NEW GIRL Actress Hannah Simone To Play The Lead In ABC's GREATEST AMERICAN HERO Reboot

NEW GIRL Actress Hannah Simone To Play The Lead In ABC's GREATEST AMERICAN HERO Reboot

Believe it or not, New Girl actress Hannah Simone will soon be walking on air as the Greatest American Hero in ABC's upcoming reboot of the short-lived '80s comedy series. Find out more after the jump...

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By MarkCassidy - Feb 12, 2018 08:02 PM EST
We recently found out that the Greatest American Hero remake we've been hearing about for years had finally found a home at ABC as a half-hour, single camera comedy series, and now THR reports that the show has found its lead.

British-born Canadian actress/model Hannah Simone (New Girl, Kicking and Screaming) will star as Meera, a "30-year-old woman from Cleveland, whose talents include drinking tequila, singing karaoke and not much else. All that changes when some aliens entrust her with a super suit protect the planet."

The project is being developed by Fresh of The Boat team Nahnatchka Kahn and Rachna Fruchbom, and will be a re-imagining of a short-lived 1980s comedy drama series starring William Katt that has since found something of a cult following.
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Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 2/12/2018, 8:16 PM
“Believe it or not, I’m walking on air, I never thought I could feel so free...”

Now it’s going to be stuck in my head all evening. Whatever... I’m down for a reboot.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 2/12/2018, 8:18 PM
@Chewtoy - I am now anyway.
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 2/12/2018, 8:52 PM
Thanks @Chewtoy. Now it’s stuck in my head too😉
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 2/13/2018, 3:17 AM
@Chewtoy - ...grew up on this show can't you tell!!!!!
chewie
chewie - 2/13/2018, 7:29 AM
@Chewtoy - damn you, chewtoy! Hahaha loved the show and actually don’t mind the song being stuck in my head.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 2/12/2018, 8:18 PM
Gonna be a comedy version of Supergirl. Hope they at least bring this back.

Knightstalker
Knightstalker - 2/13/2018, 12:43 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Wouldn't take much for it to be better than Supergirl. That show is getting downright irritating.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/12/2018, 8:20 PM
I used to watch New Girl from time to time.

She would be the best part at times
Talontd
Talontd - 2/13/2018, 7:07 AM
@BlackBeltJones - While she was fantastic, I have to disagree with you sir...

Winny the Bish was the absolute stand-out of this show for me...







One of my all-time favorite TV characters...
Beetleborg
Beetleborg - 2/13/2018, 12:11 PM
@Talontd - Coach was the best
Talontd
Talontd - 2/16/2018, 7:48 AM


@Beetleborg - Coach was a JOKE when he was first on the show. Just another angry black man on TV yelling all the damn time, a walking stereotype.....at least until he came back in the later seasons and was fleshed out more. I almost stopped watching the show, because his character was borderline offensive. Then....the brought on Bishop who of course was a basketball player even though he is around 5'8"...dafuq? (yes, i know there have been shorter NBA players, but still). I don't know what was going on in that writers room (maybe no POC?), but that was 2 strikes for me...

Luckily, they quickly course corrected Bishops character for the better. I laugh at damn near everything that comes out of his mouth...but to each there own...
Beetleborg
Beetleborg - 2/16/2018, 1:35 PM
@Talontd - I disagree completely. Coach was never an angry, yelling Black man. He was boisterous from being a coach. Literally his name is Coach. Winston was a 5'8 talented basketball player that played over seas basketball, that's his backstory gave him a reason for being away. It's no secret basketball is the most popular sport among Black Americans. They didn't make either a stereotype, Winston had way more to him from the start than just being a basketball player
CaptCoulson
CaptCoulson - 2/12/2018, 8:23 PM
shit yeah, why be a sucker and think of a new idea, just recycle an old one.

ahh, to work in Hollywood today.
FlixMentallo21
FlixMentallo21 - 2/12/2018, 9:58 PM
@CaptCoulson - If it weren’t for the Writers’ Strike of ‘07, we wouldn’t be in the lengthy creative drought we’re in.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/12/2018, 8:26 PM
well, I don't see anyone taking this news in the most horrible way possible. not at all.
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 2/12/2018, 8:55 PM
@Spidey91 - See MitcHendricks below👇🏽
MitcHendricks
MitcHendricks - 2/12/2018, 8:33 PM
This is going to bomb so hard. I guarantee it won't get a 2nd season.
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 2/13/2018, 3:21 AM
@MitcHendricks - ..as long as William Katt guess stars I'm fine with it!!!!
Buckster10
Buckster10 - 2/13/2018, 9:55 AM
@MitcHendricks - I used to love this show, but this is getting ridiculous already. I would be fine with a NEW superhero show featuring a new character that is this actress, but The Greatest American Hero is Ralph Hinkley, a school teacher who wants to help his students and do good. Students who could give a s@it about learning until Ralph becomes a hero and puts his foot down. It's not this! Cast a black actor as Ralph but keep the same story and tone (and leave out all the SJW agenda crap!). Let Ralph just happen to be black without making it his defining trait! And cast Bruce Campbell as his FBI friend guiding him. Oh, I get it, The Greatest American Hero is a Muslum Woman now because men are evil. Many people are sick of being preached to. Unless the writing happens to be stellar and they don't push a paper thin agenda, this will not make a full season.
Beetleborg
Beetleborg - 2/12/2018, 8:38 PM
Greatest American Hero now being a Brown female is not gonna sit well with some really dumb people
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 2/12/2018, 8:47 PM
OK. Just don't do a trashy cover version of this.
elcaballerooscuro92
elcaballerooscuro92 - 2/12/2018, 8:52 PM
@MUTO123 - you mean a fall out boy cover?
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 2/12/2018, 8:56 PM
@elcaballerooscuro92 - Kinda, yeah.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/12/2018, 9:07 PM
@MUTO123 - holy sh*t, that's where that song is from? I've heard it before but I never watched the show.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 2/12/2018, 9:12 PM
@Spidey91 - Neither did I. I knew the song because it used to be the intro song for The Cinema Snob, but I didn't realize it came from the show until he mentioned it on his Tumblr page a year or so ago.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/12/2018, 9:17 PM
@MUTO123 - haha, same. I knew it through the Cinema Snob.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 2/13/2018, 6:53 AM
@MUTO123 - You know they will.
elcaballerooscuro92
elcaballerooscuro92 - 2/13/2018, 10:37 AM
@MUTO123 - sad thing about that is walk the moon also made a cover for ghosbusters that was way better.
Beetleborg
Beetleborg - 2/13/2018, 3:35 PM
@MUTO123 - just mix the old theme with the theme from New Girl and it kinda works really well
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 2/12/2018, 9:01 PM
After her audition...😊
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