed circuit in the meantime .
[ Deadline ]
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