Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments
UFO
7/23/09 - The new feature based on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's 1970 TV show UFO, about a covert operation fighting aliens who harvest humans for organ transplants, has been assigned to first-time director Matthew Gratzner, Variety reports. The TV show was the first fully adult program created by the Andersons. UFO featured Ed Bishop, the voice of Captain Blue on Captain Scarlet, in the iconic role of Commander Ed Straker, the head of S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation), which operated from behind the not-very-inconspicuous cover of a movie studio. No word yet on casting, or if the show will preserve the highly memorable purple wigs sported by a number of female cast members.
5/21/09 - Robert Evans is teaming with ITV Global on a feature film based on the 1970s British TV series UFO, Variety reported. Evans is producing with Avi Haas and Henri M. Kessler. Ryan Gaudet and Joseph Kanarek are penning a script. The series debuted in 1970 and ran for three years, with characters created by Gerry Anderson. It was set in 1980 and revolves around Shado (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization), a covert military organization that thwarts an alien race that has been kidnapping and killing humans for decades, then using the body parts. Shado headquarters is hidden beneath a Hollywood studio, and the studio mogul is actually the Shado commander. The movie will be set in the year 2020.
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