V Redux to Send New Generation Cowering Into Parents' Beds
According to a report from Variety's Michael Schneider, V, the 1983 alien invasion mini-series, is being redeveloped for television. (This comes via TVTattle.)
Writes Mr. Schneider:
ABC is developing a new adaptation of the franchise — which spawned a second mini and TV spinoff — written by "The 4400" co-creator/exec producer Scott Peters.
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.
Mr. Peters is quoted as saying, "Whenever I mention 'V' to anybody, they still have a lot of good memories about the original movie and series. … Everybody has that imagery of their uniforms, or the visitor eating a hamster. It's a science fiction icon and too good to pass up."
"Good memories"? We just remember being completely terrified. But not as terrified as we were watching The Day After that same year.
The best part was the subway ad campaign. First there were pictures of a happy smiling family standing in front of a flying saucer. A week or so later the same picture was captioned: "The Alien Visitors-- Our Friends". A couple of weeks after that a spray-painted red "V" appeared over it. It wasn't until after that had been up for a week or two that the ABC logo and program information appeared. It was bril.
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