{"id":627951,"date":"2026-05-07T01:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627951\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T01:48:08","slug":"a-highway-to-heaven-remake-is-happening-at-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/627951\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;Highway to Heaven&#8217; Remake Is Happening at Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA few days before it announces its lineup for the 2026-27 season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/fox\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fox_1\" data-tag=\"fox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox<\/a> is looking ahead to 2027-28 \u2014\u00a0and also a good ways back in TV history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe network has greenlit a remake of the 1980s series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/highway-to-heaven\/\" id=\"auto-tag_highway-to-heaven_1\" data-tag=\"highway-to-heaven\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Highway to Heaven<\/a>. Fox Entertainment Studios will produce and own the series, with Amblin Television and Michael Landon Productions also involved. Landon created and starred in the original series, which ran from 1984-89 on NBC. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jason-katims-0\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jason-katims-0_1\" data-tag=\"jason-katims-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Katims<\/a> (Friday Night Lights, Parenthood) will be the showrunner on the new series, which like its predecessor will follow a \u201cprobationary angel\u201d who\u2019s sent to Earth to earn his wings by helping people in need. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m excited by the challenge of putting a contemporary lens on this classic tale,\u201d Katims said in a statement. \u201cThe idea of telling a very grounded, human story about an angel feels immediately emotional to me \u2014 and fun. I love going outside my comfort zone to tell a tale about someone trying to do better as an angel than he did as a man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHighway to Heaven is the second series Fox has greenlit for the 2027-28 season. The network has also ordered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/family-guy-stewie-spinoff-fox-1236528620\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stewie<\/a>, a Family Guy spinoff centered on the youngest member of the Griffin family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cHighway to Heaven\u00a0has always been about connection, compassion and the idea that small acts can have big ripple effects and make a lasting difference,\u201d said Cindy Landon, Michael Landon\u2019s widow and an executive producer of the new series. \u201cI\u2019m proud to help carry Michael\u2019s legacy forward with partners like Fox and Amblin, who understand the heart of this series and are bringing it to a new generation at just the right moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAdded Fox Television Network president Michael Thorn, \u201cWith the incredible pairing of\u00a0Jason Katims, Cindy Landon, and the\u00a0Amblin team, we\u2019re building on\u00a0Highway to Heaven\u2019s\u00a0timeless legacy of transformation and optimism in a way that feels deeply relevant and relatable\u00a0to\u00a0our audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tKatims will executive produce with Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Todd Cohen for Amblin Television; Mark Itkin; and Cindy Landon and Wayne Lepoff for Michael Landon Productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A few days before it announces its lineup for the 2026-27 season, Fox is looking ahead to 2027-28&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,6265,271592,271593],"class_list":["post-627951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-fox","tag-highway-to-heaven","tag-jason-katims"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}