The Nineteen Eighties popular culture phenomenon Max Headroom is getting a reboot at AMC. Authentic star Matt Frewer will reprise his function because the world’s first synthetic intelligence TV persona, with Halt and Catch Fireplace co-creator Christopher Cantwell serving as author and showrunner.
The reboot will probably be produced by Elijah Wooden and Daniel Noah’s SpectreVision and All3Media, in accordance with Deadline. The character was first seen within the TV film Max Headroom: 20 Minutes within the Future, which was then developed right into a TV sequence in the USA. Max was identified for biting commentary on topical points, his conceited wit, stuttering, and a pitch-shifting voice. The character was marketed as “computer-generated,” but it surely was Frewer taking part in him with the assistance of inventive costumes, lighting, and enhancing results.
After taking pictures into recognition with the TV film, the character appeared in commercials, hosted a music-video present, was referenced throughout many reveals and flicks like Household Issues and Again To the Future, and finally led the unique sequence on ABC. However the present solely lasted two seasons, working from 1987 to 1988. The present additionally starred Jeffrey Tambor, Amanda Pays, George Coe, Chris Younger, Hank Garrett, and Lee Wilkof.
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Cantwell, Frewer, and Lisa Whalen will govt produce the Max Headroom reboot with SpectreVision’s Wooden and Noah. The sequence will mark Cantwell’s return to AMC after Halt and Catch Fireplace. And initiatives from Wooden’s manufacturing home embrace Mandy, A Woman Walks Dwelling Alone at Evening, and The Greasy Strangler.
Max Headroom joins a gaggle of different reboots and spinoffs coming quickly to AMC. Tales of the Strolling Useless premieres August 14 on the community, and the brand new iteration Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire debuts October 2 after the final season premiere of The Strolling Useless.
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