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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15976

Source: Variety
August 11, 2006


Universal Pictures is near a deal for Christopher Nolan to direct a feature version of TV series classic The Prisoner, reports Variety. Janet and David Peoples are set to write the script. Scott Stuber, Mary Parent, Barry Mendel and Emma Thomas will produce.

The series lasted only 17 episodes in 1967. Patrick McGoohan played a government agent who resigns, is kidnapped and placed on an isolated island known as the Village. He's given a new identity -- Number Six -- and interacts with an island staff trying to get him to reveal why he resigned.

The trade says the plan is for Nolan to direct a contemporized transformation after he completes The Dark Knight, the Batman Begins sequel that begins production early next year at Warner Bros.

Janet and David Peoples wrote Twelve Monkeys together, and David Peoples co-wrote Blade Runner. Nolan's next film is The Prestige, opening in October.
 
thealiasman2000 said:
Isn't Nolan too busy milking the Batman franchise?

No,once he's finished TDK he'll make this,lots of directors have projects lined up while making a movie
 
Personally, I have never seen the show. However I do know of it's cult follow, and it's premise and honestly I am really happy about this news. From my (limited) knowledge of it, it seems like a great concept, and the type of concept Nolan could develop quite fantastically. :up:
thealiasman2000 said:
Isn't Nolan too busy milking the Batman franchise?
He was able to make The Prestige inbetween BB and TDK, it's not surprising he'd make one between TDK and its sequel. Granted, 5 films in a row is one helluva workload.
 
CConn said:
Personally, I have never seen the show. However I do know of it's cult follow, and it's premise and honestly I am really happy about this news. From my (limited) knowledge of it, it seems like a great concept, and the type of concept Nolan could develop quite fantastically. :up:
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I agree and look at the writers on this,they have great sci-fi pedigree,Nolan should be able to compliment them well with his style...still i hope he still plans to make The Exec
 
Nolan has yet to fail, so this will be good.
 
Am i the only one who thinks Bale would be great for the role?
 
Sweet, I can't wait for this. The director of Batman Begins and Insomnia teaming up with the writers of Twelve Monkeys and Blade Runner seems like a match made in heaven to me.
 
I thought this thread was about "Nolan Near" who had made a deal to direct 'THE PUNISHER'

:confused:
 
I remember something from this show.

If Nolan wants to do that, give him this, he will turn this script into modern script with logical aspects and twists (I love twists :D)

He made BB and then started filming of The Prestige. Now he will start filming of The Prisoner just right after he will end working on TDK.

I feel every studio is trying to get him :D

:up:
 
Meh. It's all good. I hope it comes out after "Lost" is finally over.
 
The Prisoner is THE cult series, if Nolan directs and if McGoohan is involved to adapt it it can be a great movie (I have been hoping for it since I first saw the series more than ten years ago. I suggest Adrian Dunbar as the Prisoner.
 
Mentok said:
I thought this thread was about "Nolan Near" who had made a deal to direct 'THE PUNISHER'

:confused:
LOL!
 
Carmine Falcone said:
I fear that Lost will NEVER end.

Really? They're running out of ways of keeping things mysterious.
 
hunter rider said:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15976

Source: Variety
August 11, 2006


Universal Pictures is near a deal for Christopher Nolan to direct a feature version of TV series classic The Prisoner, reports Variety. Janet and David Peoples are set to write the script. Scott Stuber, Mary Parent, Barry Mendel and Emma Thomas will produce.

The series lasted only 17 episodes in 1967. Patrick McGoohan played a government agent who resigns, is kidnapped and placed on an isolated island known as the Village. He's given a new identity -- Number Six -- and interacts with an island staff trying to get him to reveal why he resigned.

The trade says the plan is for Nolan to direct a contemporized transformation after he completes The Dark Knight, the Batman Begins sequel that begins production early next year at Warner Bros.

Janet and David Peoples wrote Twelve Monkeys together, and David Peoples co-wrote Blade Runner. Nolan's next film is The Prestige, opening in October.

Sounds like GOLD.
 
Everyman said:
The Prisoner is THE cult series, if Nolan directs and if McGoohan is involved to adapt it it can be a great movie (I have been hoping for it since I first saw the series more than ten years ago. I suggest Adrian Dunbar as the Prisoner.

I gotta say Kiefer Sutherland. Jack Bauer is a present day John Drake.
 
slinger said:
I gotta say Kiefer Sutherland. Jack Bauer is a present day John Drake.

But The Prisoner is not John Drake, and Bauer is quite different to both characters anyway. The Prisoner is not as unbondian and unconventionnal a spy series can be. I think the actor should either be British or Irish, and relatively unknown. My pick would be somebody like Adrian Dunbar, who really looks like McGoohan and is like him Irish and Catholic, so he is most likely to have the same sensibilities. Christopher Eccleston was rumored for the role, and he would be a great choice too.
 
I'd say that he will use someone from his past films as the main character. Maybe not Bale but Guy Pearce, Hugh Jackman, Cillian Murphy or Heath Ledger would do fine.
 
Darth Nata said:
I'd say that he will use someone from his past films as the main character. Maybe not Bale but Guy Pearce, Hugh Jackman, Cillian Murphy or Heath Ledger would do fine.

I'll rather have an unknown than a star.
 
Everyman said:
I'll rather have an unknown than a star.

Cillian Murphy is not a star,i think he could work and i'd rather have someone i knew could act than use an unknown just for the sake of it,McGoohan wasn't an unknown when he made the show
 

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