The British show Blake ’s 7 is one of those tv set series that has a small cult following — but a Brobdingnagian shock on the history of science fiction television , with its morally gray , electric arc - base storytelling influencing a whole generation of creators . There ’s been talk of a novel Blake ’s 7 series , either a reboot or a continuation featuring Paul Darrow as Avon , for a decade — but now , there ’s a brand young deal to make it pass . On American television .
All the previous notions of reviving Blake ’s 7 were supposed to be on British television , probably a satellite TV internet . Butaccording to Deadline , Martin Campbell ( Casino Royale , Green Lantern ) has gotten require in a command by Georgeville Television to produce a new Blake ’s 7 serial that reinvent the show from scrape — and Campbell is sign up direct the pilot film . The script will be written by Joe Pokaski , who compose for Heroes . Andrew Sewell , who was behind all the former effort to bring the show back , will be on board as an executive manufacturer .
It does n’t sound very likely that this newfangled , Americanized Blake ’s 7 could retake what was really great about the original , including the acid mental capacity and the sense that Blake was a fiend who might be willing to cross almost any business line to oppose the malefic interstellar Federation . The worst typeface scenario is that we get something like the quintuplet remake . On the plus side , it could entail a new show about spaceship on electronic connection idiot box . And it ’s probably not going to materialize , in any case . I can just imagine the slant meeting now . [ Deadline ]
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