Kevin Smith has revealed that he’s working with MGM, which produced the Fargo TV series based on the movie, on a TV series based on the cult hit, 1984 science fiction farce Buckaroo Banzai.  In his Hollywood Babble-On podcast, Smith said that directing a Flash episode has opened new doors, and led to MGM contacting him to see if he wanted to direct a series based on Buckaroo Banzai.  Smith’s concept is to do the film story as the first season, and a sequel, Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League, as the second season. 

The original film had a great cast including John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Weller, and Christopher Lloyd.  As we noted when the DVD was first released (see “’Buckaroo Banzai’ Returns”), we remember Marvel Comics, which did the comic adaptation at the time of the film’s release, telling us that 'this looks like a sure hit.'  Although that didn’t happen for the film, perhaps it will now happen, over 30 years later, for the TV series.

Smith said that the next step is to shop the series to find it a network home, for which he said there’s already interest.