AMC Locks Into 'Prisoner' Remake

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:15 PM EST

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Get ready to meet the new No. 2 and No. 6 in early 2008.

AMC is coming on board to co-producer a remake of the seminal paranoid thriller series "The Prisoner" with Sky One and Granada International.

Details on how the companies plan to update or alter the "Prisoner" formula are scarce, but the property is being presented as an hour-long drama with production between in spring 2007. The plan is to have "The Prisoner" set for a worldwide premiere in January 2008.

"'The Prisoner' redefined what was possible in the Sci-Fi/Thriller category and remains on of the most iconic classics of our time," says AMC's Executive Vice President of Programming and Production, Rob Sorcher. "AMC's new series will stay true to the conceptual and visual brilliance of the original and will provide a new generation with an understanding and appreciation of Patrick McGoohan's work."

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Michael Sautter

I really like the original Prisoner, I hope they don't ruin it.

The Prisoner really messed with your mind. Basically Patrick McGoohan played a spy who resigns and then is mysteriously kidnapped. He wakes up in the Village where everyone has a mysterious past and everyone is known just by a number (he's Number 6). Naturally he tries to escape and find out who is holding him prisoner. Number 2 seems to be in charge but there was a new Number 2 each episode.

For more info: Six of One: The Prisoner Appreciation Society

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#1 - Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:29 PM EST

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Chandra W.

I really like the original Prisoner, I hope they don't ruin it.

Ditto for me.

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#1.1 - Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:12 PM EST

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