Magnum to make comeback

The bushy moustache has become a modern fashion crime.

But it is set for a comeback when Magnum PI becomes the latest cult TV show to move to the big screen.

Hollywood bosses have snapped up movie rights to the 1980s series, which starred Tom Selleck and his extravagantly hirsute upper lip.

Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment said yesterday they were working together to make the film.

It follows remakes of other vintage TV favourites Starsky And Hutch and The Dukes Of Hazzard, which will hit cinemas shortly.

Millions of viewers tuned in to see Selleck cruise around Hawaii in a Ferrari, catching bad guys and wearing incredibly bright shirts.

His character, private eye Thomas Magnum, was a Vietnam veteran and former naval intelligence officer hired as security chief on a Hawaiian estate.

He used the grounds as a base to solve detective cases, seduce exotic women and be generally cool.

The show was a launchpad for the young actor, earning him an Emmy. It ran for eight years until 1988.

Selleck also appeared in Three Men And A Baby and its sequel, and was most recently on TV as Monica's boyfriend in Friends.

But it is not yet known who will don the famous moustache in the movie as, according to his agent, Selleck, 58, will not be taking the lead.

Michael McCullers, who co-wrote the second and third Austin Powers films, will write the script.