--- description: Fox has commissioned a script from Craig Brewer title: 'Urban Cowboy' Remake Is in Development at Fox image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a14d78b8edd233b/6988521b5f570f6e46b1bb64/urban-cowboy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Urban Cowboy_ Remake Is in Development at Fox by [Lynette Rice/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Lynette Rice/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2015 8:58 PM CUT  Actor John Travolta and Debra Winger pose in a scene during the Paramount Pictures movie 'Urban Cowboy" circa 1980. Actor John Travolta and Debra Winger pose in a scene during the Paramount Pictures movie 'Urban Cowboy" circa 1980.Hulton Archive/Getty Images by [Lynette Rice/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Lynette Rice/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 28, 2015 8:58 PM CUT Bud and Sissy could be making a comeback. Fox is developing a remake of _Urban Cowboy,_ the 1980 movie that starred John Travolta as a young cowboy looking for love in all the wrong places in a Houston bar. [Variety ](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/urban-cowboy-tv-craig-brewer-fox-1201507267/ "undefined")reports the network has commissioned a script from Craig Brewer, who would also direct the pilot if it advances to that stage. It would basically mirror the movie that also starred Debra Winger as Sissy, who meets Bud (Travolta) at the famed Gilley’s Bar. There are other plot points in the movie, like an oil refinery death and a nasty cowboy named Wes who was one helluva mechanical bull rider. (But you were a sexy cuss, Scott Glenn!) If the project manages to go the distance, the reboot would serve as a companion series to the net’s breakout hit _Empire._ Fox already has a drama on its fall lineup that’s based on a movie: [_Minority Report_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/11/fox-trailers-fall "undefined"), which stars Stark Sands. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/28/urban-cowboy-remake-works-fox "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3900621/urban-cowboy-remake-fox/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3900621/urban-cowboy-remake-fox/"},"headline":"Urban Cowboy Remake Is in Development at Fox","datePublished":"2015-05-28T20:58:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:43:27.656Z","description":"Fox has commissioned a script from Craig Brewer","url":"https://time.com/3900621/urban-cowboy-remake-fox/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a14d78b8edd233b/6988521b5f570f6e46b1bb64/urban-cowboy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lynette Rice/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a14d78b8edd233b/6988521b5f570f6e46b1bb64/urban-cowboy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor John Travolta and Debra Winger pose in a scene during the Paramount Pictures movie 'Urban Cowboy\" circa 1980.","caption":"Urban Cowboy","creditText":"Hulton Archive/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3900621/urban-cowboy-remake-fox/","name":"Urban Cowboy Remake Is in Development at Fox"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3900621/urban-cowboy-remake-fox/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3900621/urban-cowboy-remake-fox/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```