V (Remake)

[Covert Rain]

Trailer
http://scifiwire.com/2009/05/new-trailer-for-abcs-v-is.php

Preview Interviews & Trailer
http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/index?pn=v


ABC series premiere
Tuesday November 3rd 8/7c

Cast: Elizabeth Mitchell as Erica Evans, Morris Chestnut as Ryan Nichols, Joel Gretsch as Father Jack Landry, Lourdes Benedicto as Valerie Stevens, Logan Huffman as Tyler Evans, Laura Vandervoort as Lisa, with Morena Baccarin as Anna and Scott Wolf as Chad Decker.

Today, the world woke up to find spaceships over every major city. The Visitors claim to have come in peace, bringing gifts of medical miracles and technological breakthroughs. They promise to do no harm. They're lying.

Most people believe the aliens have arrived just when we needed them most. We're eager to embrace their generous offers of help, but while tracking a terrorist cell, Homeland Security agent Erica Evans stumbles upon something far more sinister. Erica discovers that the aliens have plans to infiltrate our governments and businesses, planting seeds for their plot to control mankind. Convincing anyone of the truth will be impossible because the Visitors have two powerful weapons. First, they've given the people faith with their reassuring presence and gifts. Second, they've rallied our youth. Thousands of teens, including Erica's son, have been recruited as 'Peace Ambassadors' but they're actually serving as unwitting spies. When Erica gets thrust into the resistance movement, she'll have to balance her covert activities with her job and her role as a mother, fighting to protect her son Tyler - even as he joins forces with the enemy.

From executive producer Scott Peters, Emmy-nominated creator of The 4400, comes a bold re-imagining of the sci-fi classic. Let the invasion begin.

The series is produced by HDFilms in association with Warner Bros. Television. Scott Peters is executive producer/writer and Steve Pearlman and Jace Hall are executive producers.

Preview Interviews & Trailer
http://abc.go.com/fallpreview/index?pn=v

 

[Covert Rain]

Apologize if this was already posted. Didn't see it. Please merge if already here. I absolutely love the women casted for this show. Elizabeth Mitchell, Morena Baccarin and Laura Vandervoort.

 

[azmike74]

Cool, I remember this mini series from when I was younger and was wondering the other day if it would ever be shown again on SciFi or if it would be remade.

 

[Covert Rain]

Cool, I remember this mini series from when I was younger and was wondering the other day if it would ever be shown again on SciFi or if it would be remade.

Now that the remake is here you will see it pop up somewhere. They had a mini-series, regular series then TV movies to wrap it up. I hope they do a good job.

 

[Chaplin]

The pilot was pretty cool. I'll definitely be watching.

 

[SuperSpck]

The original scared the crap outta me when I was a wee one.

 

[Russ Smith]

What I remember about the original was the weekly tv show got REALLY bad. I guess they had all sorts of problems and kept changing writers and directors. So IIRC you'd have a character die off, and then 3 weeks later the character would be back without explanation, they just acted as if he was never actually killed. They'd start a plotline and then completely drop it because of a change in writers etc.

The original miniseries was really good, I remember to this day the scene where you see one of the visitors eating a mouse which was the first reveal to everyone that there was something wrong.

 

[jw7]

Nope, I won't be watching it. I remember watching the original on TV as a kid and it sucked. Hollywood is out of ideas.

The only cool thing about the original is that Freddy Kruger was in it.

Spoiler: Seriously if you have not seen the original and want to watch this do not click below.

Spoiler

The aliens look to appear human at first but really they are gross lizard-people. They mock friendship but are only on earth to harvest humans as food.

 

[Covert Rain]

I have to agree that the series took a turn for the worse after awhile. However, the original mini-series and ladder movies were pretty good IMO.

What I liked about the original was the concept was a little out of the normal approach. Most shows/movies about Aliens come down in the ET camp where aliens are friends or take the Independence Day approach and destroy everything in their path.

 

[Russ Smith]

I have to agree that the series took a turn for the worse after awhile. However, the original mini-series and ladder movies were pretty good IMO.

What I liked about the original was the concept was a little out of the normal approach. Most shows/movies about Aliens come down in the ET camp where aliens are friends or take the Independence Day approach and destroy everything in their path.

I seem to recall it was based loosely on an Arthur C Clarke novel? I forget the title it's the one with the overlords.

 

[Zeno]

Loved the TV show back when I was a kid and will definitely watch this.

They just released a book in the past year or 2 that was a continuation of the TV series. It was ok but it did make me go back and watch the series again.

 

[Chaplin]

Plus, it's got Juliet from Lost and Inara from Firefly!

 

[SuperSpck]

Hollywood is out of ideas.

I think there are plenty of good ideas floating around out there, but I think the 'machine' aspect of Hollywood, the side in charge of making the money, knows that they can make enough by doing something within the formula and the familiar, because enough people will pay for it directly, or watch it enough to pay of the ads.

It's partly on us for tuning into the crap.
We stop watching, they start searching for other avenues to get us back.
Of course, digging into some of the silly places they've dug for old ideas to bring back isn't really trying that hard either.

 

[Mulli]

Plus, it's got Juliet from Lost and Inara from Firefly!

who?

 

[bankybruce]

who?

The ***** and the *****

 

[Covert Rain]

who?

Good looking and really good looking?

 

[D-Dogg]

The original miniseries was really good, I remember to this day the scene where you see one of the visitors eating a mouse which was the first reveal to everyone that there was something wrong.

that is a VIVID image from my childhood.

 

[SunDevilDon]

The original scared the crap outta me when I was a wee one.

Same here

 

[Dan H]

If Marc Singer or Michael Ironside aren't in it I don't care.

 

[Mulli]

If Marc Singer or Michael Ironside aren't in it I don't care.

Right on!

 

[Covert Rain]

that is a VIVID image from my childhood.

Classic reveal scene. I remember the jaw stretching to eat it.

 

[Gaddabout]

ABC brings back V

ABC is bringing back V. I can't believe it. I consider the fact I watched every minute of the NBC mini-series a shameful part of my past. It was so awful NBC canceled it in the middle of the run. Then, when pre-teen geeks like me wrote and complained about it, they ran the rest of it in late May when everyone went to repeats -- and still finished last in its time slot.

But I ... can't ... help ... myself ... must ... watch this ... Tuesday night ...

 

[Covert Rain]

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/f37/v-visitors-138501.html#post2119059

 

[Covert Rain]

I can't wait. Tomorrow night.

 

[ozzfloyd]

Looking forward to it. These 2 mini series and the show were a big part of my childhood. In 2nd and 3rd grade my friends and myself would play "V" at recess haha! Been watching the old V on TV all day today.

The next question is:
Will Kenneth Johnson also bring back Alien Nation? Loved that one as well!