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Sneak Peek At The Prisoner Mini-Series
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Behind The Scenes Of AMC's Remake Of THE PRISONER!!
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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 ...
Behind the Scenes: The Prisoner
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AMC has released a new behind-the-scenes video for their upcoming mini-series The Prisoner, a remake of the 1967 Patrick McGoohan series. The new incarnation stars Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel. It scheduled to air later this year.
It follows A man, known as “Six,” who finds himself inexplicably trapped in “The Village” with no memory of how he arrived. As he explores his environment, he discovers that his fellow inhabitants are identified by number instead of name, have no memory of any prior existence, and are under constant surveillance. Not knowing whom to trust, Six is driven by the need to discover the truth behind The Village, the ...
A behind-the-scenes look at AMC's take on "The Prisoner"
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It would be good enough that AMC is simply ponying up for a third (and presumably fourth and fifth) season of "Mad Men" for this summer, but I'm also becoming more and more confident that what's coming with it - a six-episode remake of "The Prisoner" - will also far from completely suck. ...
The Making Of ‘The Prisoner’ Remake
Screen Rant —
When a TV mini-series stars both Jesus Christ and Gandalf you have to have sit up and take notice.
When it’s also based on an iconic television series it becomes “must see TV.”
Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen will star in a “re-imagining” of the late Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisioner for AMC.
The new production would appear to have a slick modern sheen, but it seems to lack the odd twisted sixties drug trip vibe of the original British series. ...
