Hello Mr Ghost,
hasn't this been rumoured for years!
I remember they was going to make a film with Mel Gibson
Also, there was a graphic novel, that still had No. 6 & No. 2 fighting it out in the village after everyone had gone!
I like the idea of christopher being as No.6.
oh well see what happens....if it is on Sky, i will miss it anyway!
Apologies, Mr.Blaze, I posted the wrong article. Monday morning etc....
I did adore the old series, hopefully if it is remade, it will be of the new Doctor Who standard.
I suppose the latest rumours are just that, rumours. Here's a more recent rumour....
Plans confirmed to remake 'The Prisoner'
Apr 26 2008 by Darren Devine, Western Mail
A NEW series of cult TV drama The Prisoner is to be made more than 40 years after the original was first broadcast.
Since the series, which was filmed at the Italianate village of Portmeirion, in Gwynedd, ended, there have been periodic suggestions of a follow-up.
The show’s enduring image is of actor Patrick McGoohan, who played Number Six, being pursued along the shoreline by the giant Rover balloon whose job it was to hold him captive.
The science fiction fantasy about one man’s struggle against an unseen authority has been the subject of books, documentaries, university courses and even featured in an episode of The Simpsons. ITV confirmed yesterday that a “re-versioning” of the original is to be made.
Reports have suggested McGoohan, who is 80 and lives in California, will make a cameo appearance in the new series. It has also been claimed filming has already begun in Libya with actor Jim Caviezel in the title role.
But a spokesperson for ITV yesterday said neither filming nor casting had taken place.
“It’s not so much a second series – we are in development for remaking or re-versioning The Prisoner, that’s true.
“No casting has been confirmed so the names that have been mentioned are pure speculation. Also the suggestion we’re filming in Libya is untrue. We haven’t worked out where we’re going to be filming it at this stage.”
The statement leaves open the possibility of the new series being filmed at Portmeirion, which would be a massive fillip for the resort.
After the original was broadcast visitor numbers increased by 50% overnight.
And when an episode of ITV drama Cold Feet was filmed there several years ago, the attraction’s popularity leapt by 15%.
The managing director of Portmeirion, Robin Llywelyn, agreed that an association with a hit TV show brings positive publicity it was impossible to buy.
He said: “'I am delighted to hear The Prisoner is being revived. The fact it still enjoys a cult following after 40 years suggests this is long overdue. Portmeirion was used as the location for the first series and would be honoured to be part of the second series. Time may have taken its toll on the human cast but the 40-year interval has not changed the village in any way.”
Roger Langley, principal organiser of the Prisoner Appreciation Society Six of One, said he’s confident a new series is closer than ever.
Mr Langley, author of the recent book Patrick McGoohan: Danger Man or Prisoner?, said that as well as a new TV series, film-makers Universal Studios still have a plan to make a film sequel. McGoohan was involved in this several years back when he delivered his own script for a Prisoner movie.
Mr Langley said: “There’s always been two distinctly separate plans. One was to make a film sequel called The Prisoner by Universal Studios. And from the end of 2006, Sky One said they were linking up with Granada to make a mini-series of six episodes.
“But Sky dropped out at the end of last year and they’re remaking Blake’s 7 (another TV science fiction series) instead of The Prisoner.
“I think there could still be two plans.”
Who could play the next Prisoner?
Christopher Eccleston: The 44-year-old trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and first came to public attention as Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It (1991).
Besides a successful film career his TV credits include Clocking Off (2000), Flesh and Blood (2002) The Second Coming (2003) and Dr Who (2005).
Michael Sheen: The Newport-born actor has established himself as one of the biggest names on the theatrical scene, especially after he was cast as Mozart in Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus.
But the 39-year-old product of the National Youth Theatre of Wales is best-known for playing Tony Blair in the Stephen Frears’ films The Deal and The Queen.
Daniel Craig: He is now one of Britain’s biggest acting talents after his role as James Bond in Casino Royale.
The 40-year-old was raised in Liverpool and his interest in acting was encouraged by visits to the Everyman Theatre arranged by his mother Carol Craig.
Matthew Rhys: The Cardiff-born actor’s recent film credits include The Edge of Love and Virgin Territory.
But the 33-year-old is now well-known to US audiences as Kevin Walker, the gay character on the American ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters.
Ioan Gruffudd: With recent roles in Amazing Grace and Fireflies in the Garden he is among the most prominent Welsh actors of his generation.
The 34-year-old was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and first came to international attention as fifth officer Harold Lowe in Titanic.
