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Behind The Scenes Of AMC's Remake Of THE PRISONER!!


Merrick here...

AMC has been posting a lot of material from the currently-in-production remake of THE PRISONER.

This time around, James Caviezel stars at Number Six (the role originated by Patrick McGoohan) and Sir Ian McKellen is Number Two. One of my favorite/under-appreciated actors, Lennie James, will appear as 147 (Lennie was recently seen as the badass CIA operative-gone-native in the CBS series JERICHO). The overall arc of the original series' 17 episodes is being distilled into a miniseries format.

Here's an embed of a recently posted video from the shoot, which offers (among other things) our first hint that some level of retro production design may be afoot for certain elements of the miniseries.

If you go HERE & look to the right of the screen, you'll find a menu offering more behind-the-scenes material from the project. There's also a running blog of the miniseries' production, which can be found HERE.

You can find streaming (and free) video of the entire 1967 progenitor series HERE, and THIS LINK will carry you to AMC's official site for the new show.

"Working with Gandalf and Jesus...then I showed up..." That's pretty funny.




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WHAT ARE YOU THINKING??
by ArcadianDS
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:06:58 AM
Hmmm...could be interesting.
by Bob Cryptonight
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:07:49 AM
hey the update vanished
by ArcadianDS
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:08:19 AM
ArcadianDS
by Merrick
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:09:31 AM
They should be remaking SECRET AGENT MAN first.
by Bob Cryptonight
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:10:00 AM
just saw that. you are wise.
by ArcadianDS
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:11:10 AM
The Village is...
by marcus torrance
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:19:32 AM
You can't repaint the Mona Lisa.
by V'Shael
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:22:57 AM
Hey, where's the giant ball?
by morGoth
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:25:28 AM
"playing a slight game of deceit with audience"
by kabong
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:30:04 AM
One of the qualities of The Prisoner
by skimn
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:30:53 AM
The two best things on AMC...
by haggardatbest
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:38:19 AM
Any Time...
by Aquatarkusman
Feb 3rd, 2009
11:41:01 AM
"The man who would not bend ...
by DennisMM
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:03:02 PM
V'Shael - Agreed!
by wcme
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:04:33 PM
This looks extremely promising IMO
by performingmonkey
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:19:07 PM
Is Portmeirion in this?
by MontyPigeon
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:22:33 PM
Gandalf and Jesus are nice guys...
by Boxcutter
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:23:46 PM
"Six" instead "Number Six"? How too hip for the room.
by SpyGuy
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:30:24 PM
Pictures of Rorschach Unmasked!
by Lashlarue
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:35:14 PM
Jim Caviezel went on a 3 minute rant on set...
by Leafar the Lost
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:37:14 PM
My only question is...
by Centipede Damascus
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:40:30 PM
This is the best way to do this
by Charlie_Allnut
Feb 3rd, 2009
12:57:40 PM
I never had a DP like that!! Fuckin' amateur!
by DarthBakpao
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:01:28 PM
Why the f**k is Shane walking in there?
by IAmMrMonkey!
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:10:17 PM
Awesome Christian Bale Rant Remix!
by IAmMrMonkey!
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:17:39 PM
I just dropped off a Number Two
by Squashua
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:20:16 PM
That looks wonderful...
by viola123
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:24:14 PM
HA!
by force_fed
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:38:12 PM
Caviezel?! What a travesty.
by AnnoyYou
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:47:14 PM
Maybe it's not a village this time
by Phil Connors
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:50:44 PM
Remake, reimagining or continuation?
by Grendel745
Feb 3rd, 2009
01:54:54 PM
AnnoyYou
by bigbill
Feb 3rd, 2009
02:35:42 PM
No Portmeirion = No Prisoner
by Fitzcarraldo2
Feb 3rd, 2009
02:36:04 PM
McGoohan's thoughts on this?
by filmfanatic1
Feb 3rd, 2009
02:56:47 PM
original
by NudeandAroused
Feb 3rd, 2009
03:22:37 PM
This has Knight Rider, The Figitive and Bionic Woman written all
by progrocktv
Feb 3rd, 2009
03:27:21 PM
Nudeandaroused...
by filmfanatic1
Feb 3rd, 2009
03:42:33 PM
This was shot in Cape Town? I live there!
by brokentusk
Feb 3rd, 2009
04:05:12 PM
Why this should work...
by DeadPanWalking
Feb 3rd, 2009
04:19:32 PM
Progroktv
by Boomers_Lips
Feb 3rd, 2009
04:29:43 PM
Phil Connors
by DennisMM
Feb 3rd, 2009
04:56:24 PM
will Homer Simpson be there?
by Maniaq
Feb 3rd, 2009
05:09:16 PM
No Portmeirion = No Prisoner
by Philo
Feb 3rd, 2009
05:56:21 PM
filmfantic1
by NudeandAroused
Feb 3rd, 2009
06:04:07 PM
this will suck
by mojoman69
Feb 3rd, 2009
06:10:51 PM
I wonder what they will do with the ending.
by rbatty024
Feb 3rd, 2009
06:19:01 PM
rbatty024
by NudeandAroused
Feb 3rd, 2009
06:22:00 PM
I'm ok with this
by Blckaddr
Feb 3rd, 2009
06:33:56 PM
"They scoured the earth and found this place that just seemed to
by lead_sharp
Feb 3rd, 2009
07:25:10 PM
Land of Misfit Remakes
by BurnHollywood
Feb 3rd, 2009
07:33:51 PM
At Least McGoohan has a grave now to roll in.
by cookylamoo
Feb 3rd, 2009
07:35:32 PM
Is AICN ever going to cover Clone Wars?
by Gungan Slayer
Feb 3rd, 2009
09:16:26 PM
Yeah, mojoman69. It looks like Caviezel
by kabong
Feb 3rd, 2009
09:43:16 PM
Airdate?
by Willyer Hero
Feb 4th, 2009
12:32:09 AM
Not a clip show yet = expect the worst
by theplant
Feb 4th, 2009
01:55:46 AM
this looks fucken spectacular
by ironic_name
Feb 4th, 2009
02:58:12 AM
Will give it a shot
by The McPoyle Clan
Feb 4th, 2009
03:00:56 AM
60s British Shows
by Pandas-R-Us
Feb 4th, 2009
04:59:26 AM
I lost ALL RESPECT for
by brokenheadstuff
Feb 4th, 2009
05:36:01 AM
Tyrone! You silly fat fuck!
by thinboyslim.
Feb 4th, 2009
06:33:31 AM
I loved the Prisoner
by bellwether
Feb 4th, 2009
07:53:29 AM
Love the McKellan casting as Number Two..
by TinSpider
Feb 4th, 2009
09:34:15 AM
Can't wait for the CGI Rovers!
by Stabby
Feb 4th, 2009
10:39:57 AM
wasn't Chris Nolan planning on remaking this?
by The Only Woj
Feb 4th, 2009
01:06:53 PM
Look, I love Lost, too.
by Johnny Smith
Feb 4th, 2009
01:26:11 PM
Johnny Smith
by ElPaw
Feb 4th, 2009
01:52:25 PM
The Only Woj...
by r_number6
Feb 4th, 2009
02:09:41 PM
i have high hopes
by monster man
Feb 4th, 2009
03:35:05 PM
Criswell predicts..
by thegreatwhatzit
Feb 5th, 2009
04:08:38 AM

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