Vince Vaughn, who already has a sitcom hit with TBS’ terrible “Sullivan & Son,” is developing a contemporary “Brady Bunch” pilot that would center on Bobby Brady, the original cast’s youngest male.
Per Deadline’s exclusive:
On the new next-generation Brady Bunch, written by Mike Mariano (Raising Hope, My Name Is Earl), a divorced Bobby Brady, with children of his own, is remarried to a woman who also has kids, and together they also share a child.
Mike Lookinland will be 52 in December, so don’t be shocked if they cast a thirtysomething new actor for the role of Bobby.
Creator Sherwood Schwartz and his estate have been milking the “Brady” franchise for decades, usually to little avail. Some history:
* The mothership ran 117 episodes from 1969 to 1974 on ABC.
* 22 episodes of ABC’s animated “The Brady Kids” ran concurrently 1972 to 1974.
* Plumb-less variety show “The Brady Bunch Hour” survived only nine episodes in 1977.
* 1981’s “The Brady Brides,” centered on a home shared by Marcia, Jan and their new husbands, survived 10 episodes on NBC.
* 1988’s “A Very Brady Christmas,” a TV-movie featuring a race-car driving Bobby, aired on CBS.
* In CBS’ 1990 laughtrack dramedy “The Bradys,” which lasted six episodes, Bobby is paralyzed in a horrifying racing mishap and Marcia battles alcoholism.
* Two big-screen send-ups of the original series – 1995’s “The Brady Bunch” movie and 1996’s “A Very Brady Sequel” – spawned the 2002 TV movie sequel “The Brady Bunch in The White House.” All three projects took place in a rebooted Brady universe and featured an all-new cast playing the Bradys, including Gary Cole and Shelly Long as Mike and Carol.
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