The original movie version of Friday Night Lights was loved by moviegoers, so it was made into a critically acclaimed TV show about a small town high school.

The series launched a slew of careers like Taylor Kitsch and Michael B. Jordan, and now the studio wants to do it again. Read on…

CelebNMovies247.com has learned that Universal is looking to reboot Friday Night Lights and create a new movie based on H.G. Bissinger’s book of the same name from 1990.

Yes, it’s been a minute since moviegoers had the pleasure to learn about young aspiring boys who play football. Do we have spirit, yes we do, and that is why Friday Night Lights is getting a reboot.

CinemaBlend reports:

The new version of Friday Night Lights is currently coming together at Universal with Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green currently in talks to direct. That might seem like an odd fit, but Green recently directed the dramatic Jake Gyllenhaal starrer Stronger, a movie that was under-seen in theaters but quite good, and explored a man who lost his legs during the Boston Marathon bombing. Robert Schenkkan has already penned a script for the project, and Brian Grazer is signed on to produce. Universal’s Jon Mone and creative executive Lexi Barta are also signed on to the project.

If the new version of Friday Night Lights moves forward, and it’s looking plausible, the new version will not be based on either the 2004 movie or the NBC TV series.

Variety is calling the potential movie a “reimagining” of Friday Night Lights, but the source material is still going to be the original book, which means it is going to be about a Texas high school football team. “Stronger” and “Pineapple Express” director David Gordon Green, who is in final negotiations to direct Universal’s reimagining of “Friday Night Lights.”

The original film, directed by Peter Berg, brought in a modest $61 million at the domestic box office. We bet that Universal is looking to make those numbers by 3x this time around

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