Hollywood takes on 'Magnum P.I.'

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Strike up the theme song: "Magnum P.I." is leaping to the big screen.

The popular CBS show ran from 1980 to 1988 and made Tom Selleck, aka Thomas Magnum, a superstar.

Now, Rawson Marshall Thurbur is writing and will also direct a big screen version of the popular show for Universal Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday.

Thurber, who wrote and directed "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," said he would stay true to the tone of the original TV series, "which mixed humor and danger," The Reporter said.