Studio bosses are planning to bring TV tough guy MacGyver to the big screen.

New Line studios hopes to transform the cult TV show into a hit movie franchise. Raffaella De Laurentiis is slated to produce the movie, with the series' creator Lee Zlotoff. MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson for seven years from 1985, is a resourceful secret agent. No one is currently lined up to take on the iconic role.

A representative for New Line says, "We think we're a stick of chewing gum, a paper clip and an A-list writer away from a global franchise."

MacGyver was recently voted atop a poll to find America's favorite TV action heroes - beating Buffy the Vampire Slayer and 24's Jack Bauer.

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