ABC is ready for the next generation of Magnum, P.I. in more ways than one. The network has a sequel to the popular 1980s crime drama series in the works, and with it comes a new Magnum taking on cases in Hawaii. The follow-up project centers on Thomas Magnum’s daughter, Lily, reports Deadline.
Called Magnum, the sequel plans to follow Lily (whose nickname is somehow “Tommy”) Magnum as she heads back to Hawaii to take over the private investigation firm headed up by her father in the original series. She’ll work with a group of friends to investigate international crime in the beautiful setting, including the failed spy operation that brought an end to her Navy career. Like its predecessor, the project is intended to be full of action and entertainment.
Leverage creator John Rogers is writing the script and executive producing alongside Eva Longoria, Ben Spector, and Jennifer Court. Universal TV is the studio. Apparently, the creators agreed that it would be impossible to find someone to fill the huge shoes of Tom Selleck, the actor who played the titular private eye for eight seasons on CBS.
“We knew no one could replace the iconic role of Thomas Magnum, so John decided to make the reboot a sequel and continue the adventure of a Magnum — his daughter, who was established in the original series,” Longoria and Spector told Deadline.
Although Lily appeared in just four episodes of Magnum, P.I., she was there for the end of the series. Thomas Magnum assumed responsibility for his daughter after her mother and stepfather died. With Magnum, it’ll be interesting to see what kind of relationship they ended up developing and what kind of impact he had on her. There’s no word yet on whether Selleck will appear on the show, but we’re definitely hoping he’ll pop up, if only to say, “I know what you’re thinking…”
The project has a script commitment plus substantial penalty, according to Deadline. It still remains to be seen if it will wind up on TV — and if so, how it will measure up to its beloved predecessor.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?