1980s Movie Parenthood Comes to NBC
NBC has ordered the pilot of “Parenthood,” based on Ron Howard’s 1989 movie. Parenthood featured a midwestern family, whose parents were played by Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest. No casting information has been released.
Other 80s comebacks/TV remakes include “The Witches of Eastwick” and “V.”
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On January 29th 2009, Jo wrote:
They did this already. Ed Begley Jr. played the Steve Martin part and Leonardo DiCaprio was the in it too, as the kid, Gary. It lasted less than a season. Oh, and David Arquette was the Keanu Reeves character.