The Frozen and Book of Mormon actor is all aboard the story of Gilligan, The Skipper and the rest of the castaways.
Deadline is reporting that Josh Gad, the former Book of Mormon star, is penning the screenplay for a Gilligan’s Island movie along with writers Benji Samit and Dan Hernandez. Warner Bros. is the studio commissioning the Gilligan reboot.
Gilligan’s Island ran from 1964 to 1967, with just short of 100 episodes across three seasons. The original series starred Bob Denver as Gilligan, Alan Hale Jr. as Skipper, Jim Backus and Natalie Schafer as Thurston and Lovey Howell, Russell Johnson as The Professor, Dawn Wells as Mary Ann, and Tina Louise as Ginger. Over at Yahoo, there is already speculation of who will be cast in the leading roles.
Gilligan’s Island is no stranger to the movie format. The CBS series had three made-for-television movies, Rescue From Gilligan's Island (1978), The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979) and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981).
Gad, who stars in the new Disney animation flick Frozen, will reportedly have a role in the film, though he’d not indicated a specific character. Might we suggest The Skipper?
Source: Deadline
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