Post by Mightyfanatic on Oct 11, 2008 5:32:09 GMT -8
Anybody remember the 1980's miniseries turned series called "V" in which disguised (lizard like aliens) take over the Earth? Well, it looks like it might be coming back in a new form, without its creator!
I can still remember the (then) unique marketing campaign when posters started appearing in major metro subway stations that were exact replicas of the one's the aliens had used as propaganda ... each with the spray painted "V" on it. Definitely blurred the line between fact and fiction!
www.syfyportal.com/news425455.html
"V" is finally coming back to television, but it just will have little to do with the hit 1980s miniseries that helped redefined science-fiction on television.
ABC has ordered a new adaptation of the lizard-populated show with Scott Peters, a co-creator of USA Network's "The 4400," despite the fact that "V" creator Kenneth Johnson continues to work on a continuation of the 1980s outing.
The new project, which has not been identified as a series or a miniseries, will be produced by Warner Bros. Television, and will have both Peters as well as Jace Hall from HDFilms leading the way. While Peters will concentrate on the television aspect, Hall will be in charge of alternative media, including a gaming platform for the project.
With the new "V" will come a lot of changes, including the removal of the Holocause and Nazi allegories from the original. The current project will focus on Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent who has her life turned upside down when the aliens arrive, according to SciFi Wire.
One thing that will remain the same, however, will be the opening shot of spaceships showing up over major cities, a la "Independence Day."
Remakes have been rather hit or miss for networks in recent years. While "Battlestar Galactica" has been a success for SciFi Channel, it seems that few other programs that were reborn from the 1970s and 1980s have not done so well. The most recent example was NBC's attempt to revive "Bionic Woman."
I can still remember the (then) unique marketing campaign when posters started appearing in major metro subway stations that were exact replicas of the one's the aliens had used as propaganda ... each with the spray painted "V" on it. Definitely blurred the line between fact and fiction!
www.syfyportal.com/news425455.html
"V" is finally coming back to television, but it just will have little to do with the hit 1980s miniseries that helped redefined science-fiction on television.
ABC has ordered a new adaptation of the lizard-populated show with Scott Peters, a co-creator of USA Network's "The 4400," despite the fact that "V" creator Kenneth Johnson continues to work on a continuation of the 1980s outing.
The new project, which has not been identified as a series or a miniseries, will be produced by Warner Bros. Television, and will have both Peters as well as Jace Hall from HDFilms leading the way. While Peters will concentrate on the television aspect, Hall will be in charge of alternative media, including a gaming platform for the project.
With the new "V" will come a lot of changes, including the removal of the Holocause and Nazi allegories from the original. The current project will focus on Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent who has her life turned upside down when the aliens arrive, according to SciFi Wire.
One thing that will remain the same, however, will be the opening shot of spaceships showing up over major cities, a la "Independence Day."
Remakes have been rather hit or miss for networks in recent years. While "Battlestar Galactica" has been a success for SciFi Channel, it seems that few other programs that were reborn from the 1970s and 1980s have not done so well. The most recent example was NBC's attempt to revive "Bionic Woman."
