We Have Information!! Information!! Information!! Ian McKellen Is The New Number 2 In AMC’s PRISONER Remake!!
Published at: July 1, 2008, 2:11 p.m. CST by hercules
I am – Hercules!! Six Of One, the official appreciation society for the amazing old British TV series “The Prisoner,” had this scoop way back on June 6: Ian McKellen will star as Number Two opposite Jim Caviezel’s Number Six in an upcoming ITV/AMC miniseries remake.
Other details from Six of One confirmed by this story in Tuesday’s Variety:
* Six episodes will be produced;
* It airs next year.
Not confirmed by the Variety story:
* Shooting starts the first week of August;
* It shoots on location in Namibia and South Africa.
Variety does reveal the project’s writer is Bill Gallagher, who penned the BBC’s “Conviction.”