Will Ferrell and Adam McKay announced Tuesday that they would be producing a movie version of the TV show “Manimal.”
Despite running for only eight episodes back in 1983, that series has quite the cult following — how could it not, since it’s about the perfectly coiffed Simon McCorkindale, who turns into various beasties to fight crime?
And since we’re in the ’80s, the show’s a lot more fun than the modern manimals of “True Blood.”
But why stop with just one? Here are five more obscure action series from the ’80s just crying for a big-screen reboot.
‘B.A.D. Cats’
“B.A.D. Cats” ran for just 10 episodes in 1980, and would remain forever locked into the vaults of cheeseball TV, if it hadn’t helped launch the career of Michelle Pfeiffer.
She was basically the sidekick to the show’s actual heroes, a pair of LAPD officers who happened to be former race car drivers.
You can easily picture a relaunch targeting the “Fast & Furious” audience.
‘Street Hawk’
“Street Hawk” lasted 13 episodes in 1985, despite boasting one of the best theme songs ever — a marvel of synthetic futurism by no less than Tangerine Dream.
OK, so the show was a rip-off of “Knight Rider,” except instead of a badass car it had a badass “all-terrain attack motorcycle designed to fight urban crime, capable of incredible speeds up to 300 miles an hour, and immense firepower.”
Still, the time has come for “Street Hawk” to ride again — if not as a movie, then as a video game. May we suggest enlisting Daft Punk for the score?
‘Hell Town’
A criminal finds redemption but instead of becoming a shadowy vigilante (ho-hum), he puts on a white collar and keeps the peace as a priest!
That was the hook for 1985’s “Hell Town,” in which former “Baretta” star Robert Blake took care of business in violent East LA during 13 episodes.
A smidgen of social issues, a drop of tough love — presto, you’ve got a defibrillator for Kurt Russell’s career!
‘The Highwayman’
Coasting on the post-apocalyptic craze, you could do worse than revive this short-lived (nine episodes in 1987-88) series set in a “Mad Max”-type world — Sam J. Jones was even made to look like “Mad Max” star Mel Gibson’s blond brother.
Among its assets, the show took hardware to the next level with a combo truck-helicopter.
‘Voyagers!’
Never mind that its premise reads like an American take on “Doctor Who”: Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion should totally team up to update this 1982-83 gem about time-traveling.