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Is it the beginning of the time-traveling team-up that we've always dreamt about? The original bad-ass Life On Mars cop getting a phone call from his American LOM counterpart? Sadly, that's not exactly what happened. More »
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Life On Mars was one of the most thrilling shows on British TV in recent years, the story of a cop who gets in a car accident and finds himself in the early 1970s. An American remake started up, produced by Ally McBeal's David E. Kelley, and it had one of the worst pilots I've ever seen. A retooled version, with new producers and a cast headlined by Harvey Keitel, Michael Imperioli, Gretchen Moll and Lisa Bonet, airs next Thursday at 10 on ABC. After talking to star Jason O'Mara and producer Josh Appelbaum today, I'm mildly optimistic. Spoilers, and more new preview videos, below. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5058887&view=rss&microfeed=true The American remake of British time-traveling cop show Life On Mars just scored a major coup: Harvey Keitel is replacing Colm Meaney in the role of Detective Gene Hunt. The hard-assed boss who spars with time-lost detective Sam Tyler is probably the hardest role to fill, because Philip Glenister put his mark on the role in the British version. But Keitel could just possibly pull it off. In other casting news, AMC has released some images of the new stars of the new miniseries remake of The Prisoner, the 1960s spy-village drama. I recognized the amazing Lennie James from Jericho, off the top of my head. The names will be released tonight. [EW and AMC] More »
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