rec.arts.movies.past-films

Jim Beaver wrote:
> "Marv Soloff" wrote in message
> news: $ @trnddc07...
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>>Just finished watching "The Girl Who Was Death" episode of "The Prisoner"
>>(UK 1967).
>>Patrick McGoohan and Justine Lord. I remember this series from the
>>original run on CBS and
>>I don't think there has been an action series to equal it. "The Prisioner"
>>was a seminal
>>work - how do we get it remade instead of hearing about all the dreck that
>>is now in
>>the pipeline.
>
>
> It's happening as we speak:
>
> Nolan Unlocks 'Prisoner'
> 11 August 2006 (IMDb Update)
> Batman Begins director Christopher Nolan has inked a deal with Universal
> Pictures to direct their feature adaptation of the cult British TV series
> The Prisoner per Variety. Based on the short-lived 1967 show starring
> Patrick McGoohan as super cool inmate Number Six, the film tells the
> modern-day story of a former secret agent trying to break free from his
> island captors. Twelve Monkeys scribes Janet and David Peoples will pen the
> script for producers Scott Stuber, Mary Parent, Barry Mendel and Emma
> Thomas. Nolan will take on helming duties after completing Warner Bros.'
> caped crusader sequel The Dark Knight next year.
>
> Jim Beaver
>
>
OK, I'll keep my fingers crossed that I can recognize it when it comes out.
Be seeing you.

Marv