Sir Ian McKellan will play the sinister Number 2 in a six-episode remake of "The Prisoner" to air on UK television next year. Jim Caviezel, who appeared in "The Passion of the Christ" will play protagonist Number 6.
According to the BBC:
Sir Ian has called this version of The Prisoner "an enthralling commentary on modern culture."
"It is witty, intelligent and disturbing. I am very excited to be involved," he added.
Writer Bill Gallagher, who watched the original series when he was a boy, said: "Here was something that was more than television, something I couldn't quite grasp but couldn't let go of.
"It's a unique opportunity for a writer to be able to go back to The Village and tell some new stories about that strange place and its surreal menace.
"We hope to serve up something as beguiling and disturbing as the original was."
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