The ongoing march of old TV shows becoming movies continues, this time with Bill Paxton rumored to be setting up to direct an update Kung Fu.

Starring the late David Carradine, Kung Fu ran for three seasons in the 1970′s and focused on a Shaolin Monk who was searching for his real family who abandoned hm.  While it was a decent show, and one my father happens to love to this day, I have no desire to now go to a movie theater and watch another take on it.

Nothing is yet booked on this project, but it definitely looks like it wil happen, and, as with so many of these reboots of old TV series, no one will care.  This is mainly because the vast majority fo people 30 and younger will have no clue what the concept is about.  While the series pops up from time to time on cable channels, it has been decades since it had a serious run anywhere, and even those who do remember it, many will have forgotten it over the years.  I’m not quite certain who they think will be the target audience will be for this project, but I’m sure some silly amount of money will be poured into it needlessly.

When we start going back to long forgotten series such as this one, or even The Fall Guy that is currently in active development, one has to wonder what’s next.  Is someone working on the script yet for B.J. and the Bear?  My Mother the Car?  Mister Ed? … oh wait … that one actually looks to be happening.

Could someone please just shoot me in the head?