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« on: October 14, 2022, 08:40:50 AM »

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Folk horror property The Wicker Man is once again burning to life with a TV series adaptation in the works, Deadline reports. Via the site, “Almost 50 years after the release of Robin Hardy’s horror classic, Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium and Studiocanal-backed Urban Myth Films are turning The Wicker Man into a TV series.”

Howard Overman (War of the Worlds) wrote the script for the small screen adaptation, with Urban Myth and The Imaginarium in the “early stages of pitching to potential broadcasters.”

Starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee, the original The Wicker Man movie was released in 1973. Neil LaBute directed a remake in 2006, which starred Nicolas Cage.

The classic tale “follows Police Sergeant Neil Howle, who journeys by seaplane to the remote Hebridean Island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. The devout Christian is dismayed to find the Islanders paying homage to the pagan Celtic gods of their ancestors and all hell breaks loose, ending in tragedy.”

The planned television series adaptation, according to writer Howard Overman, will “explore the same themes of sacrifice, superstition and ritual that were at its core.”

“The Wicker Man” series will also reportedly take place in a “modern setting.”

I don't watch TV so I don't really care about this. Maybe others here do.
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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2022, 08:58:43 AM »

Thnaks for that news. Like all remakes, my enthusiasm level is low, but I'll keep an open mind.
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2022, 09:23:25 AM »

I am trying to process how it can be a TV series.   Ritual-of-the-week? 
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2022, 10:00:29 AM »

I am trying to process how it can be a TV series.   Ritual-of-the-week? 

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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2022, 11:56:08 AM »

On a TV show, I guess they could really make a slow build-up work well. The big problem would be people who know how the original ended. How do you put a good twist in that prevents people from seeing what is coming?
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« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2022, 07:50:07 PM »

this seems to be a thing now... did it start with FARGO? I remember thinking how dare they even attempt to make a 'tv series' out of that, lol. (never watched it)
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