Push

Remember the movie Push? Don't feel bad. Nobody else does either. However, that hasn't stopped Summit Entertainment from revamping the movie into a television series.

David Hayter, the scriptwriter behind the Watchmen movie and two of the X-Men films, will be writing the pilot episode. The movie starred Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning and was about a group of super-powered individuals who banned together to fight a corrupt government. Kind of like X-Men. Or Heroes. Or Misfits of Science. Or any one of a hundred similar properties.

No network has been attached to the series yet. Hopefully it will get on Fox so it can be canceled within twelve episodes. Even worse, Fox might pair it on Friday nights with the U.S. version of Torchwood, guaranteeing the destruction of both series.

Admittedly, my curiosity is now somewhat piqued. I may go rent the movie. Anybody see it? How was it?

Fans of the critically acclaimed indie smash 'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire' woke up today to the news that 'Push' will be developed into a new TV series. But hold on, folks, don't give Mo'nique that congratulatory phone call just yet, because it turns out this is for a totally different 'Push.'

Yes, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Summit Entertainment will be bringing last year's sci-fi flop 'Push' to the television. You may be forgiven the confusion, of course; this other 'Push,' which centers around an X-Men like group of weirdos with super powers who band together to take on big business, limped in with a less than impressive $31 million at the box office last spring before vanishing from the public consciousness.