If we can have an all-lady Ghostbusters, we can certainly have this: A lady MacGyver.
That’s right. Creators from the 1980s series — renowned for its lead character (played by Richard Dean Anderson and his fabulous hockey hair) getting into incredibly sticky situations and defusing them with stuff he usually found in his pockets — are looking to reboot the series. But this time they want a woman in the lead role.
According to NPR, one of the creators, Lee Zlotoff has teamed with the National Academy of Engineering and other top Hollywood TV producers to launch the crowdsourcing competition to find the next Lady MacGyver. The show is apparently incredibly still popular worldwide, especially in South America, so there’s a good chance that she won’t even be from the United States.
The goal is to “develop the first great TV show with a female engineer lead,” according to the MacGyver contest website.
Interested in applying? You have until April 17 to submit your idea — no final version necessary — for a chance to be one of five women to win $5,000 and the chance to develop your idea into a pilot script. You can follow the fun on social via @thenextmacgyver #WomEngrTV #NextMacGyver.
Good luck!
