Another Old Sci-Fi Series To Be Rebooted

First we had a reboot of Battlestar Galactica. Then the old Star Trek series got rebooted with the recent movie. And The Prisoner will soon be brought back to life in the form of an AMC miniseries. Plus we recently learned that the series "V" will be revived by ABC.

And now it appears that the old Gerry Anderson series UFO will be updated:

Veteran producer Robert Evans is getting into the alien business, teaming with ITV Global to create a feature based on cult TV series UFO.

The British show, which ran from 1970 to 1973, was created by Gerry Anderson, best known for his work on the hugely popular Thunderbirds series.

According to Variety, the plot "revolves around Shado (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization), a covert military organization that thwarts an alien race that has been kidnapping and killing humans for decades, then using the body parts. Shado headquarters is hidden beneath a Hollywood studio, and the studio mogul is actually the Shado commander."

However, while the original show was set in 1980, the reboot will take place in 2020. * * *

I loved this show when I was a kid. It was a lot better than Anderson's follow-up series, Space: 1999, which I thought was sort of weak.

And although I've often complained that Hollywood doesn't have any new ideas, I'm liking the fact that all these old sci-fi shows are being rebooted. And it makes sense to do this type of thing, because it is undoubtedly easier to sell a reboot of an old series given that there is already a built-in audience, which I'm sure makes the studio heads more comfortable when it comes to spending the money.