Biddy biddy biddy. The sci-fi classic “Buck Rogers” will be thawed again, but this time in the 21st century with great star power.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, George Clooney has joined the upcoming limited series as an executive producer, adding that while no acting deal currently exists, it could be a “potential lead actor” for the veteran actor.
Legendary is the development of the adaptation, written by Brian K. Vaughan, as a possible starting point for the next film and anime off-shoot.
Buck Rogers first appears in the meaty sci-fi magazine Amazing Stories in 1928 as a war veteran who falls into a coma and wakes up in the 25th century. A popular comic, radio series and 12-part movie series were released in the 1930s.
The character’s most recent movie outing, “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” began as a made-for-TV movie pilot in 1979 and then ran on NBC for two seasons. In this campy cult classic, Buck, played by Gil Gerard, was an Air Force pilot / NASA astronaut who was frozen in space for over 500 years in 1987.
Clooney recently starred, directed and produced the dystopian “Midnight Sky,” his debut project for Netflix.
Sadly we’ll have to wait and see if he’s the one to don Gerard’s snuggly suits as the character.