John Travolta's 1980 romantic drama Urban Cowboy is the latest movie being remade into a television series.

Fox is teaming up with the Footloose remake co-writer and director Craig Brewer to turn the hit movie into an ongoing drama.

The network has given Brewer a script commitment to adapt the love story of young Texans set against the rodeo scene, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The original Urban Cowboy producer Robert Evans will return to oversee this new project.

Fox has already ordered a television remake of the hit Steven Spielberg science fiction movie Minority Report.

Film remakes are more popular than ever in the current television landscape, with CBS's Limitless and Rush Hour and ABC's Uncle Buck all debuting next season.