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Rufus Sewell Snags Patrick Stewart Role in CBS Sci-Fi Pilot ELEVENTH HOUR!!
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Rufus Sewell (“Dark City”) will play the Patrick Stewart role in CBS’ pilot adaptation of Britain's 2006 Granada sci-fi miniseries “Eleventh Hour.”
The Hollywood Reporter describes the project:
… centers on Jacob Hood (Sewell), a special science adviser to the government who, with his feisty female bodyguard in tow, saves people from the worst abuses of science.
Scottish lassie Ashley Jensen, who played Maggie Jacobs in HBO/BBC's "Extras" before moving on to "Ugly Betty," was the feisty female bodyguard. No word on who will assay the American version, but one hears Vanessa Marcil is available.
Read all of the Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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yeah
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I imagine it's only a matter of time before we see an America timelord, the way things seem to be going! At least Sewell is still British I guess. Actually, speaking of timelords, I always thought Rufus Sewell would make an excellent Dr Who - although some people might say he'd make a better Master...
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Patrtick Stewart played the Government scientific advisor who was sent to investigate things as they happened and he had a female cop as a sidekick bodyguard (sort of british semi-x-files).
Two of the investigations centered around cloning and a plague outbreak (the best episode). The cloning and later Global warming episodes seemed to suggest a background conspiracy also. Stewart was great as the independent minded professor and the series showed promise and could have gone on to become better if it had been pcked up again. As it was, there were only 4 episodes. They also would have been better if they were feature length as the pace was ridiculously quick at times.
It was a nice idea to have a British Mulder and Scully but with a more scientific and semi-realistic storyline. Cant see it translating too well in the US as it was the Britishness that gave it a new slant. Any new version, would be more like an x-files replacement. -
Patrtick Stewart played the Government scientific advisor who was sent to investigate things as they happened and he had a female cop as a sidekick bodyguard (sort of british semi-x-files).
Two of the investigations centered around cloning and a plague outbreak (the best episode). The cloning and later Global warming episodes seemed to suggest a background conspiracy also. Stewart was great as the independent minded professor and the series showed promise and could have gone on to become better if it had been pcked up again. As it was, there were only 4 episodes. They also would have been better if they were feature length as the pace was ridiculously quick at times.
It was a nice idea to have a British Mulder and Scully but with a more scientific and semi-realistic storyline. Cant see it translating too well in the US as it was the Britishness that gave it a new slant. Any new version, would be more like an x-files replacement. -
doh!!
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"Eleventh Hour" was a pretty straight forward crime show. I don't remember any sci fi elements. I also thought that Patrick Stewart was rather bland in it - his character was seriously underwritten. I did like Ashley Jensen as the bodyguard, though. Compared to the current crop of excellent british series and miniseries, this was at best a minor entry. Why not adapt "Jonathan Creek"?
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And it's about time someone gave Rufus Sewell a starring role again. A series is even better.
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Now that Las Vegas has been cancelled, CBS should get working on a JESSE STONE regular series.
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reworking.
Also - given the idea was nicked for that other show that was on talkback recently (which I've blanked on the name of - older male scientist, younger female cop/FBI agent - I didn't realise the US was doing a remake of this as well. -
So any remake at all is odd!
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mainly, i think, because it was on ITV and the only people who watch ITV are chavs and soap opera fans.
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Is it possible to not fuck up ANY imported tv series or film?
Don't give me that Office crap because the soul of the Brit version is gone.
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"Rufus Sewell would make an excellent Dr Who"
yeah, never considered it, but you are correct. -
The concept had potential, but it was largely unrealized and it waisted two great actors. The US version may actualy be better, but I think at best it will be another Journeyman.
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Google that bitch..I want to be raped by her.....I am just saying.
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Given that, with but a couple of exceptions (ALL IN THE FAMILY springs to mind), North American versions of British shows have been disasters (PAYNE, NOT MY DEPARTMENT, DC FOLLIES, etc), the U.S. show they haven't learned from their past mistakes and now want to do their own version of a failed one? I have a feeling the stench of that one will be detectable down in tasmania.
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The Eleventh hour was merely a diluted tribute to Quatermass. Quatermass is god!!!
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... So Sewell's playing a baptist preacher in this, then? We are talking about the Bush Administration here, you know.
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So I've no idea why you guys in the US would want to buy it and make another one. Primeval is pretty good though, even though it's just CGI dinos most of the time.
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... (I only saw bits of one ep when it was on) that makes it the perfect thing to remake? Everyone's complaining about how remakes of great British TV shows are always so disappointing, maybe taking an interesting idea that never quite came together and trying again to realise it's potential is the way forward? At least if it's poor, it's not going to piss off a legion of fans.I guess I'm thinking along the lines of Battlestar Galactica. I know some people hold the original in their hearts, but since first seeing re-runs of it when I was a kid I have always thought it was absolutely dire. The new one took those ideas that were cool from it and built a brand new show that has been massively more successful and in my opinion infinitely better. Obviously for those of you who feel differently this example won't work as wel...
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You how much we dislike this...MOISTURE....
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Ah yes, Brit to US adaptations. Thank God for BBC America.
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Rufus Sewell in anything grabs my attention. He was great in "Dark City" and "Amazing Grace" (loved that movie), as well as other films I can't think of right now. He's versatile, capable of evoking good or evil in equal parts, and compelling to watch onscreen.
I'd never heard of "The 11th Hour" before this, but with Sewell in the lead I'll keep my eyes open for it. -
what is the fucking point in getting a British actor to star in a remake of an extremely recent British series which starred a British actor?
The dumbest thing about this, of all, is that Patrick Stewart is already a hugely famous face Stateside, so they may as well either 1. cast Patrick, or 2. just show the fucking British series.
Are you Yanks too stupid to understand English when it is spoken by the English? Will Rufus Sewell be required to put on a phony American accent? -
Rufus, if you're reading this (and I know you do), sorry, no offence, because I think you're a great actor. But, for fuck's sake?
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Like the American versions of "The Prisoner". "Are You Being Served", fish & chips, and whatever bloody buggery you bad-teeth jowling, tea swilling hacks come up with. Hey, I've got an idea ... please stop sending us your sickening game shows and talent-search sewage programs, too, while your at it, hmmm ? Long live you queens !
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That makes no fucking sense. I don't even know who that other guy is.
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I am fortunate enough that my local library has all the episodes of Eleventh Hour on DVD. There were only what, four of them, but man they were great. How come this show didn't make it in the UK? Low ratings? Whatever the reason it's a shame.
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To be on TV anyway - so suggesting Dr Who is laughable. He'd be terrible.
Disagree on Office US - Gervais is a one trick writer - the US version gives depth to every character on the screen. Pretty amazing given I loathed the first season of it! -
Just watched it again the other day and he just oozes intense creepiness in that role.
Also, speaking of Maggie from Extras, am I the only one that thinks she is adorable? For some reason I think she is kinda hot. -
Feb 22, 2008 3:45:46 PM CST
The ITV version with Patrick Stewart was pretty farkin awful.
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Poor stories, uninterested acting. It was ITVs first attempt to do something scifi after the Beeb brought Doctor Who back.
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The UK is not sending you our "sickening game shows". On the contrary, it just so happens that those stupid dreg shows are the only thing you stupid fucktard Americans want to import from the UK. Everybody over here knows it's shit but you dipshits lap it up.
So be a good chap old boy and eat my shit kind sir, whilst I drink tea and sip it through my 'bad teeth'. You laughable cunt. -
And not that crappy pilot with Terry Farrell, either.
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till they transform "Life on Mars" into a US series. *shudder*
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One episode had a group of people drinking water that was a supposed "cure" for cancer and yet they all got sick with far worse symptoms because the water was actually contaminated! I mean, who writes this shit? As soon as the Brits come up with any kind of series, the Yanks have to copy it. Hey, here's a fucking new idea: hire some good AMERICAN writers and come up with some good AMERICAN stories!
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ZZZZ
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Having grown up in the early 80's at the time of the 2nd "British Invasion," I can't help but be a bit of an anglophile. Back then all the coolest bands were Brits and the cool kids were obsessed with British music. My music collection is still decidedly British tilting. Alas, kids these days no longer want to be British and talk about MADchester; they've gone back to the future and want to be black again- stealing directly from the root of Rock and R&B music.
I mention this as important background. People my age tend to be more internationalist because we were exposed to a slightly different point of view while caught up in all things British. While the R-tards were listening to Bon Jovi and Journey, my friends were listening to the Smiths, Peter Murphy, Depeche Mode, etc. sing about REAL things. We were the same weird kids who endlessly quoted Python and sampled some of the Brit shows on PBS. We kind of looked down on the kids who "didn't get it."
"What does this have to do with this thread?" they all screamed. I say this because i really don't believe the Brits and international vistors understand American culture. In general, most Americans don't give a damn about international politics OR entertainment. If it doesn't directly affect us, we don't care. I'm not saying this is good thing or that this is universal, only that it holds true for the majority of Americans. 90% of American television viewers have never watched a British television show! This does NOT include the shit-awful reality shows that have been restaged and redesigned for Americans with American hosts or the nature and history programs that are co-funded by the BBC with an American broadcaster and later re-dubbed with an American voice actor and the British "mis-spellings" removed. The only British television most Americans HAVE seen is DR. WHO, Monty Python, and the occasional period-piece or mystery on the never watched local PBS station. That's it! The limit of British broadcasting in the US. If you were to count out the people who've seen DR. WHO, Python or the newest retread of Jane Austen from the people who've watched other British shows, you'd have maybe a 1% (3 million people) audience in America for British telly. FYI, BBC America shows programs from Channel 4, ITV, and the BBC and isa not available in most markets. The few Brits over here who have seen BBC America say its a pale imitation.
America and Britain have very different cultures and tastes, our only commonality is the language we share. If we both spoke different languages this would be easier for both cultures to accept. To answer you Brits who asked if we could understand a simple difference in accent, the answer is no! Most Americans have never been exposed to the vast multitude of British accents and slang words, however, most can perfectly understand BBC Standard English without slang. To give you an idea of how little used to we are in understanding British regional dialects and slang, BBC America recommends we Yanks turn on closed captioning so that we will be able to follow the program! There is also a common slang dictionary on the main website. As far as the 2nd question of why do we remake British shows, the answer is that Americans never saw the original, no matter how good it was! Besides the cultural differences, most Americans won't watch British television because they don't want to invest time in a show that will have a total run of maybe 20 episodes spread over several years. For an American, it's like reading the 1st 2 chapters in a book, setting it down, coming back to read 2 more chapters in 6 months and continue at that rate until done. The continuity and sense of character is destroyed. This is a major cultural difference most brits don't comprehend. Imagine if the Arctic Monkeys cd had only 3 songs on it and they released new cds at the same pace as when their cds had 12-13 songs!
I don't think this will solve any lingering enmity or frustration, but I hope it does help to explain what the differences are. -
"The Eleventh Hour" sucked balls! Not only should there be NO American version, the British version should be destroyed in a pyre of shame. Speaking of shame, seeing how brilliantly the CBS version of "Viva Blackpool" tanked in America you'd think they would have learned their lesson. Perhaps this is why they're starting with a shitty show and trying to remake it better than it was, sort of like "the Six Million Dollar 'Eleventh Hour.'" We're starting with a homeless alcoholic, but with six million dollars of "bionic" implants we believe he'll be a super-powered drunk who can walk through walls and take however damn much of your spare change he wants!" (Sadly, that already sounds better than the revamped version we did of our own shit-fest from the '70s, "the Bionic Woman")
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Are we talking little space friends?
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I mean, is there really a need to remake it? Dr Who imports well, and I would imagine Patrick Stewart would get a few people to watch just because he's in it.
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Good thing they're remaking this then.
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dude has a built in audience in the states...unless he is unavailable for the series...and i didnt know maggie got a gig with ugly betty...she was the best part of extras...too bad i cant sit through that god awful show
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Damn, Patrick Stewart was born to play Picard.
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WTF? She's about 5'1" tall and weighs less than 100 pounds. Peopl wouldn't be scared of her even if she was carrying a big fuck-off gun. Perhaps she'll play his feisty secretary.
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the bodyguard!
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"Sorry about the ankles" she says after stepping over the guy who tried to get too close to her client.
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You know this to be true.... Much more suited to the role than Gambon...
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Anakin, what are you smoking dude? There are several million Trekies, X-men, American Dad, and Dune fans that would greatly disagree.
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i was being sarcastic
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Just sayin.
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you can never tell in talkbacks... ;-)
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Another series where science "runs amok" - as if non-science brought us all the advancements we take for granted...
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...in the original version, but the show as a whole just didn't work. Most of the twists could be seen coming a mile off, and often the pacing was verrrrry slow.
Oh, and Patrick Stewart went out of his way to distance the show from SF, denying that it was SF in all interviews. He used to say stuff like 'this is a dramatised look at how science could develop in the next few years'. Erm, that's SF, Patrick.
Can't wait to see what the US version will be like, presumably Sewell will have to have the usual glow-in-the-dark shiny American teeth, which should make creeping up on the villains impossible! -
If they don't recast it, why remake it at all? just play the original version. It's not like it's on a different language, or it's outdated or watever.. If it was a sequel intead of a remake then sure.
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was the pretty strong Northern accent that Stewart opted for - very like his native huddersfield. I liked it. He was also stunning on stage as Macbeth recently. think he's headed broadway with it - amazing.
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because then I ask them what they think of The Office. And lets not even get started with All in the Family.
Sorry - US TV takes great BBC programs, throws millions of dollars at them, and makes them better. Just ask Gordon Ramsay.
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