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Prisoner Remake

They’re going to remake the classic series The Prisoner:

SIX OF ONE EXCLUSIVE - The 2009 mini-series of the The Prisoner will feature six one-hour episodes, all written by Bill Gallagher (Clocking Off; Conviction; Lark Rise to Candleford). Sir Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings; The Da Vinci Code) is in the role of Number Two and James Caviezel (Deja Vu; The Passion of the Christ) plays Number Six. The producer is Trevor Hopkins (Dracula; Agatha Christie: Poirot; William and Mary) and direction is by Jon Jones (Cold Feet; Northanger Abbey; Diary of Anne Frank). Location filming is in Namibia and Cape Town, with shooting commencing in the first week of August, 2008. The “pacy, radical reinvention of the original show” is a joint production between AMC (American Movie Channel) and ITV (UK).

(HT: Mike) I loved the original, except for the utterly bizzare finale. I just hope this time the guys in charge of writing the final episode aren’t on a bad LSD trip that day. Anyway, anything with Ian McKellen in it is definitely on my “must see” list. But what the heck kind of adjective is “pacy”?