Loved the Sixties cult thriller The Prisoner? Excited, if a little nervous at the same time, by the prospect of a new version hitting out TV screens next year? Yeah, us too.
Remaking cult British dramas seems to be all the rage at the moment. Sky One’s reviving Blake’s Seven, BBC1′s got a ‘reimagining’ of Survivors coming later this autumn and ABC in America is making a New York-set version of Life on Mars. Thrilled as we are about all these shows, however, the one we’re most looking forward to is The Prisoner.
The new version – a co-production between ITV and the US cable network AMC and starring Jim Caviezel as Number Six (the role played by Patrick McGoohan in the original) and Ian McKellen as Number Two – is not due to hit our screens until next year, but we today stumbled upon a cool viral marketing campaign that’s just launched that we thought you might want to check out.
First unveiled last weekend at Comic-Con, visitors to seekthesix.com are greeted with series of six boxes, each containing a 6×6 grid of pictures. The idea, as the site’s name suggests, is to find the picture in each section which represents six of something – in one, for instance, there is a door with the number six on, though not all, trust us, are so easy to find.
As you find each image, an enigmatic message appears. Examples we’ve stumbled upon so far include:
- I am no one
- Help me to conform, submit
- The truth is right beside you
- I don’t think you want freedom
- Identity collapse
- A bomb is a true act of humanity
- The village is not all that there is
Once you’ve successfully found all six images, pictures of Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen swing into view and then you are given your own number (mine, as you can see from the screengrab above, is 450782) and the opportunity to sign up for further email updates. If you click on the words at the top of the final screen, you are taken to AMC’s site for The Prisoner.
Give seekthesix.com a go yourself and let us know how you fare.
The viral campaign is itself Prisoneresque, all these titbits and PR are very exciting for all Prisoner fans – thanks for providing this page.
I am number 633601… and I will be contacted. Cooooooool!
I’m on dialup and thus cannot participate.
Can’t wait. For decades there’s been nothing but talk, talk, and roumours about a remake of the Priosner. So as both a writer and fan of the original Prisoner series for over 40 years, I am delighted with the news of this reinterpretation of “the Prisoner”. And judging by the recent ITV press releases I think justice will be done to the original series b this reinterpretation.
Thrilled by the content on the ‘whatsonTV’ TV Spy site. Hope this continues.
I successfully got through the ‘seek the six’ viral puzzle and got my own number! Spooky and yet very cool.
Can’t wait to spill the beans to number two. Also pleased to see sneak preview at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLXshSkZiFs
Carry on!
It looks like the wait may have been worth it
Worth the wait? In the words of one No.2 “Its great!” Judging by the ITV trailer they’ve done a very good job in doing the original series justice. I don’t think fans will be disappointed, save those who were of the mind that such a remake should never be made. Well this isn’t just a remake, its a reinterpretation, and that’s the difference.
Production on this new series of “the Prisoner” is now finished. What exactly will we see? Well there is at least one person wearing piped blazer and deck shoes. But other than that I can’t say. But at least I’m not going to be disappointed, because there is no Lotus/Caterham Super Seven. Had there been I would have been disappointed. This is by no means supposed to be a “spoiler,” as I’m sure there will be ample surprises along the way.
I’ll be seeing you
David
Waiting in excited anticipation!