CHIPs Finally Hitting Theaters?

June 29, 2009   ·   admin   ·   Jump to comments

A remake of the classic-70’s hit CHIPs has been in the works for a while, but has never been green lit. It sounds like that could finally be changing, at least according to Wilmer Valderrama. Valderrama, best known for his role in “That 70’s Show” says the film is set to begin shooting in early 2010. He couldn’t be more then ready to fill the role of Officer Ponch made famous by Erik Estrada.

“Yeah, ‘CHiPS’ is going to happen next year,” Valderrama said at a press event for his children’s series, Handy Manny. “That’s been a roller coaster because we had a couple of problems.”

Per Star Pulse, Valderrama says there are five main reasons this project has taken so long to hit the big screen.

1. The writers strike in 2007
2. Box office slump
3. SAG strike
4. The economy
5. Valderrama’s schedule

There’s still one major roadblock that needs to be cleared. Valderrama doesn’t know how to ride a motorcycle.

“I learned finally but I haven’t ridden anything that heavy, so that’s another battle to come. I gotta make sure I know what’s up with that motorcycle because I hear it’s really hard, but Erik Estrada said he would teach me,” Valderrama noted.

So basically a lot of things have taken place over the last couple years but it looks like this project is actually on the right track now. I know of many people who have been waiting for years to see this.

Me? I’ll probably wait for Netflix as I’m too young to really remember it. I was born in ‘79 so the extent of my memories are just witnessing the reruns my father used to watch while growing up.