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Telling!! AMC To Air THE PRISONER Remake!!

Published at:  Dec 19, 2006 12:28:05 AM CST



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  • Dec 19, 2006 12:28:57 AM CST

    Who is Number One?

    by monkeybrains

    me?

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  • Dec 19, 2006 12:48:59 AM CST

    I am the new Number Two.

    by zacharyg

    me!

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  • Dec 19, 2006 12:49:41 AM CST

    Oh, man

    by zacharyg

    I'd never laughed at a "first!" before, but that one was good, and I wanted to follow it up, and I failed.

    Anyway, I am suspect of this project and require further information.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 1:29:50 AM CST

    McGoohan has nothing to do with this?!

    by uncapie

    HE WAS THE SERIES! FUCK YOU, AMC!

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  • Dec 19, 2006 2:03:25 AM CST

    Some things just shouldn't be remade...

    by smellmycheese

    and this is one of them. I'm sure it could be quite an enjoyable programme if handled properly but when there are so many bad shows and films that would benefit from a reworking (as BSG received), why mess around with a masterpiece?

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  • Dec 19, 2006 2:14:34 AM CST

    Who is Number One?

    by vibrocount

    "You are Number Six." or "You are, Number Six."?

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  • Dec 19, 2006 2:18:03 AM CST

    "sans any recollection of how they got to the island"

    by mulberry

    That's one bored journalist, playing a 'what nonsensical phrase can I slip into the piece'. Anyone surprised that halfway through they change from talking about a vilage to an island (because what we really need is a rip-off of Lost lazily couched in the outline of a classic show).

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  • Dec 19, 2006 2:21:05 AM CST

    Casting No 2

    by mulberry

    Actually, this is one of those situations where the normal knee-jerk reaction of saying the name of a slightly hammy actor who was good in another fantasy tv series might actually come up with some good ideas: Ian McShane, Tom Baker, Patrick Stewart, Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy, ALF, Mr T, err...maybe not. Was this the one Christopher Ecclestone was linked to as No6?

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  • Dec 19, 2006 2:48:18 AM CST

    I am not a number!

    by almost_human

    I am a free man! - The original is so good, I'll watch out of curiosity if nothing else. I don't expect it to be good, but I am willing to be surprised.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 3:47:40 AM CST

    he's gone to that great, recurring backdrop in the sky

    by newc0253

    god bless him.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 3:49:35 AM CST

    oh wait, this isn't the joseph barbera talkback?

    by newc0253

    fortunately patrick mcgoohan is still alive, god save him.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 4:51:34 AM CST

    I have to take a number two.

    by mrfan

    Will be back shortly.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 5:10:49 AM CST

    A year from Janurary?

    by datascream

    so in other words just enough time for me to forget this is actually being done...cool alright.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 5:16:03 AM CST

    Is Christopher Eccleston still attached to this?

    by kauzi sezso

    If so, I'll be watching....

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  • Dec 19, 2006 6:20:14 AM CST

    I Thought Eccleston

    by evil chicken

    was doing the new season of "Heroes". The man would be amazing in this though.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 6:48:47 AM CST

    original series = great idea, doesn't stand up

    by rreimer

    I netflixed the original series, having loved it like a sacred work since it first aired. Watching it again, I realized that (a) the idea and premise are fascinating and clever, and (b) the execution is woefully dated. It SCREAMS sixties--but only in a bad way. The performances are affected, the editing loose, the effect that once gave me nightmares are laughable. It makes me wonder (and fear) that thirty years hence I'll look back on LOTR and think... I can't believe that was--stop! Heresy!!

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  • Dec 19, 2006 7:14:02 AM CST

    I've got two words for you... King Kong

    by workshed

    Some classics, no matter how 'dated' should be left alone. What's next..? Citizen Kane..? Gone With The Wind..? Casablanca..? Even Christopher Eccleston couldn't save this from tanking. I hope AMC throws every penny into this and goes bankrupt. Wankers.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 8:55:20 AM CST

    Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation...

    by spyguy

    ...of a remake and will die here like rotten cabbages. That said, anyone want to see Daniel Craig as Number Six? After CASINO ROYALE, he seems a natural successor to McGoohan.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 11:02:29 AM CST

    if Jack Bauer woke up in The Village

    by newc0253

    he would fucking torch the place. seriously, a mashup of the Prisoner and 24 would be fantastic but i doubt the remake will be as interesting. anyways, i am currently getting my fill of mysterious villages from Lost.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 11:20:05 AM CST

    This will NOT be good.

    by performingmonkey

    You can just see it now. They'll use every cliche in the book and hire a crap cast thinking the hype will make it work. Zero respect for the original series.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 12:34:52 PM CST

    Ridiculous over use of the word "Skein"

    by the merk

    I know that I can't expect proper writing from Variety, but jeeze. Dropping the adjective "the" constantly is bad enough.

    Anyhoo, I actually am looking forward to this. I actually like re-imagining old series for a modern audience when it's done right.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 1:18:03 PM CST

    A steaming pile of number two...

    by some dude

    ...is to be expected.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 1:53:10 PM CST

    AMC airing new remake of british Prisoner TV series???

    by thehichhiker

    American Movie Classics airing new remake of a British TV show.... to paraphrase Simpson's Nelson - I can think of at least three things wrong with that station's name.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 2:35:20 PM CST

    THIS JUST IN: AMC changes name to BTR

    by spyguy

    British Television Remakes also announced they will begin broadcasting "all-new episodes" of DOCTOR WHO Series One following the run of "all-new episodes" that aired on BBC America after the run of "all-new episodes" that aired on Sci Fi after the all-new episodes that aired back in 2005 on BBC One.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 2:44:21 PM CST

    I am NOT a number! I'm a FREE man!!

    by billyeveryteen

    And my will is my owwwwwwwwwwn.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 2:47:58 PM CST

    I've got two words for you, workshed... David Soul

    by dr lizardo

    Casablanca was not only remade, but it was remade as a TV series 23 years ago with David Soul as Rick, Hector Elizondo as Capt. Renault, Scatman Crothers as Sam, and Ray Liotta as Sacha the bartender. Only lasted 3 episodes, and the world did not stop spinning.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 3:55:00 PM CST

    It takes a village

    by bswise

    After recently re-watching this, one of my top 5 favorite TV shows, I immediately thought that it was both way ahead of it's time and ripe for a re-make. The description of this project, however, fills me with LOW EXPECTATIONS, and I will only seek it out if McGoohan gives it his unqualified seal of approval. I do trust my David and Janet peeps to get it right. "Six of one, half a dozen of another."

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  • Dec 19, 2006 5:11:14 PM CST

    Dr.Lizardo...

    by workshed

    ...we had the good taste not to show it here in the United Kingdom which is probably why it had 'slipped my memory banks'. David Soil lol.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 8:00:12 PM CST

    I honestly think this is a good idea.

    by dance4days

    Also, since it's on AMC, a channel that (to my knowledge) has no history of original programming, it will be given an adequate chance to find its footing as a series even if it's not a runaway hit.

    And as for the remake phobia... whatever. You don't have to watch if you don't want to.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 8:54:02 PM CST

    Can work

    by nudeandaroused

    'The Prisoner,' when made in 1967, is very dated when watched today. Not that the points the show attempts to convey today is dated. They are are not. The issues that faced 'Six' and the Village are just as strong today as it was then. I think viewers should see just how much of a powerful and frightening government that exists today. The show can be very relevant. It has to be done right.

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  • Dec 19, 2006 10:52:00 PM CST

    Watching this one Never -

    by gadlaw6

    Right after I never watch the Starsky and Hutch, Miami Vice, and every other remake. Patrick McGoohan is the man, it's his concept, it's his story and it's been told by him already. All these remaking idiots should rent brains and think of their own ideas. I hate remakes and the goobers who remake them.

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  • Dec 20, 2006 12:03:36 AM CST

    McGoohan was involved in failed attempts at remakes

    by inwosuxred

    so damning this because McGoohan isn't doing it is kinda lame. He approved of the idea of remaking his work, at some point he becomes too old to get involved. This will be a new drama that is geared towards suspense and not camp, and is loosely based on the old series story in the broadest sense. The actors, production values and scripts will make or break it, but I tend to think it has quite a bit going for it out of the box, especially if Eccleson is number 6. I just hope the end is alittle less preachy acid trip with monkey masks and alittle more of a well constructed pay-off that isn't too ham fisted lecture about modern life.

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  • Dec 20, 2006 7:07:14 AM CST

    This is actually a UK-US-and-more production...

    by dizagaox

    Sky One are paying the most money, and they're remaking the show. It will be shot in the UK with a British cast and crew.

    AMC are secondary financiers for this project, and will be co-producing it.

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  • Dec 20, 2006 1:33:10 PM CST

    Remake the A-Team,

    by billypilgrim

    or BJ and the Bear. How about a remake of Cop Rock? That would be so cool!!!!

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  • Dec 20, 2006 9:05:13 PM CST

    Danny DeVito as Number 2's butler!

    by bill clay

    Or maybe the Mini-Me guy. There's only so many dwarfs available.

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  • Dec 20, 2006 10:21:02 PM CST

    What the original was in 1967, this will NOT be in 2007

    by kabong

    or whenever it drips onto the screen.

    Pump up the comedic aspects, of course. Number Two should be the love interest. Rover should be a robot dog. Yeah, baby! Put a dog in it. And a robot. A robot dog. Boffo, baby. This prisoner guy should be conflicted about his sexual orientation. It's all internal. The Village is where the Village People dance in his head. Don't emphasize the paranoia and espionage aspects. Cancel the female Number Two and get John Goodman on the line. Set the whole thing in an apartment building in New York City. Let's make some magic.

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  • Dec 21, 2006 2:59:34 AM CST

    Just finished watching the entire series.

    by one9deuce

    I had never seen any of the episodes before, but I netflixed the entire series based on Moriarty's recommendation. He referred to it as the greatest television show ever produced. Well, The Prisoner is in fact brilliant but flawed. The premise is fascinating, Patrick McGoohan is perfect (and is really what makes the series work in my opinion), and I love the opening credit sequence and music, but unfortunately there are a few really horrible episodes. And even more unfortunate is that Fallout is the worst episode of the series. I was DYING to find out who number 1 was, why number 6 resigned, would number 6 escape The Village, would number 6 return and fulfil his promise to destroy The Village. I think ambiguity can work in cinema/television, but if something is totally ambiguous then it falls apart. Anyone can make something puzzling or unclear, it isn't difficult to be vague. Why set up the questions in the series if they aren't going to be answered? Fallout is just totally nonsensical.

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  • Dec 23, 2006 12:31:21 AM CST

    this might be OK

    by mrbong

    i am just as much a fan of The Prisoner as the next Six Of One member, but if we are honest the original series fell away quite badly in the last handful of episodes. granted, this was due to the pressure put on them to finish the series off much earlier than anticipated, but the final few were nonetheless weak. if this remake intends to be reasonably faithful and end the series the way the original creators wanted, it would be interesting.



    beyond that, i am not sure i see the market for this - as much as it is convoluted tripe, "Lost" has basically stolen a huge number of elements from The Prisoner, and it would be a sad day if any product bearing the name The Prisoner was seen as a Lost cash-in. i very much like the idea of making the next 24 into The Prisoner, though - a logical step, since Danger Man and Secret Agent turned into The Prisoner.

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  • Dec 23, 2006 12:35:16 AM CST

    "there are only so many dwarfs available"

    by mrbong

    Bill Clay, you might be (perhaps pleasantly) surprised to learn that this isn't the case. there are at least seven working in the Italian porn industry alone, going on a version of Snow White i recently had the distinct pleasure of watching.

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