'Space: 1999' to time-travel a hundred years

"Space: 1999," an legendary seventies British series that was syndicated inside the U.S., continues to be redeveloped by ITV Art galleries America and HDFilms as "Space: 2099." HDFilms prexy Jace Hall is professional creating the project. Hall recently professional produced ABC's "V," another reincarnation from the science-fiction series in the previous decade. "This is often a rare and exciting creative opportunity for anybody associated with storytelling then one that i am honored to obtain,In . Hall mentioned. "Sci-fi can be a effective format in a position to imagining an individuals overuse injury in thought-invoking ways. "When we are indeed re-imagining the franchise and becoming something totally new and strongly related current day audiences, I'm strongly that the couple of from the overall tones set with the original "Space: 1999" tv series represent a fantastic platform to educate yourself regarding options." ITV was the first broadcaster inside the U.K. of "Space: 1999" (which starred American thesps Martin Landau and Barbara Bain), compelling ITV Art galleries Amerca prexy/Boss Paul Buccieri to comment that "after greater than 35 years, we are thrilled being developing a new vision within our much beloved franchise for audiences worldwide." Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com