« 'Fringe' panel: Acevedo still has role to play | Main | 'Lost' Comic-Con videos... »


July 25, 2009

'V' screening gets strong Comic-Con response

By Lesley Goldberg

Saying they didn’t want to mimic the original miniseries, the executive producers of ABC’s upcoming “V” noted Saturday at Comic-Con that they wanted to pay homage to it instead.

Writer Scott Peters said the trick in making “V” relevant today was to find the show’s “own voice” and not step on the characters of the mini of 25 years ago. “We wanted to find new themes that were relevant today,” Peters added.

Peters, in a nod to the enthusiastic response to the pilot, which while unfinished was still screened for those inside Ballroom 20, added that people are clearly still excited about the show.

“A lot has happened in the past 25 years,” he said. “Paranoia, so many bad things … the economy has tanked. It seemed like an interesting time to bring up something that changes us.”

Series star Elizabeth Mitchell (“Lost”) said she was a fan of the original and used to watch the series with her brother. “I have huge memories of the alien baby,” she said to applause.

Co-star Morena Baccarin, who plays Anna, the Visitors’ leader, recalled watching the miniseries with her brother.

Meanwhile, Scott Wolf, who trades his journalistic integrity for success, said it was a “tie” which character was creepier: a cable news journalist or an alien.

Peters added that the drama wanted to put its emphasis on different things than the mini did in the ’80s: “they were a military show, we’re a character/relationship drama set against this (alien invasion). We wanted to see what a businessman or mom would do when faced with something like this.”

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
https://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451d69069e201157235140b970b

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 'V' screening gets strong Comic-Con response:










Sign up for The Live Feed daily email newsletter:

If you wish to only receive the morning ratings, get the Hollywood Reporter's ratings alert.
Follow us on Twitter;
Subscribe using RSS.
New: The Live Feed mobile-friendly version.
Get headlines delivered to your Google or Yahoo homepage:
 Add to Google Reader or Homepage





Ain't It Cool News - Coaxial
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Drudge Report
Fancast
Fark: Showbiz
Gawker
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Wiretap
Huffington Post
Just Jared
Lisa de Moraes
Michael Ausiello
NielsenWire
NY Post: Vulture
Perez Hilton
Pop Candy
Reality Blurred
Television Without Pity
Televisionary
The Futon Critic
The Wrap
THR BLOGS: Heat Vision Blog
THR BLOGS: Hollywood Reporter Pilot Log
THR BLOGS: Risky Business
THR BLOGS: Buzz
THR BLOGS: THR, Esq.
Tim Goodman: The Bastard Machine
Time's Tuned In
TV Barn
TV by the Numbers
TV Decoder
TV Squad
TV Tattle
TV Tracker
Warming Glow

The Hollywood Reporter is Your Complete Film Resource

The columnists and bloggers who write for The Hollywood Reporter have their collective finger on the pulse of the boxoffice. From Martin Grove and the rest, THR columnists deliver their thoughts on the film industry in an uncompromised style. Subscribe to THR today and get the latest views from these film experts and get the latest movie reviews as well.