How much the True Lies TV show differs from the movie version remains to be seen, but the idea of taking liberties with material like this could be a refreshing shift for small-screen adaptations moving forward. And then our showrunner did - remember that show on USA? A really underrated show. We got a great cast, Ginger Gonzaga plays the Jamie Lee Curtis character, Owen Miller plays the Tom Arnold character. We're doing something else and we're doing our own thing, but that's based in that system. We're not going to do the Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis movie, it's a classic that stands alone. During an August 2022 interview with ScreenRant, the show’s star, Steve Howey (he’s playing the role made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger), explained that the CBS action series will be doing its “own thing” upon its debut, elaborating:

The True Lies TV show sounds a lot like the premise of the 1994 summer blockbuster, but this won’t be a shot-for-shot recreation of the movie.

(Image credit: CBS) The True Lies TV Show Will Be Doing Its 'Own Thing'

Later on, McG met writer Matt Nix on the Disney+ original series Turner and Hooch, and the pair hit it off and soon came up with the current version of True Lies. Over the years, the show has gone through multiple iterations, with the Terminator Salvation director at one point slated to helm the pilot episode if things ever moved along with the script. McG has been attached to the project since as far back as 2016, according to Deadline, and the series was initially in the works over at Fox in the years before Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox and its various properties. (Image credit: 20th Century Fox) True Lies Is Executive Produced By James Cameron And McG, Who Has Long Attempted To Adapt The 1994 Action MovieĮven though James Cameron didn’t write or direct the upcoming True Lies show (remember, he’s busy making Avatar 3 and its potential sequels), the director of the 1994 film on which it is based is on board as an executive producer alongside McG, who has been trying to get the show off the ground for half a decade at this point.

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