Nolan to remake The Prisoner
Christopher Nolan is close to an agreement to make a film of classic TV series The Prisoner. Yes that's right, not content with remaking old movies Hollywood is remaking old TV shows as films.
The Prisoner starred Patrick McGoohan as a spy who resigns but is then kidnapped and held in a weird prison. A war of attrition then begins between No 6, as he is then called, and the mysterious people behind the prison. They want to find out why he resigned and he wants to get the hell out.
Variety through Coming Soon reports that Nolan may take on the project after he has completed the next Batman film The Dark Night. What do you think, will a television show transfer well to a feature film, and will the drawn out tension of a television show be comparable once its condensed into one movie?
[Richard's take] I had to add something onto Louise's story here. I've seen the original series and it's really good, I loved the idea and the execution was excellent, the setting, characters and actors all quite quirky and just kept you glued to the show.
Now you know how much I am against remaking material for the sake of a cash cow, but there's something different here, there's the potential for a great remake that could be done with the right people, the right setting and could really benefit from today's styling and effects. Although I'd hate to see it done badly, I do think that it could be done really well and give us something different. Am I wrong? What do you think about it?
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