Editing Spaced (section)

== American remake ==
[[Fox Network|Fox]] announced on 29 October 2007 that it would commission a pilot for an American version of ''Spaced'', a project they then scuttled in May 2008 following a generally negative reaction from the series' creators and fans of the original show.<ref name="fox-spaced">{{cite web|url=http://www.televisionaryblog.com/2008/05/where-pilots-go-to-die-foxs-spaced.html|title=Where Pilots Go to Die: FOX's "Spaced"|first=Jace|last=Lacob|date=28 May 2008|work=Televisionary|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>

Wright was initially approached about an American version after the first series was broadcast in 1999, and felt an American remake was impossible due to the series' fundamental theme. "Same reason it couldn't be a film," Wright said. "Part of the charm of 'Spaced' is, it's people in north London acting out stuff from American films... you know, Hollywood in, kind of, suburbia... American TV is much more glamorous. It doesn't make any sense. I remember that the producer at the time said, 'Yeah, we'd have to change a few things. We'd have to take out the drugs and the swearing, and obviously, Mike can't have guns.'"<ref name="bfi-qa-splash-my-names">{{cite video|date=10 November 2007|title=Spaced on Stage&nbsp;— BFI Spaced Reunion|url=http://blip.tv/file/2641239|format=Flash|medium=Live recording|location=[[BFI Southbank|National Film Theatre]], [[London]], England|time=48 minutes}}</ref>

Neither Wright, Pegg, nor Stevenson were at any point approached regarding the proposed American remake, which Wright had dubbed "McSpaced", due to the involvement of film director [[McG]]. Wright was upset that "they would a) never bother to get in touch but still b) splash my and Simon's names all over the trade announcements and imply that we're involved in the same way [[Ricky Gervais|Ricky]] [Gervais] and [[Stephen Merchant|Steve]] [Merchant] were with ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]''".<ref name="bfi-qa-splash-my-names"/> Pegg and Stevenson also complained of the "lack of respect" demonstrated by the creators of the proposed American series, who left them out of discussions as well.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |last2=Walters |first2=Ben |date=23 March 2008 |title=Hollywood snubbed us, says angry comedy star |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London, England |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/23/channel4.newscorporation |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>

Wright was also angry at the media for what he felt was their overlooking of Stevenson's role in the creation of ''Spaced'' by connecting the series to ''Shaun of the Dead'' and ''Hot Fuzz'' in news articles.<ref name="bfi-qa-splash-my-names" />