Remaking “The Prisoner”

If you’ve ever seen The Prisoner, the trippy sci-fi British miniseries that starred Patrick McGoohan as a former British intelligence agent trapped in a bizarre remote village by his former employers who want to know why he quit, you will probably be excited to know that a remake is in the works and is scheduled to run on AMC starting in November. Here’s a really short trailer featuring Ian McKellan, who I’m guessing will be Number Two, or at least one of them. I watched this on A&E a few years ago and liked it, though I confess I didn’t understand a lot of it, especially the last episode, which may be the most surreal thing I’ve ever seen on television. Ever since then I’d been rooting for a modern reboot of the show, and I hope I won’t be disappointed by this effort. Anyone else out there looking forward to this?

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