The Runaway regiment has arrived
The global crisis of scenario ideas has led to the fact that many studios, channels and online services began to re-shoot the same films and series. We reported this spring that Japan's TV Asahi Corporation and Warner Bros. preparing a TV movie based on the Fugitive franchise. It has now become known that the young online platform Quibi will also present its version of the story of the unfairly accused hero.The $ 1 billion in start-up capital has already helped Quibi to close deals with Hollywood celebrities such as Antoine Fuqua, Guillermo del Toro, Sam Raimi and Steven Spielberg. Now Jeffrey Katzenberg's company has decided to merge with Warner Bros. working on a web series based on The Fugitive. It is curious that the franchise began life in a multi-part format. Between 1963 and 1967, ABC aired 120 episodes of the crime drama of the same name. 26 years later, the movie version of the hit was released, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. In 2000, The Fugitive returned to TV, but managed to stay on air for only one season. If the creators of the Japanese TV movie promise to stick to the plot of the original, then the Quibi project so far looks like just an attempt to tie up with a well-known brand. Instead of Dr. Richard Kimble, viewers will meet the blue collar of Mike Russo, who witnessed the terrorist attack on the Los Angeles subway. Judging by preliminary information, the novelty will be united with the 60s TV series and the 1993 film only by the fact that the criminal will arrange everything in such a way that the main character of the story will be suspected of committing an atrocity ...  In a positive way, fans of the world of TV should set the name of the head of the author's group of the series. Nick Santora (Escape, Lie to Me) will be the showrunner of the new Runaway. Source: Deadline The Topic of Article: The Runaway regiment has arrived. |
