Classic detective series Hart To Hart is to be rebooted – but with the husband-and-wife detective team re-imagined as a gay couple.
In the original, which ran from 1979 to 1984, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart were played by Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers. They were a glamorous, wealthy couple who regularly stumbled upon murders.
But now, lawyer Jonathan Hart is set to investigate crimes with male partner Dan Hartman, an “investigator”, according to Deadline. They will attempt to balance their crime-solving activities with trying to live a happy home life together.
It has not yet been revealed who will play Jonathan and Dan, or whether there will be a role for Max – the couple’s loyal butler, cook and chauffeur, who was played by the late Lionel Stander in the original series.
The new series is apparently being written for NBC by Christopher Fife, who previously worked on sitcom Will And Grace. It will be produced by Carol Mendelsohn.
The original Hart To Hart won six Emmys and 14 Golden Globe awards. It also led to a series of spin-off TV movies in the nineties, such as 1996′s Till Death Do Us Hart – which starred the original actors, Stefanie and Robert.
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