EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is seeking to remake one other traditional TV sequence. The streamer has closed a cope with Legendary Tv for Land of the Misplaced, a reboot of Sid and Marty Krofft’s 1974 sci-fi journey present, Deadline has discovered.
Sid and Marty Krofft in addition to Marty’s daughter Deanna Krofft Pope, who’s VP Growth and Manufacturing at their firm, will produce the mission, which is in very early phases, sources mentioned. Search is underway for a author. Reps for Netflix and Legendary TV declined remark.
Land of the Misplaced facilities on a father, Rick, and his two kids who by chance undergo a portal and discover themselves trapped in a world inhabited by dinosaurs, together with a Tyrannosaurus rex they nickname Grumpy; primate-like individuals named Pakuni, one in every of whom, Cha-Ka, they befriend; and reptilian humanoids referred to as Sleestak.
Land of the Misplaced originated as a kids’s sequence which aired on NBC Saturday mornings for 3 seasons from 1974 to 1976, with CBS giving it a summer season run in 1985 and 1987. In it, Rick was performed by Spencer Milligan, with Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman as his children, Will and Holly, respectively. Cease-motion animation was used for a few of the creatures.
Regardless of its comparatively brief run, Land of the Misplaced achieved cult standing, conserving the title related. That led to a 1991 sequence remake, which aired for 2 seasons on ABC, and a 2009 function movie starring Will Ferrell. Sid and Marty Krofft produced each.
‘Land of the Misplaced’ (L-R): Will Ferrell, Danny McBride (again), Anna Friel (entrance), Jorma Taccone
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Whereas it doesn’t have the in depth library conventional TV studios do, Netflix has taken on a couple of traditional sequence titles. The streamer is presently filming a brand new Little Home On the Prairie and beforehand rebooted Misplaced In House and One Day At a Time.
Legendary Tv’s present slate consists of Dune: Prophecy at HBO, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters at Apple TV+ and the animated Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft at Netflix in addition to Tomb Raider and Pacific Rim live-action sequence and an adaptation of Women and Their Horses with Nicole Kidman — all in improvement at Amazon.
