AMC Locks Into 'Prisoner' Remake

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."