by REERA YOO | @reeraboo
editor@charactermedia.com
William Shatner, Henry Winkler and George Foreman have signed on to star in NBC’s Better Late Than Never, an American remake of the South Korean travel-reality series Grandpas Over Flowers.
Since its 2013 debut, tvN’s Grandpas Over Flowers has enjoyed immense popularity around globe, spawning two spin-offs and a Chinese remake. The series follows four veteran actors in their 70s— Lee Soon-jae, Shin Goo, Park Geun-hyung and Baek Il-seob—as they backpack across different countries. The show recently wrapped its fourth season in which the cast toured Dubai and Greece.
Last year, NBC bought the rights to adapt Grandpas Over Flowers and attached film producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to helm the project.
Sportscaster Terry Bradshaw and comedian Jeff Dye will also be joining the Better Late Than Never cast. According to Variety, the five men will be touring Tokyo, Kyoto, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Chang Mai during the remake’s first season. Production for Better Late Than Never will begin in mid-August.
To get a taste of what the NBC remake will be like, you can watch the international trailer for Grandpas Over Flowers below:
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