Only Fools and Horses to get US remake
Only Fools and Horses is to be remade for a US audience, with Robin Williams rumoured to be playing Uncle Albert.
The classic British sitcom will be penned for ABC network by Scrubs writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley.
It follows brothers Derek 'Del Boy' and Rodney Trotter's attempts to get rich quick by inventing dubious schemes and shifting questionable products, although the format will likely have to be adapted for an American audience.
The show was a huge success in the '80s and '90s, with 24 million people tuning in to its Christmas special. It has regularly topped polls of the greatest ever sitcoms.
It has also been been re-dubbed in many countries and spawned spin-offs The Green Green Grass and more recently Rock & Chips, with creator John Sullivan dying in April aged 64.
This will in fact not be the first international remake of the show, with the BBC series being reworked as Wat Schuift't? in The Netherlands and Brat Bratu in Slovenia, where Del Boy swapped his Reliant Robin for a camper van.
No actors have as yet been confirmed for the project, but Jason Biggs of American Pie fame has been tipped to play Rodney, while Robin Williams could be in line to play Uncle Albert.
Only Fools and Horses to get US remake | Metro.co.uk
Only Fools and Horses is to be remade for a US audience, with Robin Williams rumoured to be playing Uncle Albert.
The classic British sitcom will be penned for ABC network by Scrubs writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley.
It follows brothers Derek 'Del Boy' and Rodney Trotter's attempts to get rich quick by inventing dubious schemes and shifting questionable products, although the format will likely have to be adapted for an American audience.
The show was a huge success in the '80s and '90s, with 24 million people tuning in to its Christmas special. It has regularly topped polls of the greatest ever sitcoms.
It has also been been re-dubbed in many countries and spawned spin-offs The Green Green Grass and more recently Rock & Chips, with creator John Sullivan dying in April aged 64.
This will in fact not be the first international remake of the show, with the BBC series being reworked as Wat Schuift't? in The Netherlands and Brat Bratu in Slovenia, where Del Boy swapped his Reliant Robin for a camper van.
No actors have as yet been confirmed for the project, but Jason Biggs of American Pie fame has been tipped to play Rodney, while Robin Williams could be in line to play Uncle Albert.
Only Fools and Horses to get US remake | Metro.co.uk
