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Chris Nolan Leaves ‘The Prisoner’ (For Batman 3?)

Kofi Outlaw — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:59:34 +0000

Sure sign that you’re a smash-hit as a Hollywood director: people start analyzing every move you make. A lot of bloggers have been doing just that to Chris Nolan, ever since the first doubts arose about the acclaimed director returning to the Batman franchise after The Dark Knight.

When Nolan announced that his next film after Dark Knight was going to be the sci-fi thriller Inception, people were like, “Ok, he wants to do something non-Batman for a minute, that’s cool.” However, when word started circling that Nolan was also eyeing a big-screen adaptation of the 60s TV series The Prsioner, people started getting worried that Batman 3 was either a long way off or that the film was moving ahead without Nolan.

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The Making Of ‘The Prisoner’ Remake

Niall Browne — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:10:48 +0000

When a TV mini-series stars both Jesus Christ and Gandalf you have to have sit up and take notice.

When it’s also based on an iconic television series it becomes “must see TV.”

Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen will star in a “re-imagining” of the late Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisioner for AMC.

The new production would appear to have a slick modern sheen, but it seems to lack the odd twisted sixties drug trip vibe of the original British series.

The Prisoner followed “Number 6″ (McGoohan), a retired secret service agent who was kidnapped and left in “The Village,” a strange paradise ruled by “Number 2″ and a mysterious giant balloon-like ball. The exteriors to the show were originally shot in idyllic Portmeirion village, Wales. The new Caviezel (Number 6) version with Ian McKellen (Number 2) was shot in the more exotic ...

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Prisoner Star Patrick McGoohan Dies

Niall Browne — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:06:31 +0000

2009 brings its first cinematic and television casualty. Patrick McGoohan of The Prisoner and Danger Man fame has passed away at the age of 80 years old.

McGoohan died following a short illness at his Los Angeles home.

In the 1960′s Patrick McGoohan starred as John Drake in Danger Man, and then as Number 6 in Danger Man’s unofficial spin-off The Prisoner, a surreal but iconic show that has gone down in cult-legend despite only lasting seventeen episodes. The success of Danger Man and The Prisoner led to McGoohan being offered the role of James Bond, however the actor turned down the offer, refusing to be typecast in spy roles.

An Emmy and Bafta award-winner, McGoohan starred in several Columbo episodes between the mid-70′s and late 90′s, and Peter Falk recently stated that the British actor was his favorite co-star in the detective series.

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