October 24th, 2009 10:51 pm

ABC Studios to remake ‘Go Girls’

ABC Studios are set to remake the Kiwi dramedy ‘Go Girls’ for US audiences. Plus, an American ‘Outrageous Fortune’ still in the cards.

South Pacific Pictures’ dramedy ‘Go Girls’ is set for an American remake, following word that the concept has been picked up by ABC Studios.

The US production company, who are behind some TV’s biggest hits (‘Lost’, ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’), have hired ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ writer Liz Tuccillo to adapt the series.

Tuccillo, who also served as a story editor on HBO’s ‘Sex and the City’, will write and produce the pilot with executive producers Julia Franz and John Barnett.

Barnett, chief executive of South Pacific Pictures, said the idea for ‘Go Girls’ could be taken anywhere.

The series focuses on three girls who want to be individually rich, famous and married within a year.

“That kind of thing, or variation of it, can work anywhere in the world,” said Barnett.

“I think [ABC] liked the relationships between the girls and the quest. It’s a very accessible premise and a very international premise.”

South Pacific Pictures’ other hit series, ‘Outrageous Fortune’, was similarly picked up by ABC in 2007, however the pilot (which was developed by ‘Veronica Mars’ creator Rob Thomas, and renamed ‘Good Behaviour’) was not picked up for series.

A US version of ‘Fortune’ is still believed to be in the cards, with the studio bringing in a new writer for a different take on the series.

Barnett said that the effort being taken to rewrite the project, indicated that Americans still love the idea.

“There’s no question that ‘Outrageous’ pushes boundaries…In that sense ‘Go Girls’ is possibly an easier adaptation.”

A second series of ‘Go Girls’ is already in production in Auckland.

The first series is currently airing 10.30pm Fridays on Network Ten.

Source: The New Zealand Herald