"The Prisoner" is the upcoming TV remake of the clasic 1960's series, slated to premiere November 2009 as a miniseries on AMC, in cooperation with British broadcaster ITV.
Actor James "Highwayman" Caviezel stars in the role of 'Number 6', with Sir Ian "Magneto" McKellen taking on the role of 'Number 2' in all six episodes.
The series follows an unnamed British agent who abruptly resigns his job, then is drugged and held captive in a mysterious seaside 'Village' isolated from the mainland by mountains and sea.
The Village is further secured by numerous monitoring systems and security forces, including a mysterious device called 'Rover' that captures escapees.
The agent encounters hundreds of 'Village' people assigned a number, related to their importance in the Village's power structure.
The agent is told by the Village authority he is 'Number Six' and asked to reveal 'information' why he resigned. The task of doing this is carried by the ever-changing 'Number Two', acting as chief administrator/proxy to the mysterious 'Number One'.
Number Six, distrusting of anyone involved with the Village, refuses to give any answers while also trying to determine which 'side' the Village works under, defiant to all authority while concocting his own plans to escape.
Sneak Peek an AMC promo for the new mini-series as well as a promo for the original 1960's series...
