According to EW.com, CBS is developing a remake of Hawaii Five-O for next fall.

The original series ran from 1968 to 1980 and starred Jack Lord and James McArthur as detectives Steve McGarrett and Dan Williams. Set in Hawaii, the detectives worked for a fictional Hawaiian state police department. The hugely popular show set the template for the many police dramas that have followed and held the record for longest running crime drama on American television until 2003, when Law and Order surpassed it.

Ed Bernero, the executive producer of Criminal Minds and self-proclaimed Hawaii Five-O fan, is currently writing the project. According to TVSeriesFinale.com, the new version will star Chris McGarrett, son of Jack Lord’s Steve McGarrett. The site goes on to say, “although the storytelling will be updated, the spirit of the original will be maintained as much as possible including a re-vamped version of the iconic theme song and some form of the famous closing line “Book’em Danno.” The new Hawaii Five-O, like its predecessor, will take place at a fictional Hawaii state police department (Hawaii is the only US state without a statewide police agency) and will be filmed on the islands.”

There is still no word on who will star in this new adaptation.

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Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) is set to play the 43rd President as the supporting cast begins to take shape. Since the the publication of Entertainment Weekly, Elizabeth Banks, Jame Cromwell (24) and Ellen Burstyn have been cast as First Lady Laura Bush, George H. W. Bush, former President and CIA Director, and Former First Lady Barbara Bush, respectively. Robert Duvall is being pursued to play Vice President Dick Cheney but has yet to be offered the role.

W, which was written by Stanley Weiser, will follow Bush’s rise from a heavy drinking college student to the most powerful man in the world. Stone has said, he wants to make “a fair, true portrait of the man,” but I find that very hard to believe considering Oliver Stone’s knack for controversy and liberal politics.

Filming commences on April 21 in Shreveport, Louisiana and is intended to be released for the presidential election in November 2008 or the presidential inauguration in January 2009, according to Wikipedia. It is being produced by Moritz Borman and Jon Kilik.

This impeccable cast makes me very excited for W and I hope Wright gets the role!