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Post subject: Chief Miles O'Brien is Gene Hunt
 Posted: Aug 18, 2007 - 10:05 AM
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Irish actors Jason O'Mara and Colm Meaney have been lined up to play the lead roles in the US version of hit BBC drama Life on Mars.
O'Mara will take John Simm's role as time-travelling police officer Sam Tyler in the ABC network's pilot.
Meaney is reported to be in talks to star as detective Gene Hunt, played by Philip Glenister in the BBC version. The US remake will see Tyler transported back to the 1970s after his girlfriend is abducted.
He will come up against the no-nonsense, old-school detective Hunt as well a serial killer who may have played a part in the abduction.
Meaney is best-known for playing Chief Miles O'Brien on Star Trek spin-offs The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine between 1987-99.
Life on Mars was a major hit in the UK, where the finale was watched by more than seven million people earlier this year. Glenister's character will make a comeback in the UK in spin-off series Ashes to Ashes, which sees the action move forward to the 1980s. But Simm's character will be replaced by a female detective from the 21st Century, who is stuck in the past after an accident.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6949520.stm |
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Posted: Aug 18, 2007 - 01:59 PM
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| I like Meany and like seeing him get work, but why do they need to make an American version? That would be like making an American version of Dr. Who. Just plain silly. |
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Posted: Aug 18, 2007 - 09:00 PM
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| True - but we do it all the time - American Idle, and Ugly Betty off the top of my head. |
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