'V' pilot invades ABC
New take on 'V' comes from the co-creator of 'The 4400'
ABC has greenlit a pilot for a reworked version of the '80s sci-fi classic "V."
According to Variety, the new pilot was written by Scott Peters, who knows a few things about this sort of material as co-creator and executive producer of "The 4400."
Written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, the 1983 original focused on the aftermath of an invasion by the Visitors, seemingly benign aliens. Naturally, these lizard creators aren't so benign at all.
The two-part miniseries, which starred Jane Badler, Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Durrell and Jenny Sullivan, caused a TV sensation when it aired on NBC. It was followed by a sequel and a short-lived series.
The trade paper says that the hero of the new "V" is Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent with a wayward son. The son becomes involved with the aliens, which produces domestic awkwardness.
HDFilms and Warner Bros. TV will produce the new "V." Johnson isn't expected to have any involvement.
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January 27, 2009 at 5:14AM EST Reply to Commentkayaytche
January 27, 2009 at 5:15AM EST Reply to CommentYay!!!!
rerunthegreat
January 27, 2009 at 11:55AM EST Reply to CommentAfter watching BSG, if done right, this could work. Here's hoping to the best.
russbarnes
January 27, 2009 at 4:01PM EST Reply to CommentIt's a cookbook! It's a cookbook!
xina.in.la
January 27, 2009 at 7:34PM EST Reply to CommentI was a kid when this debuted, and I loved it. I even liked the short-lived series (bear in mind, I was ~9 y.o.). Jenny Sullivan ravenously scarfing raw meat out of the fridge (unknowingly pregnant w/ a hybrid human alien-lizard baby) is imprinted in my head forever.
xina.in.la
January 27, 2009 at 7:41PM EST Reply to CommentWhoops, it was Blair Tefkin as Robin Maxwell. Nevertheless...imprinted.
vaporswim
November 8, 2009 at 11:16AM EST Reply to CommentSuch bad acting all around, even from Elizabeth Mitchell. Especially as a mother. That ridiculous clapping part was simply inexcusable. The entire dialogue during every part from start to finish seems forced awkwardly and painfully from each actor as if they too cannot suspend their disbelief. The writers need to change what they are doing or be replaced if this remake is not to thoroughly suck just like:Battlestar Galactica(most of all),i am legend, or "the wiz". Everything about this pilot was half-assed and generic. The only good thing to watch was Elizabeth Mitchell. This is simply not something intelligent people can enjoyably immerse themselves in. This pilot was quite possibly one of the worst ever, and that says a lot.