I just saw an article that him and Emma were talking with a Bond producer. I'm wondering if he may go that route. New Bond movie. Cillian just said that he thinks he's too old to be Bond. Maybe Christopher can add him, even a small part in his next film.
If he does "The Prisoner" (which I happen to be a fan of) I don't want it to be a horror film. Just stick to the original series and make at leat PG-13.
We live in the very totalitarian future the original The Prisoner TV series warned us against. The 6 part remake failed for the same reason another remake will fail, because what makes the original 1967 The Prisoner so popular to this very day is that McGoohan's classic is Anti-Woke to it's very core!!! TPTB cannot stomach anything that would follow the original theme of resistance to tyranny, they would rather continue to die at the box office at Billions in losses than admit they will never succeed in brainwashing the public into submission.
It's been said that Spielberg directed the Indiana Jones franchise to satisfy his own unfulfilled desire to direct a James Bond movie. History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.
@@LuckyBastardProd I'd describe it as an avant-garde spy-fi dystopy. Lynch, Gilliam, Burton, Fincher or Wachowskis might be better choices. And mainly Kubrick if he was still alive.
The original 1967 “The Prisoner” is a 17-episode masterpiece of a miniseries created by and starring Patrick McGoohan. I was too young to see it back then but I caught it on PBS in the 1980s. It’s fabulous on so many levels and absolutely glues you to the screen. I’ve watched it several times in the past 35 years. I hope Nolan can film it in the same Welsh village. The intro, music, intensity, new No. 2, etc. are mesmerizing. AMC made a remake in 2009 which was terrible. Ridley Scott was supposed to do a film version but glad he didn’t due to the way he butchered Napoleon. Be seeing you.
@@username.exenotfound2943just pretend the series ended after episode 12 or 13. After that it got too weird. The mind change was still okay, but the western? Damn that was strange
@@username.exenotfound2943oh but it’s still my absolute favorite series and I love it! If he can capture the setting it would be amazing. But unfortunately I can see no way where he could create something better than the original.
I was a teenager in the sixties and my fav shows were The Prisoner and The Avengers. I went on to become (in Canada) a secondary school English teacher and I actually taught The Prisoner to a number of classes. It is perfect in order to teach character and symbol and theme and so on. When you consider that in 1967 televisions as a staple piece of tech furniture in households had only been around for about 15 years and what had evolved as television entertainment in that short period of time is quite stunning. My license plate is a take on The Prisoner’s Lotus plate. And funnily enough, people have stopped me and asked me about it. The standard lives on. I truly hope that Nolan or anyone decides to do a truly intelligent remake of the series although it is not unlike having someone trying to remake Casablanca (not remotely possible) or any other iconic film/series. So I would rather no one did than someone who doesn’t grasp the whole point of the series. I know that I totally understand it so they should make the effort to contact me before they embark on an attempt to remake it. Just sayin’.
I was pretty young when I was glued to Sunday nights watching The Prisoner, it was the beginning of my love for the espionage genre! I think Nolan could do an amazing job with The Prisoner.
@@robvangessel3766 Without knowing it at the time, I was only nine or ten years old; I was living in a brave new world. Catholic school taught by oppressive Dominican nuns showed me the way to agnosticism…
I can relate to that, having shared a similar path. The sort of thing The Prisoner symbolically explores too! (which is why I'd be wary of any movie based on the series, as I think it would miss this whole point)@@hoovergrant
Nobody was truly meant to understand it. Themes were mostly implied so that viewers have their own take on it. I think in this sense it was the only abstract tv series ever. Yeah, I was quite young too when I caught a syndicated run, and it was like if someone put me on meth in my pre-teen years. Weird! Weird! Weird! The robotic droid Rover was my favorite element at the time. Totally creeped me out.@@constancecampbell4610
@@Pot-8-Toes you are right, there are less democracy's now than a couple years ago. In Russia or China censorship really has gotten out of hands. However, there are also parts, where there is no censorship of hate speech (such as X). And in combination with the Socialmedia-Bubble right wing party's and conspiracy theories are rising beyond control :(
OMG The Prisoner! The original with Patrick Mc Gowan was absolutely brilliant. As far as I know it never ended. Very futuristic with the idea that this is a possibility.
McGoohan wrote the screenplay after finding out that Soviet Russia had constructed towns that looked like American towns to train their spies. I've been to Portmarion and it still gives me goose bumps coming around the corner just under the Green Dome and realizing ...I'm in The Village!
'I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! ....my life is my own! Patrick McGoohan as Number 6. I hope Nolan can do it.
"Who are you?" "The new Number 2." "Who is Number 1?" "You are Number 6..." OR IS IT... "You are, Number 6?" No spoilers, but... given certain things that we see later, I'd love to know whether that ambiguity was intended, or just a lucky accident???
"The Prisoner" is my favorite series from the 60s. My favorite episode is "Hammer and Anvil". I would really like to see Nolan bring this intriguing series into the modern times with the same sharp focus he does in all his projects. Another series from that time that deserves a remake is "The Rogues" about a retired con family that steal from the rich and give to the poor, the opposite from how things work nowadays.
I don't think there is a director or actor alive that could do The Prisoner justice, but if Nolan does try it, it will at least bring attention to that great show.
"THE LACK OF RESTRICTIONS IS THE ENEMY OF CREATIVITY"...GIVE HIM UN LIMITED BUDGET AND WATCH THE PROJECT GO DOWN THE DRAIN.."...directors are not writers.i love the prisoner and would hate to see him pander to an American company like Warner's or universal to make it "accessible" to morons...spelling everything out....
omg this is amazing!! I watched The Prisoner a few years back. Amazing show, and exactly the right fit for Nolan. It's kind of James Bond adjacent but with enough mind bending and time bending concepts to keep Nolan interested.
Nolan is a visionary that has the skill to back it up - it’s those skills that are the most important thing, being able to create tension and mood all the while navigating a complex journey for the audience. So whether it’s The Prisoner or an original film, it’s still going to be amazing.
Number 6: "Where am I?" Number 2: "In The Village." Number 6: "What do you want?" Number 2: "Information." Number 6: "You won't get it." Number 2: "By hook, or by crook, we will."
Did you really say "the tenants of the show" rather than tenets? I think you will find that tenets is the correct word. BTW, The Prisoner is probably my favourite show. I saw it when it first aired and I believe it has aged well. I'm pleased that you speak so highly of it.
I always KNEW Nolan was a fan before I watched this video although this was posted a month ago. INCEPTION the character is named Cobb which is a reference to The Prisoner aka The Chimes of Big Ben. I sincerely hope Nolan and the writers from WESTWORLD Season 1 aka Nolan's brother gets involved because they would turn it into a fantastic film.
THE LACK OF RESTRICTIONS IS THE ENEMY OF CREATIVITY"...GIVE HIM UN LIMITED BUDGET AND WATCH THE PROJECT GO DOWN THE DRAIN.."...directors are not writers.i love the prisoner and would hate to see him pander to an American audience.... dummed down...everything explained to them...
Now that's an interesting rumor. I always enjoy different takes on a familiar story. Granted, I have Patrick McGoohan emblazened on my brain as #6, but I'm very open to another actor taking on the role. Not an easy act to follow, though, but I'm excited for this prospect.
THE LACK OF RESTRICTIONS IS THE ENEMY OF CREATIVITY"...GIVE HIM UN LIMITED BUDGET AND WATCH THE PROJECT GO DOWN THE DRAIN.."...directors are not writers.i love the prisoner and would hate to see him pander to an American audience..dummed down..look at all the videos..such and such ending explained...Christ you'd think these people never read a book..if they need a films ending explained....American public school system...
When I was a young in the early and mid 90s this show would come on the SciFi channel late nights I told my friends about it and how awesome I thought it was they didn’t agree they all thought it was weird…..
Patrick McGoohan IS The Prisoner and The Prisoner IS Patrick McGoohan. Anything else--as we saw 15 years ago--is simply a leasing of the use of the name "The Prisoner." Prisoner fans should hold out precisely ZERO hope that any Prisoner-project Nolan undertakes will do anything but disappoint--by definition.
The Variety story feels like clickbait. A mainstream publication starts a rumor knowing that everyone else will repeat it and include a link back to the source. I would be surprised (and a bit disappointed) if Nolan did a remake of The Prisoner. Nolan has made 12 movies. Half of them (Insomnia, The Prestige, The Dark Knight trilogy, and Oppenheimer) have been based on someone else’s material. I think he’d prefer his next project to be based on an original idea, not yet another adaptation of someone else’s work. And thanks to the success of Oppenheimer and the relationship he has with Universal, he can take the craziest off-the-wall idea he has, something no other director could ever get financing for, and get a big budget plus complete creative control. Think Inception.
The Prisoner (1955 film) The Prisoner is a 1955 British black and white psychological thriller film directed by Peter Glenville and based on the play of the same name by Bridget Boland. It stars Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins. Many elements from this 1955 film were recreated in McGoohan's series of the same name and the actor "Kenneth Griffith" appeared in both productions!
The Prisoner is best tv series ever on British tv, would be very difficult too reach heights of original as it was McGoogan's idea from Arrival too Fallout with some script assistance on other episodes. Would be similar too remaking Kubrick film , why would you try and better a genius ? Never even bothered watching 2009 version, due respect to Ian McLellan but it was an insult too original apparently. Majority of of people still can't grasp the basics never mind the intricacy and subtle references too Danger Man, Ice Station Zebra etc. What film did McGoohan clearly get ideas from and who stared in it ? Have never found any references but too many similarities though.
Who as number 6? You need someone old enough to be believably skilled at being top of their game, carry an intensity bordering on obsession, and a sense of integrity to boot. Maybe Fassbender.
"I will not be booked for Royal engagements, filed in Burke's Peerage or ennobled by an award of Commander of the British Empire by Rishi Sunak ... Ah. Go on then!" - Christopher Nolan's Number6
Number 6: "I will make no deals with you. I resigned. I will not be pushed, filed stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own."
I remember one interview in which he praised that series... so, let's start the countdown till his next movie. And i would love to see Bale as the prisoner.
I like most of Nolan's films, but I don't know how good he'll be at delivering the weirdness of that show. There are other directors who have proven both sufficient at the weird and imax worthy visuals.
“In a hostile and anarchic world the controlled environs of The Village almost seem appealing. Free will is dangerous in the wrong hands. This time the prisoners are on the outside and it’s those inside that are free” - The New No2 😮 Maybe flipping the narrative would make for a better film than a straight remake.
Patrick McGoohan wrote a script in 1999 titled "The Prisoner" -- which is available online as a PDF. I just read it, and thought it would make for an interesting -- even 'official' -- sequel to the TV series. In it, the protagonist is a scientist named Tom Yates, who had been abducted at sea while investigating sub-oceanic life. He eventually is brought to the Village, which seems to be run by two opposing men: a villain named Steven and an older man named Daniel . . . and this Daniel figure is none other than the McGoohan character from 30-odd years before, no longer an angry young man. I must say that I didn't find it to be as terrific as the series it revisits. It's nowhere near as clever as episodes like "The Chimes of Big Ben" or "The Schizoid Man" -- though perhaps it's due to McGoohan writing this unproduced sequel as a way for him to make comments about the state of the world at the turn of the Millennium, in regards to hopes about the Future -- there being a culmination that is literally a Good-vs-Evil battle: a WHITE ORB fighting against a BLACK ORB, in what seems to be McGoohan's retconning of the 'Rover' entity. One wonders if Nolan has read that script -- which never got made -- and may want to adapt it in some way so as to be the guy who produces and directs McGoohan's 'last word' on "The Prisoner" using McGoohan's script as a skeleton onto which he could add extra 'flesh', kinda the way that Michael Wilson added to Rod Serling's 30-odd scripts for the '68 film PLANET OF THE APES, making it an after-the-fact collaboration. It's too bad that McGoohan is dead, and can't act in any new "Prisoner" production . . . at least, not unless they can use state-of-the-art Deep Fake cgi to add an older Patrick McGoohan's features onto another actor, like the MoCap they did to make the apes in the RISE-DAWN-WAR-KINGDOM reboot PLANET OF THE APES films, or Gollum in the LORD OF THE RINGS, or younger Indiana Jones in the earlier scenes of the last movie. I'm sure there would be issues with getting the rights to create a posthumous performance using McGoohan's likeness and voice-clips, but if whoever's in charge of his estate gives permission . . . who knows?
So based on the new variety article, do you think Christopher Nolan will remake The Prisoner (1967) or produce another original film?
I just saw an article that him and Emma were talking with a Bond producer. I'm wondering if he may go that route. New Bond movie. Cillian just said that he thinks he's too old to be Bond. Maybe Christopher can add him, even a small part in his next film.
Sign me up for whatever this absolute genius decides to do next. I’m ready for it!
If he does "The Prisoner" (which I happen to be a fan of) I don't want it to be a horror film. Just stick to the original series and make at leat PG-13.
We live in the very totalitarian future the original The Prisoner TV series warned us against. The 6 part remake failed for the same reason another remake will fail, because what makes the original 1967 The Prisoner so popular to this very day is that McGoohan's classic is Anti-Woke to it's very core!!! TPTB cannot stomach anything that would follow the original theme of resistance to tyranny, they would rather continue to die at the box office at Billions in losses than admit they will never succeed in brainwashing the public into submission.
I always hoped for a Tim Burton and Johnny Depp version. Could have been interesting!
The original "Prisoner" series was surreal and wonderful. If Nolan can recreate the original vibe , he'd have a hit.
It's been said that Spielberg directed the Indiana Jones franchise to satisfy his own unfulfilled desire to direct a James Bond movie.
History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme.
George Lucas voice- it's like poetry
The Prisoner is not James Bond nor a spy film/show. It’s more Lynchian and Nolan is no David Lynch.
@@LuckyBastardProd I'd describe it as an avant-garde spy-fi dystopy. Lynch, Gilliam, Burton, Fincher or Wachowskis might be better choices. And mainly Kubrick if he was still alive.
Yeah well he already made Tenet and that has definite Bond vibes, as do parts of Inception
Never liked a Bond film, glad he never got to make one and did Indy instead
The original 1967 “The Prisoner” is a 17-episode masterpiece of a miniseries created by and starring Patrick McGoohan. I was too young to see it back then but I caught it on PBS in the 1980s. It’s fabulous on so many levels and absolutely glues you to the screen. I’ve watched it several times in the past 35 years. I hope Nolan can film it in the same Welsh village. The intro, music, intensity, new No. 2, etc. are mesmerizing. AMC made a remake in 2009 which was terrible. Ridley Scott was supposed to do a film version but glad he didn’t due to the way he butchered Napoleon. Be seeing you.
The original setting for The Prisoner was Port Merion.
@@caronstout354
Yes.
It’s spelled Portmeirion.
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too bad they shat the bed with the ending
@@username.exenotfound2943just pretend the series ended after episode 12 or 13.
After that it got too weird.
The mind change was still okay, but the western?
Damn that was strange
@@username.exenotfound2943oh but it’s still my absolute favorite series and I love it!
If he can capture the setting it would be amazing.
But unfortunately I can see no way where he could create something better than the original.
I was a teenager in the sixties and my fav shows were The Prisoner and The Avengers. I went on to become (in Canada) a secondary school English teacher and I actually taught The Prisoner to a number of classes. It is perfect in order to teach character and symbol and theme and so on. When you consider that in 1967 televisions as a staple piece of tech furniture in households had only been around for about 15 years and what had evolved as television entertainment in that short period of time is quite stunning. My license plate is a take on The Prisoner’s Lotus plate. And funnily enough, people have stopped me and asked me about it. The standard lives on. I truly hope that Nolan or anyone decides to do a truly intelligent remake of the series although it is not unlike having someone trying to remake Casablanca (not remotely possible) or any other iconic film/series. So I would rather no one did than someone who doesn’t grasp the whole point of the series. I know that I totally understand it so they should make the effort to contact me before they embark on an attempt to remake it. Just sayin’.
Wow!! How was Canada back in 60s 70 Sir? must be heaven ?
Yes, yes, yes! "The Prisoner" is one of my all-time favorite things.
Some things shouldn’t be remade. This was perfect.
Exactly! Just go watch the original series, and leave it be.
I was pretty young when I was glued to Sunday nights watching The Prisoner, it was the beginning of my love for the espionage genre! I think Nolan could do an amazing job with The Prisoner.
But that show was way more than espionage, of course. It was the most cerebral sci fi series ever. Rooted in Huxley's Brave New World.
@@robvangessel3766 Without knowing it at the time, I was only nine or ten years old; I was living in a brave new world. Catholic school taught by oppressive Dominican nuns showed me the way to agnosticism…
I can relate to that, having shared a similar path. The sort of thing The Prisoner symbolically explores too! (which is why I'd be wary of any movie based on the series, as I think it would miss this whole point)@@hoovergrant
I was also very young when I saw it in US on PBS. I didn’t always understand it, but I was always on the edge of my seat.
Nobody was truly meant to understand it. Themes were mostly implied so that viewers have their own take on it. I think in this sense it was the only abstract tv series ever. Yeah, I was quite young too when I caught a syndicated run, and it was like if someone put me on meth in my pre-teen years. Weird! Weird! Weird! The robotic droid Rover was my favorite element at the time. Totally creeped me out.@@constancecampbell4610
The Prisoner is one of the greatest TV shows ever. It can stand shoulder to shoulder with The Twilight Zone.
I went to the Portmeirion Hotel in Wales where the Prisoner was filmed because I loved the series so much. It is a magical place.
He's still there, folks. Rover keeps him in check. Don't be lured in by his Pied Piper spell.
In this age of censorship and the surveillance state a Prisoner movie would be quite timely.
@amossingh6315You must be living under a rock.
@@Pot-8-Toes you are right, there are less democracy's now than a couple years ago.
In Russia or China censorship really has gotten out of hands.
However, there are also parts, where there is no censorship of hate speech (such as X). And in combination with the Socialmedia-Bubble right wing party's and conspiracy theories are rising beyond control :(
@@morbiusfan3176 you’d be surprised. Don’t assume so quickly.
@amossingh6315Where do you live?
@amossingh6315 What about what happened with Jordan Peterson? The popular Canadian psychologist.
I am not a number, I am a FREE MAN!
🤍🩵🤍
Maybe he is a number maybe he is AI program like Westworld.
@@omegaswiper Chris is what we call scrap code …
@@omegaswiper AI didn’t exist f00
Who is number 1? You are, number 6……. 🤔
Tom Hardy as protagonist
I'd love to see Aaron Tayler-Johnson. He was cool as fuck in Tenet.
@@SamKnight99Robert Pattinson would kill it too. Tom Hardy is a Nolan habituè and would pull off a Pat McGoohan impression really well imho.
Tom Hardy has enough on his plate! Although honestly it was my first thought too! Maybe Colin Firth? After Kingsman I can see him as Magoohan-ish!
Keep it British!❤
Why ???
This sounds perfect for Nolan and it would be something I'm extremely interested in. I also would love another original film from him.
How weird. I’m just in the middle of an old movie that played on the Wide World of Disney. Called the Scarecrow w/Patrick McGoohan 😮
OMG The Prisoner! The original with Patrick Mc Gowan was absolutely brilliant. As far as I know it never ended. Very futuristic with the idea that this is a possibility.
It was entirely Patrick McGoohan's creation.
With George Markstein...
McGoohan wrote the screenplay after finding out that Soviet Russia had constructed towns that looked like American towns to train their spies. I've been to Portmarion and it still gives me goose bumps coming around the corner just under the Green Dome and realizing ...I'm in The Village!
I’m confident that whatever he does will be a cinematic experience.
A Christopher Nolan psychological thriller sounds like something I need badly
Tenet, prestige, memento, insomnia were some of them
everyone talks like hes some genius..hes not.....Kubrick put subliminal ideas in his films..Nolan docent...bland...like television...
@@muffinman9462 let’s see you write and direct a movie lmfao
Daniel Craig is the only choice for 6.
no no no no no..some unknown
Be seeing you!
'I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! ....my life is my own!
Patrick McGoohan as Number 6.
I hope Nolan can do it.
Cue maniacal laughter
"Who are you?" "The new Number 2." "Who is Number 1?" "You are Number 6..."
OR IS IT...
"You are, Number 6?"
No spoilers, but... given certain things that we see later, I'd love to know whether that ambiguity was intended, or just a lucky accident???
Always excited for anything by Nolan !!!
"The Prisoner" is my favorite series from the 60s. My favorite episode is "Hammer and Anvil". I would really like to see Nolan bring this intriguing series into the modern times with the same sharp focus he does in all his projects.
Another series from that time that deserves a remake is "The Rogues" about a retired con family that steal from the rich and give to the poor, the opposite from how things work nowadays.
I don't think there is a director or actor alive that could do The Prisoner justice, but if Nolan does try it, it will at least bring attention to that great show.
Would love to see it filmed in Portmerion again!
"THE LACK OF RESTRICTIONS IS THE ENEMY OF CREATIVITY"...GIVE HIM UN LIMITED BUDGET AND WATCH THE PROJECT GO DOWN THE DRAIN.."...directors are not writers.i love the prisoner and would hate to see him pander to an American company like Warner's or universal to make it "accessible" to morons...spelling everything out....
If this movie remake is any good as Memento, I’m in.
My favourite TV show!
He has reached a place where anything he makes is pure cinema
It would need to be filmed in Portmerion. Any other location wouldn’t work.
I remember watching that show on pbs when I was a kid . Great show
omg this is amazing!! I watched The Prisoner a few years back. Amazing show, and exactly the right fit for Nolan. It's kind of James Bond adjacent but with enough mind bending and time bending concepts to keep Nolan interested.
Hope it's not based on the remake miniseries which was nonsense
Nolan is a visionary that has the skill to back it up - it’s those skills that are the most important thing, being able to create tension and mood all the while navigating a complex journey for the audience. So whether it’s The Prisoner or an original film, it’s still going to be amazing.
He should remake the Wizard of Oz and roll the darker themes into that.
I'd love to see a Nolan directed Avengers Kang Dynasty movie😃
Nolan can make a Gumby movie and I’ll still go out to see it on opening day on IMAX.
Tech, secret agents, current events. Could be...
He has been on and off this for years now. One of the great tv shows of all time. Nolan would be the right person for it.
Loved this show. Still do.
I hope they give him a Lotus Super 7 Series 2 in Green and Yellow.
Warner Bros under new management w/David Zaslav. I don’t think Nolan will go back to them. Hope not.
Number 6: "Where am I?"
Number 2: "In The Village."
Number 6: "What do you want?"
Number 2: "Information."
Number 6: "You won't get it."
Number 2: "By hook, or by crook, we will."
Whatever he does next, it will be brilliant, I have no doubt whatsoever.
The giant white inflated balloons must be in any remake of this series...
Did you really say "the tenants of the show" rather than tenets? I think you will find that tenets is the correct word. BTW, The Prisoner is probably my favourite show. I saw it when it first aired and I believe it has aged well. I'm pleased that you speak so highly of it.
Yes please !
I loved The Prisoner. Great idea for Nolan. 👍
Dang, I was really hoping for a legit original horror film. For some reason this just doesn't sound that interesting, but I'd still watch it.
Patrick McGoohan was so good in that show.
I always KNEW Nolan was a fan before I watched this video although this was posted a month ago.
INCEPTION the character is named Cobb which is a reference to The Prisoner aka The Chimes of Big Ben. I sincerely hope Nolan and the writers from WESTWORLD Season 1 aka Nolan's brother gets involved because they would turn it into a fantastic film.
Patrick Mcgoohan = Irish complex actor , Cillian Murphy = Irish complex actor ...Nolan C'mon Man
The Prisoner is right up Chistopher Nolan's alley. Perfect fit
THE LACK OF RESTRICTIONS IS THE ENEMY OF CREATIVITY"...GIVE HIM UN LIMITED BUDGET AND WATCH THE PROJECT GO DOWN THE DRAIN.."...directors are not writers.i love the prisoner and would hate to see him pander to an American audience.... dummed down...everything explained to them...
Now that's an interesting rumor. I always enjoy different takes on a familiar story. Granted, I have Patrick McGoohan emblazened on my brain as #6, but I'm very open to another actor taking on the role. Not an easy act to follow, though, but I'm excited for this prospect.
THE LACK OF RESTRICTIONS IS THE ENEMY OF CREATIVITY"...GIVE HIM UN LIMITED BUDGET AND WATCH THE PROJECT GO DOWN THE DRAIN.."...directors are not writers.i love the prisoner and would hate to see him pander to an American audience..dummed down..look at all the videos..such and such ending explained...Christ you'd think these people never read a book..if they need a films ending explained....American public school system...
When I was a young in the early and mid 90s this show would come on the SciFi channel late nights I told my friends about it and how awesome I thought it was they didn’t agree they all thought it was weird…..
Loved the original ‘The Prisoner’ so much. So much so I had to visit the film location. Way ahead of its time.
In formation.... information
Just give him a 007 film already, lol. Seriously, though, I'd totally watch this.
Chirs Nolan + Hanz Zimmer + Lee smith + John Nolan = Master Piece.
Please bring back those essential collaborators for his next project 🙏
Super cool take on this
This would be good. Henry Caville as the lead !!
Dear Chris Nolan: Do James Bond please
There is no need for a remake. The original series is perfectly conceived and executed. Everything Nolan does is over the top. He will ruin it.
If they could clone Patrick McGoohan for the film, that would be great.
Patrick McGoohan IS The Prisoner and The Prisoner IS Patrick McGoohan. Anything else--as we saw 15 years ago--is simply a leasing of the use of the name "The Prisoner." Prisoner fans should hold out precisely ZERO hope that any Prisoner-project Nolan undertakes will do anything but disappoint--by definition.
The Variety story feels like clickbait. A mainstream publication starts a rumor knowing that everyone else will repeat it and include a link back to the source.
I would be surprised (and a bit disappointed) if Nolan did a remake of The Prisoner. Nolan has made 12 movies. Half of them (Insomnia, The Prestige, The Dark Knight trilogy, and Oppenheimer) have been based on someone else’s material. I think he’d prefer his next project to be based on an original idea, not yet another adaptation of someone else’s work. And thanks to the success of Oppenheimer and the relationship he has with Universal, he can take the craziest off-the-wall idea he has, something no other director could ever get financing for, and get a big budget plus complete creative control. Think Inception.
soooooo….. Memento…. except remixed into The Prisoner? Well, I do declare, as one man, Hell Yah!
The Prisoner (1955 film) The Prisoner is a 1955 British black and white psychological thriller film directed by Peter Glenville and based on the play of the same name by Bridget Boland. It stars Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins.
Many elements from this 1955 film were recreated in McGoohan's series of the same name and the actor "Kenneth Griffith" appeared in both productions!
No one should be messing with this, it is a very special piece of artistry by Patrick and whatever is done would be an insult to his memory.
The Prisoner is best tv series ever on British tv, would be very difficult too reach heights of original as it was McGoogan's idea from Arrival too Fallout with some script assistance on other episodes.
Would be similar too remaking Kubrick film , why would you try and better a genius ?
Never even bothered watching 2009 version, due respect to Ian McLellan but it was an insult too original apparently. Majority of of people still can't grasp the basics never mind the intricacy and subtle references too Danger Man, Ice Station Zebra etc.
What film did McGoohan clearly get ideas from and who stared in it ? Have never found any references but too many similarities though.
Aren't we already in The Village?
Correct...we are all living in the village...and can never escape.
I own the show on dvd and Blu-ray. It’s great.
If anyone can do The Prisoner justice, it's Nolan. No other director comes close.
Who as number 6?
You need someone old enough to be believably skilled at being top of their game, carry an intensity bordering on obsession, and a sense of integrity to boot.
Maybe Fassbender.
Omg another remake
Still loved The Prisoner and Patrick Magoohan (also Danger Man)
This is right up his alley lol
"I will not be booked for Royal engagements, filed in Burke's Peerage or ennobled by an award of Commander of the British Empire by Rishi Sunak ... Ah. Go on then!"
- Christopher Nolan's Number6
I could see Cillian Murphy playing no.6 tbh
It would be hard to recapture the spirit of "The Prisoner". But I'd like to see it given a good honest try.
Also you say he couldn't finish the script? 'The Prisoner' didn't have a proper ending - that was the point.
Nolan needs to do The War of thre Worlds and do H G Wells's book version, in England and the 1800s.
I still want a TENET 2 but, this sounds super exciting and am looking forward to his next project.
Best thing about Oppenheimer is that you only have to watch it once. One fine movie you will have no need to see again as the itch is scratched.
Number 6: "I will make no deals with you. I resigned. I will not be pushed, filed stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own."
It's hard to imagine any actor having the ability to express themselves in small dramatic gestures that McGoohan had
They need to use the Iron Maiden song of the same name ..
I remember one interview in which he praised that series... so, let's start the countdown till his next movie.
And i would love to see Bale as the prisoner.
I like most of Nolan's films, but I don't know how good he'll be at delivering the weirdness of that show. There are other directors who have proven both sufficient at the weird and imax worthy visuals.
Do not play with my emotions Christopher Nolan.
Seriously, this piece of art by McGoohan is very special to me.
I hope Nolan makes the prisoner. And I want Christian Bale as Number 6.
The question is will it be like the original, or will it be awful like the remake set in the US.
It doesn't need remaking. Its perfect the way it is. No McGoohan no prisoner.
Hope he stays away from the 2007 remake.
Not me. I think he could do great. He could maintain a serious tone and reinject a sense of that fun scifi from some of the older ones
@@Tyler_W the trick is can he avoid the trope that the village is not real and it's only in his head or a simulation.
@@Dularr Inception !
@@mgariepy42 starting to think it will be his James Bond movie.
It would have to be a documentary.
“In a hostile and anarchic world the controlled environs of The Village almost seem appealing. Free will is dangerous in the wrong hands. This time the prisoners are on the outside and it’s those inside that are free” - The New No2 😮 Maybe flipping the narrative would make for a better film than a straight remake.
This would be cool but McGoohan holds the OG series together. You need a very strong No 6.
Patrick McGoohan wrote a script in 1999 titled "The Prisoner" -- which is available online as a PDF. I just read it, and thought it would make for an interesting -- even 'official' -- sequel to the TV series. In it, the protagonist is a scientist named Tom Yates, who had been abducted at sea while investigating sub-oceanic life. He eventually is brought to the Village, which seems to be run by two opposing men: a villain named Steven and an older man named Daniel . . . and this Daniel figure is none other than the McGoohan character from 30-odd years before, no longer an angry young man.
I must say that I didn't find it to be as terrific as the series it revisits. It's nowhere near as clever as episodes like "The Chimes of Big Ben" or "The Schizoid Man" -- though perhaps it's due to McGoohan writing this unproduced sequel as a way for him to make comments about the state of the world at the turn of the Millennium, in regards to hopes about the Future -- there being a culmination that is literally a Good-vs-Evil battle: a WHITE ORB fighting against a BLACK ORB, in what seems to be McGoohan's retconning of the 'Rover' entity.
One wonders if Nolan has read that script -- which never got made -- and may want to adapt it in some way so as to be the guy who produces and directs McGoohan's 'last word' on "The Prisoner" using McGoohan's script as a skeleton onto which he could add extra 'flesh', kinda the way that Michael Wilson added to Rod Serling's 30-odd scripts for the '68 film PLANET OF THE APES, making it an after-the-fact collaboration.
It's too bad that McGoohan is dead, and can't act in any new "Prisoner" production . . . at least, not unless they can use state-of-the-art Deep Fake cgi to add an older Patrick McGoohan's features onto another actor, like the MoCap they did to make the apes in the RISE-DAWN-WAR-KINGDOM reboot PLANET OF THE APES films, or Gollum in the LORD OF THE RINGS, or younger Indiana Jones in the earlier scenes of the last movie. I'm sure there would be issues with getting the rights to create a posthumous performance using McGoohan's likeness and voice-clips, but if whoever's in charge of his estate gives permission . . . who knows?
Wow, great news, can't wait!
Bro I’ll be fuming if tenet doesn’t get continuity
Weird title for a Bond film
It does not need a remake...
Let’s not and say we did. Leave this classic alone!