Syfy ’s been fairly florist’s chrysanthemum on their reimagining of the BBC ’s gritty ’ fourscore scifi series Blake ’s 7 , but now we know 1 ) it ’s still on the way , and 2 ) this metre it ’s personal , because Blake has a dead wife . Plus , Casino Royale ’s Martin Campbell is still on board to direct the pilot .
Here ’s the new , detail - packed outline :
The yr is 2136 , Blake wakes up on one side of the bed . He reaches for the other side . There ’s nobody there . As reality sets in , this well-favoured ex - soldier sits up , and looks at a photograph of his married woman Rachel . Beautiful . Deceased .
A revolutionary reinvention of the long - die hard BBC series made in the late 1970s , Blake ’s 7 tells the story of seven criminal – 6 guilty and 1 free – on their way to aliveness on a prison house colony in space , who together wrestle freedom from imprisonment . They produce an exotic ship which gives them a second chance at life and become the most unlikelyheroesof their time .
David Ellender , CEO FremantleMedia International and Kids & Family Entertainment said , “ Blake ’s 7 was such a forward - mentation concept that the show continues to have rapport with consultation today . Its complex characters and spunky storylines , match with the extremely gifted squad and forward-looking production techniques are certain to appeal to both original fans of the show and raw witness . ”
Leon Clarance , carbon monoxide - founding father of Georgeville Television and CEO of Motion Picture Capital , the finance arm of Reliance Entertainment , enjoin , “ Joe Pokaski and Martin Campbell have work tirelessly with the Georgeville TV squad to make an amazeballs reboot of this classic infinite opera which I take in with my father when I was a baby . This reimagined classic for a raw propagation of skill fiction sports fan will enthrall original and unexampled fan alike . I could n’t be happy to have our dear show handle internationally by the passionate squad at FremantleMedia . ”
You bang , I always wondered why more people do n’t use “ amazeballs ” in their press releases . Now I get laid .
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