"V: The New Series (Remake)

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Jeez I remember watching the original tv film and mini series. They scared the bejesus out of me. I was only a young lad but I found the whole thing mesmerizing abck then. Anybody remember the hamster eating bit...lol creeped me right out!!!




From Variety.com:



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"V," the 1980s miniseries about alien lizards visiting Earth, will invade primetime once again.

ABC is developing a new adaptation of the franchise --which spawned a second mini and TV spinoff-- written by "The 4400" co-creator/exec producer Scott Peters.

Warner Bros. TV, which was behind the original longform, is once again producing the project, which was sold as a spec script to the Alphabet net.

Peters is set to exec produce, along with HDFilms principal Jace Hall.

Hall, the former head of Warner Bros. videogame division who has worked on titles including "F.E.A.R.," will help expand "V" into other platforms, including gaming.

Peters, who earned two Emmy noms for "The 4400," said he wasn't looking to do another sci-fi piece. But when Warner Bros. TV approached him about reinventing "V," the producer said he couldn't resist.

"Whenever I mention V to anybody, they still have a lot of good memories about the original movie and series," Peters said. "Everybody has that imagery of their uniforms, or the visitor eating a hamster. It's a science fiction icon and too good to pass up."

The original "V" served as an allegory for the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. Peters said he won't duplicate that concept, except that the new "V" will still focus on what happens when the masses have blind faith in their leaders.

In this case, the new "V" will center on Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent with an aimless son who's got problems. When the aliens arrive, her son gloms on to them — causing tension within the family. As in the original "V," several storylines will unfold simultaneously.

But even without the same storyline, the original "V's" bones will remain: As in the '80s version, the show will open with an enormous army of spaceships hovering over the world's major cities. The visitors say they've come to help Earth, but their motives are nefarious (in the original, they wanted to steal the world's water supply).

Peters first pitched "V" to networks but failed to spark interest; Warner Bros. TV sent the scribe back to write "V" on spec -- and ABC bought it.

The original "V" scored a tremendous 40 share for its closing episode in 1983. That success spawned a sequel and a weekly series, which aired in the 1984-85 season.

Original "V" writer-producer-director Kenneth Johnson recently attempted to revive "V" as "V: The Second Generation" but is not involved in the Peters version.

As for Peters, scribe has been spending more time behind the lens, helming multiple episodes of "The 4400," as well as "Jericho," "Burn Notice" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." He's also directing the new CBS pilot "Harper's Island."

Peters also developed the pilot "Found" for ABC last year. He began his career as a writer-producer on "The Outer Limits."

Yeah me too. Jeez was one of the first things that ever gave me nightmares...

Watching it now it seems silly but back then as a kid and watching humans tear off their skin to reveal lizardy skin was very creepy. lol

before my time lads?

Likely I was only a wee boy back then. Shouldnt have been watching it but my uncles used to let me when I stayed at my nans at the weekend.

Never saw V until I tried to watch it recently, not really aged well IMHO, didn't watch much of it tbh. I'll stick to the tripods, and check the new version of v when it comes out.

I'll deffo be watching this when its released in the U.K.

ROBAFET wrote:Never saw V until I tried to watch it recently, not really aged well IMHO, didn't watch much of it tbh. I'll stick to the tripods, and check the new version of v when it comes out.

Has aged badly.
The special effects are not what you would call special now, lol...
But back then seeing somebody rip off their face was quite frightening.
And seeing massive spaceships hovering in the sky of that size was quite shocking. But now it looks ridiculous...

ah yes back in the days when Freddy Krueger was a sensitive lizard lad - the show was about fighting the Nazi's

loved it when I was growing up but no it hasn't aged well but then neither has a lot of 70's and 80's sci-fi still watch 'em though

remake could be interesting though...hmmm I wonder if the remake will improve sales of David Icke lizard books

You have just made my day, the original V series was legendary, i remember when it was first shown on tv it was on really late, and was allowed to stay up and watch it, brilliant program, I hope they dont cock the remake up though.

And as for the hamster eating bit, who can forget that scene lol