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McGoohan and McQuarrie teamup to free THE PRISONER from years of darkness.

This news was received from several sources by Father Geek this morning. This report was the most complete and it found its way to Geek Headquarters from foggy London...

For his first totally kickass project at Universal Studios since moving his production company from the Disney lot in September, Barry (The Sixth Sense) Mendel has committed to be the producer of ``The Prisoner'' with Oscar-winning screenwriter Chris (The Usual Suspects,X-Men) McQuarrie onboard to write the trippie screenplay.

Director Simon (The General's Daughter) West is attached to take charge of the direction of the motion picture, which will be designed after the popular 1960s cult British TV series ``The Prisoner'' that had been created by Patrick McGoohan.

McGoohan, who starred as the iconic, constantly fucked with, prisoner in the original series, will serve as the project's co-executive producer along with West. Hopefully the original's mindgames will be left intact.

That's all for now,

Number 7

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As long as McGoohan's heavily involved...
by uh_Clem
Apr 5th, 2000
12:18:15 PM
As long as The Prisoner isn't like that sh*tfest, the Avengers w
by darthpsychotic
Apr 5th, 2000
12:41:56 PM
"The Prisoner" ... cool. Simon West ... not cool
by piles
Apr 5th, 2000
12:47:58 PM
West
by Monster Rain
Apr 5th, 2000
12:53:25 PM
No Hope
by Feathers McGraw
Apr 5th, 2000
12:58:32 PM
Simon and Darth...
by Halflinger
Apr 5th, 2000
01:04:20 PM
Simon West?
by Vegas
Apr 5th, 2000
01:09:18 PM
The Prisoner ??? Who can they get to fuck this one up?
by Syd Mead
Apr 5th, 2000
01:10:18 PM
No, this is wrong!
by Uncapie
Apr 5th, 2000
01:13:44 PM
McGoohan won't let them fuck it up
by The Rabid Monkey
Apr 5th, 2000
01:15:15 PM
Cool!
by gilmour
Apr 5th, 2000
01:45:16 PM
The Ecstasy and the Agony
by Jacob Corbin
Apr 5th, 2000
01:58:25 PM
PRISONER Movie?
by mrbeaks
Apr 5th, 2000
02:00:05 PM
Fear this...
by I am_NOTREAL
Apr 5th, 2000
02:01:52 PM
Bend over and grab your ankles No. 6
by Damitol
Apr 5th, 2000
02:11:22 PM
Simon West Is A Great Choice.
by Paco J
Apr 5th, 2000
02:11:25 PM
It could be worse...
by Jack's Bad Mood
Apr 5th, 2000
02:29:40 PM
More ways to fuck up The Prisoner
by Lazarus Long
Apr 5th, 2000
02:35:30 PM
Jacob Corbin check this out...
by Uncapie
Apr 5th, 2000
02:42:08 PM
Number One, I ordered you to take a number two!!!
by CaptainRansom
Apr 5th, 2000
03:29:34 PM
Who should direct The Prisoner?
by u-shaped
Apr 5th, 2000
03:45:45 PM
Well, McGoohan IS involved...
by Sorcerer
Apr 5th, 2000
03:47:49 PM
Mike Myers in THE PRISONER
by Vegas
Apr 5th, 2000
03:54:10 PM
McGoohan may have hit "that age"
by Kurgen
Apr 5th, 2000
03:56:37 PM
You cynical, negative. . .
by Carl Hungus
Apr 5th, 2000
03:57:34 PM
Send Simon West to the Village
by monkeylucifer
Apr 5th, 2000
04:10:59 PM
Prisoner Movie? IMHO ...
by theTemplar
Apr 5th, 2000
04:13:26 PM
Imagine it.....
by Al The Brit
Apr 5th, 2000
04:15:21 PM
Well, I've never seen The Prisoner...
by agentcooper
Apr 5th, 2000
04:26:38 PM
Why Simon West?! Why not Gilliam or Lynch or Caro & Jeunet?
by Mr. Sartre
Apr 5th, 2000
04:56:28 PM
PRISONER FANTASY CASTING
by Jacob Corbin
Apr 5th, 2000
05:08:20 PM
For TomThorn... My interpretation of "The Prisoner"
by Mr. Sartre
Apr 5th, 2000
05:17:40 PM
The trouble with Scotland is it's full of Scots...
by keyster
Apr 5th, 2000
05:42:12 PM
Be Seeing YOU, Jimmy!
by Kraven
Apr 5th, 2000
06:04:34 PM
Russell IS number six
by staffwriter
Apr 5th, 2000
06:39:58 PM
CHRIST! TALKBACKERS HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IMAGINATION!!!
by gilmour
Apr 5th, 2000
07:05:06 PM
No Prob, Tom
by Mr. Sartre
Apr 5th, 2000
08:46:29 PM
Fingers are crossed!
by Seward
Apr 5th, 2000
09:09:33 PM
Simon West...pfffffff
by Clouseau
Apr 5th, 2000
09:14:50 PM
Um...Unnecessary?
by Eli Cross
Apr 5th, 2000
10:40:02 PM
What can I say, except...
by Powerslave
Apr 5th, 2000
11:06:43 PM
Could be cool...
by juniper
Apr 6th, 2000
01:42:43 AM

by PJ(the original)
Apr 6th, 2000
03:25:11 AM
The Whole Point of the Prisoner
by Celtican
Apr 6th, 2000
06:20:59 AM
Simon West ? Boy do those execs fuck everything up on the planet
by No.6
Apr 6th, 2000
07:24:19 AM
Hollywood execs : can they actually think ? or just select hacks
by No.6
Apr 6th, 2000
07:29:04 AM
Gilmour, I understand your anger, but you've got too admit Finch
by No.6
Apr 6th, 2000
07:34:38 AM
Cgi balloons.
by Horus
Apr 6th, 2000
09:50:56 AM
from a prisoner fan and optimist...
by neojunky
Apr 6th, 2000
12:08:12 PM
poor angelo muscat
by dave lister
Apr 6th, 2000
12:13:07 PM
Hey, how about Kubrick!
by uh_Clem
Apr 6th, 2000
01:22:35 PM
They already made the Prisoner. It is a TV show called "The Pri
by INWOsuxRED
Apr 6th, 2000
07:35:13 PM
Steven Jesse Bernstein would have been perfect.
by bardamu6
Apr 6th, 2000
11:00:48 PM
Yeah why bother redoing anything...
by neojunky
Apr 7th, 2000
06:11:12 AM
Number TWO...Literally
by smackdab
Apr 8th, 2000
10:04:06 PM
I've been a Prisoner fan most of my life.
by gary2012
Apr 9th, 2000
01:04:31 AM
People's Poet
by Mr. Sartre
Apr 9th, 2000
12:16:21 PM
Prisoner Movie
by Bazman
Apr 23rd, 2000
03:45:31 AM
If they had a clue ...
by Bazman
Apr 23rd, 2000
03:49:36 AM
Hey, Neojunky...
by Bazman
Apr 23rd, 2000
04:04:01 AM
Six. Number Six.
by Bazman
Apr 23rd, 2000
04:07:20 AM

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