ABC Develops New V ABC is developing a new adaptation of V, the 1980s miniseries about alien lizards visiting Earth, Variety reported. The miniseries spawned a second mini and a TV spinoff, written by The 4400 co-creator and executive producer Scott Peters. Warner Brothers TV, which was behind the original miniseries, is once again producing the project, which was sold as a spec script to ABC. Peters is set to executive-produce, along with HDFilms principal Jace Hall. Hall, the former head of Warner Brothers' video-game division, who has worked on titles including F.E.A.R., will help expand V into other platforms, including gaming. The original V was an allegory of 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. 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. As in the '80s version, the show will open with an enormous army of spaceships hovering over the world's major cities. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=61175&type=0
Once again Hollywood writers are earning their money with fresh and original ideas. That said, if they do to "V" what they did to B.S.G. then I am ALL over it.
Still waiting for Land of the Lost to make a comeback. Those damn Sleestacks and Vern Troyer as Chaka would be freakin awesome.
Classic show that only the cheesy 80s could pull off, I'll give it a shot for sure. That and Buck Rodgers were two of my favorite shows growing up.
only 17 more 80s shows to rip off! seriously, when shows like 90210 are being remade, and movies are being recycled, its time to start getting worried about our entertainment industry as well. were lacking in creativity in just about every aspect of this country. America is surely on a downward spiral. Not that I have anything against V, Im just mad that we cant come up with any good original shows/movies anymore.
i have very vague memories of V when i was a young kid. the only thing i remember is a lizard guy and a scene of a worker running out of a building with his hand chopped off or something. now that i see that it came out in '84, it was a little before my time lol. must have caught a re-run or maybe watched a tape
