<p class="bodytext">Disney has roped in filmmaker Joseph McGinty Nichol, known professionally as McG, to direct its upcoming series based on 1989 buddy-cop movie "Turner & Hooch".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director is best known for making movies such as "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" (2003), "Terminator Salvation" (2009) and "This Means War (2012)".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The show, which will be released on Disney Plus, was recently greenlit by Disney with an order for 12 episodes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Matt Nix has created the series, which will feature actor Josh Peck as an ambitious and buttoned-up US Marshal Scott Turner who inherits a big unruly dog.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He later comes to the realisation that the pet he did not want may be the partner he needs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The series also stars Carra Patterson, Brandon Jay McLaren, Anthony Ruivivar, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jeremy Maguire and Vanessa Lengies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The original 1989 movie, which featured Hollywood veteran Tom Hanks, was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The movie was a global hit upon release and was also praised by the critics.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Turner & Hooch" will be produced by 20th Television. Nix and McG will also serve as executive producers alongside Mike Horowitz, Robert Duncan McNeill and Mary Viola.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Disney has roped in filmmaker Joseph McGinty Nichol, known professionally as McG, to direct its upcoming series based on 1989 buddy-cop movie "Turner & Hooch".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The director is best known for making movies such as "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" (2003), "Terminator Salvation" (2009) and "This Means War (2012)".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The show, which will be released on Disney Plus, was recently greenlit by Disney with an order for 12 episodes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Matt Nix has created the series, which will feature actor Josh Peck as an ambitious and buttoned-up US Marshal Scott Turner who inherits a big unruly dog.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He later comes to the realisation that the pet he did not want may be the partner he needs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The series also stars Carra Patterson, Brandon Jay McLaren, Anthony Ruivivar, Lyndsy Fonseca, Jeremy Maguire and Vanessa Lengies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The original 1989 movie, which featured Hollywood veteran Tom Hanks, was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The movie was a global hit upon release and was also praised by the critics.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Turner & Hooch" will be produced by 20th Television. Nix and McG will also serve as executive producers alongside Mike Horowitz, Robert Duncan McNeill and Mary Viola.</p>