The LEGO Movie Directors Working on Greatest American Hero Revival

<p><strong>Phil Lord<&sol;strong> and <strong>Chris Miller<&sol;strong>&comma; the writers&sol;directors behind <em><strong>21 Jump Street<&sol;strong><&sol;em> and <strong><em>The LEGO Movie<&sol;em><&sol;strong>&comma; are working at bringing 1980&&num;8217&semi;s icon <em><strong>The Greatest American Hero<&sol;strong><&sol;em> back to television&period; The original show centered around schoolteacher William Katt who acquires an alien suit that gives him super powers&period; The problem is that it comes with no instructions so he has to figure out the powers on his own&period; Lord and Miller will be producing the series with Rodney Rothman writing the script&period; Tawnia McKiernan&comma; daughter of series creator Steven J&period; Cannell&comma; will be acting as executive producer as well&period; No word yet on who will be playing the lead role&period; Read the new series synopsis below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>The new Greatest American Hero will chronicle inner-city teacher Isaac’s adventures after his discovery of a superhero suit which gives him superhuman abilities&period; Unfortunately for Isaac&comma; he hates wearing the suit&comma; and has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error because he quickly misplaces the suit’s instructions&period; He also has to deal with a government handler who has very different objectives than him and struggles as to whether he should use his newfound gifts to help others or just himself&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;greatest-american-hero-remake-put-pilot-fox-826823&sol;">Deadline<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;