Nikki Finke reports that the planned American adaptation of hit British show Spaced produced by McG (original post, Simon Pegg’s response) is no longer happening. 

Despite all the buzz, and exec producer McG, and a "phenomenal cast", Spaced is a no-go, I’m told. FBC just turned thumbs down on the WBTV/Wonderland pilot, which was adapted from the successful British TV series.

I’m not sure what FBC stands for – I was thinking Fellatious Blonde Chicks, but then the thumbs down part wouldn’t really follow.  In any case I’m guessing this fell through right around the time the people involved actually watched one of McG’s movies.

People were pissed they were doing an American remake of The Office – luckily they got Steve Carell to star and everything turned out alright.  But can you imagine an Americanized version of a beloved British show with McG at the helm?  Why, we’d be laughingstocks – and just when they’d finally stopped rubbishing us for our ridiculous habit of not wearing white wigs in court.