AMC and Marvel Comics gave away an exclusive printed edition of The Prisoner Sneak Peek Comic at Comic-Con. A pdf version is available from the AMC website.
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The new (or is that "re-imagined") version of THE PRISONER will premiere in November 2009 in the USA and in the UK early in 2010. AMC have been running teasers on their website for quite some time but their site now has a wealth of information, photos, posters and screensavers available for viewing or downloading.
As to whether the show will be any good is anyone's guess but the preview video and the behind-the-scenes interviews indicate a high budget production which incorporates some of the elements from the McGoohan original layered into a modern action thriller. There are the seemingly obligatory bed sheets and pyrotechnics of course (ho hum) but the emphasis is on "people".
Ian McKellen makes a wonderful Number Two ... charming, funny and infinitely dangerous. His delivery of the iconic "Be Seeing You" line is quite chilling, but his comic timing throughout this first episode is immaculate. When Number 6 complains that Number 2 will take his mind away, McKellen turns and with a perfectly straight face says, "We might ... but we'll always give it back."
Some characters from the original, albeit updated, are there if you look for them, and I'd particularly draw your attention to the old man Number 6 finds in the wilderness.
AMC’s The Prisoner blog is the place to go for the full story:
http://blogs.amctv.com/the-prisoner/
Ian McKellen (Number 2) and Jim Caviezel (Number 6) |
