ABC to bring back "V" series

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<p><img style="width:318px;height:425px" src="http://www.eagleflower.com/video/pics/visitors.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>Who can forget this scene?<br /><p> Variety article....<br /> <br /> </p><div class="smallfont" style="margin-bottom:2px">Quote:</div> <strong>Alien lizards set to invade ABC in 'V'<br /> <br /> <em>'4400's' Scott Peters to write sci-fi adaptation</em></strong><br /> <br /> "<strong><font color="DarkRed">V," the 1980s miniseries about alien lizards visiting Earth, will invade primetime once again.<br /> <br /> ABC is developing a new adaptation of the franchise &mdash; which spawned a second mini and TV spinoff &mdash; written by "The 4400" co-creator/exec producer Scott Peters.<br /> <br /> Warner Bros. TV, which was behind the original longform, is once again producing the project, which was sold as a spec script to the Alphabet net.<br /> <br /> Peters is set to exec produce, along with HDFilms principal Jace Hall.<br /> <br /> Hall, the former head of Warner Bros.&rsquo; videogame division who has worked on titles including "F.E.A.R.," will help expand "V" into other platforms, including gaming.<br /> <br /> Peters, who earned two Emmy noms for "The 4400," said he wasn&rsquo;t looking to do another sci-fi piece. But when Warner Bros. TV approached him about reinventing "V," the producer said he couldn&rsquo;t resist.</font></strong><br /> <br /> "Whenever I mention &lsquo;V&rsquo; to anybody, they still have a lot of good memories about the original movie and series," Peters said. "Everybody has that imagery of their uniforms, or the visitor eating a hamster. It&rsquo;s a science fiction icon and too good to pass up."<br /> <br /> The original "V" served as an allegory for the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. Peters said he won&rsquo;t duplicate that concept, except that the new "V" will still focus on what happens when the masses have blind faith in their leaders.<br /> <br /> In this case, the new "V" will center on Erica Evans, a Homeland Security agent with an aimless son who&rsquo;s got problems. When the aliens arrive, her son gloms on to them &mdash; causing tension within the family. As in the original "V," several storylines will unfold simultaneously.<br /> <br /> But even without the same storyline, the original "V&rsquo;s" bones will remain: As in the &rsquo;80s version, the show will open with an enormous army of spaceships hovering over the world&rsquo;s major cities. The visitors say they&rsquo;ve come to help Earth, but their motives are nefarious (in the original, they wanted to steal the world&rsquo;s water supply).<br /> <br /> Peters first pitched "V" to networks but failed to spark interest; Warner Bros. TV sent the scribe back to write "V" on spec &mdash; and ABC bought it.<br /> <br /> The original "V" scored a tremendous 40 share for its closing episode in 1983. That success spawned a sequel and a weekly series, which aired in the 1984-85 season.<br /> <br /> Original "V" writer-producer-director Kenneth Johnson recently attempted to revive "V" as "V: The Second Generation" but is not involved in the Peters version.<br /> <br /> As for Peters, scribe has been spending more time behind the lens, helming multiple episodes of "The 4400," as well as "Jericho," "Burn Notice" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." He&rsquo;s also directing the new CBS pilot "Harper&rsquo;s Island."<br /> <br /> Peters also developed the pilot "Found" for ABC last year. He began his career as a writer-producer on "The Outer Limits." <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

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<p><font size="4">V means not for me , thank you. I never liked it when it was around and didn't watch it after a few tries at it. </font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>It does not require many words to speak the truth. Chief Joseph</p> </div>