Robson Green thinks a Us remake of his noughties ITV series Wire in the Blood could be "brilliant".
The crime thriller was being eyed for adaptation by ABC - though the network later passed on the project.
Green, though, told Digital Spy that the show - in which he played psychologist Dr. Tony Hill - still has the potential to be a Us smash-hit.
"The script was written - there was some amazing talk on who could play Tony Hill," the actor said. "Everyone from Guy Pearce to Billy Bob Thornton.
"They'd Americanize it [and] they'd do a brilliant job. American TV - the high-end stuff - is exceptional. They'd have made a great job of it, but it wasn't picked up - never mind."
Green also ruled out ever reprising the role of Tony if a Us remake did make it to the screen.
"No, I've done that," he said.
The crime thriller was being eyed for adaptation by ABC - though the network later passed on the project.
Green, though, told Digital Spy that the show - in which he played psychologist Dr. Tony Hill - still has the potential to be a Us smash-hit.
"The script was written - there was some amazing talk on who could play Tony Hill," the actor said. "Everyone from Guy Pearce to Billy Bob Thornton.
"They'd Americanize it [and] they'd do a brilliant job. American TV - the high-end stuff - is exceptional. They'd have made a great job of it, but it wasn't picked up - never mind."
Green also ruled out ever reprising the role of Tony if a Us remake did make it to the screen.
"No, I've done that," he said.
- 6/1/2015
- Digital Spy
Americans love British TV shows and ABC is taking notice. It is reported that they will develop their own version of the crime drama that won awards, Wire in Blood. It follows the lives of a police detective Elizabeth Chase and her newly hired clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill. Together they solve crimes before they happen again based on the criminals behavior. Here is what ABC had to say about the project.
Bringing the iconic character Tony Hill to American audiences has been a passion of ours for a number of years, We are thrilled to be partnering with the Endemol Studios team on this exciting endeavor.
It impresses me that it has taken them this long to announce the plans. Especially since they have had a passion for this idea for a while now. It will be interesting to see how they develop it and who they pick to play the star roles.
Bringing the iconic character Tony Hill to American audiences has been a passion of ours for a number of years, We are thrilled to be partnering with the Endemol Studios team on this exciting endeavor.
It impresses me that it has taken them this long to announce the plans. Especially since they have had a passion for this idea for a while now. It will be interesting to see how they develop it and who they pick to play the star roles.
- 10/28/2014
- by Sarah Peel
- Boomtron
ITV's Wire in the Blood is the latest UK drama to be eyed for a Us TV remake.
ABC - also working on a Silk remake - is planning to adapt the Robson Green series, Deadline reports.
The original Wire in the Blood ran for six series between 2002 and 2008 and was based on characters created by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid.
Green starred as troubled psychologist Dr Tony Hill, with Hermione Norris playing his partner Dci Carol Jordan for the first three series. Simone Lahbib later replaced Norris as a new character, Di Alex Fielding.
The new Us version will be written by Am Holmes - crime novelist and formerly producer of Showtime's The L Word
"Bringing the iconic character Tony Hill to American audiences has been a passion of ours for a number of years," said David Hoberman, executive producer for Mandeville Films and Television.
Other UK series being...
ABC - also working on a Silk remake - is planning to adapt the Robson Green series, Deadline reports.
The original Wire in the Blood ran for six series between 2002 and 2008 and was based on characters created by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid.
Green starred as troubled psychologist Dr Tony Hill, with Hermione Norris playing his partner Dci Carol Jordan for the first three series. Simone Lahbib later replaced Norris as a new character, Di Alex Fielding.
The new Us version will be written by Am Holmes - crime novelist and formerly producer of Showtime's The L Word
"Bringing the iconic character Tony Hill to American audiences has been a passion of ours for a number of years," said David Hoberman, executive producer for Mandeville Films and Television.
Other UK series being...
- 10/27/2014
- Digital Spy
A Statestide adaptation of the award-winning British psychological crime drama Wire in the Blood is being developed for ABC by Endemol Studios (Hell on Wheels) and ABC Studios.
Based on characters created by Scottish novelist/crime writer Val McDermid, Wire in the Blood follows Elizabeth Chase (played on the ITV series by Hermione Norris), a police detective who recruits Dr. Tony Hill (originally played by Robson Green), an unconventional clinical psychologist who has a talent for catching killers before they are able to strike again. Hill does so by analyzing both victim and killer, demonstrating empathy for both sides.
A.M. Homes...
Based on characters created by Scottish novelist/crime writer Val McDermid, Wire in the Blood follows Elizabeth Chase (played on the ITV series by Hermione Norris), a police detective who recruits Dr. Tony Hill (originally played by Robson Green), an unconventional clinical psychologist who has a talent for catching killers before they are able to strike again. Hill does so by analyzing both victim and killer, demonstrating empathy for both sides.
A.M. Homes...
- 10/27/2014
- TVLine.com
Yet another gritty British detective drama is scoring a remake by a U.S. broadcast network, this time it's ABC developing a series adaptation of the psychological thriller "Wire in the Blood" based on Val McDermid's novels and ITV's well-regarded TV show which ran from 2002-2008.
Robson Green starred in the original as Dr. Tony Hill, an unconventional and eccentric clinical psychologist with a talent for catching serial killers and empathising with both victim and killer. He works with the police in the fictional West Yorkshire town of Bradfield to help solve cases.
The U.S. version shifts the action to New York City where someone has been killing women and a detective named Elizabeth Chase brings this new version of Tony Hill in to help. Author/TV writer A.M. Homes (The L Word") will pen the script for the remake which ABC Studios, Endemol Studios and Mandeville Films will produce.
Robson Green starred in the original as Dr. Tony Hill, an unconventional and eccentric clinical psychologist with a talent for catching serial killers and empathising with both victim and killer. He works with the police in the fictional West Yorkshire town of Bradfield to help solve cases.
The U.S. version shifts the action to New York City where someone has been killing women and a detective named Elizabeth Chase brings this new version of Tony Hill in to help. Author/TV writer A.M. Homes (The L Word") will pen the script for the remake which ABC Studios, Endemol Studios and Mandeville Films will produce.
- 10/27/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
"Film or art?" was the first question I was greeted with upon arrival at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, a question essentially inquiring whether I was attending to watch "films" or "art" (i.e. video art) at the festival. But since no such demarcation really exists in the program, the question therefore expanded beyond its modest confines to provoke all kinds of immediately doubting self-inquiry such as: (1) Oh God, what if I'm here just for film?; (2) Wait, who says film isn't art?; (3) Is this person picking a fight?; and (4) How come no one asks me this in Cannes?
Still, it was a question I should have expected, since a festival dedicated to short moving image media—now; it had "just" films to consider—implicitly posits a number of questions about its chosen subject. As someone with a cinephile background in, let's say, traditional cinema, it is both frightening and...
Still, it was a question I should have expected, since a festival dedicated to short moving image media—now; it had "just" films to consider—implicitly posits a number of questions about its chosen subject. As someone with a cinephile background in, let's say, traditional cinema, it is both frightening and...
- 5/9/2014
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
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