The Hollywood Reporter has recently mentioned Matt Dillion’s name as one of the actors the producers were pursuing for the remake of this iconic show, but in the past few days the Twitter ‘verse has been alive with fans voting in their thousands, campaigning for Joe Flanigan to become the new Jim from the Rockford Files.
Many will agree that Joe would be an excellent for the part, being able to pull off the humour, the leading man charm and all the action scenes. The producers of the show are taking note of this actors following and charm which would see him being the ideal candidate for the role.