Re-Tooled MacGyver Trailer Is Still Laughably Awful

After the horrible reaction to the trailer for the new MacGyver reboot, they decided to scrap the pilot and start over with a new director.  James Wan was hired to re-jig the pilot and now that he has, they’ve released a new preview, see above.

They’ve also been trying to get Richard Dean Anderson to return. Executive producer Peter Lenkov says: “We’re hoping to get him on the show… that’s our plan. We’re hoping to have him come on the show and be a part of this incarnation as well. We’re reaching out to him. We’re hoping it happens.”

Lenkov credits filmmaker and fellow EP James Wan’s love of the original that helped get the reboot off the ground. He also says that the new series will keep the spirit of the original:

“MacGyver in his first incarnation was a hero who was unique to the TV landscape. I think if you look at the landscape, there’s a void for that kind of hero. MacGyver in a lot of ways is a very positive kind of character, and he only resorts to violence when he has to.”

Of course, this new trailer looks just as bad.  Evidently James Wan probably hasn’t even seen it, let alone had a hand in it.