"When someone mentions 1970s science fiction about a band of rebels fighting an evil, totalitarian space regime, your mind almost certainly goes to the original 1977 Star Wars.Failing that, you might think about the 1978 Battlestar Galactica, or even the TV and film versions of Logan's Run. But the oddest and most under-the-radar 1970s sci-fi rebellion show was Created by Terry Nation (the man who gave us the Daleks), Blake's 7 was ahead of its time when it debuted in 1978."
"According to Peter Hoar, who directed two acclaimed episodes of The Last of Us and three Doctor Who episodes, is relaunching Blake's 7 alongside producers Matthew Bouch and Jason Haigh-Ellery. The show will be made with Multitude Productions, which Deadline reports is a "genre-based" production company, suggesting more new sci-fi shows could be coming from this group. For the unfamiliar, Blake's 7 tells the story of Blake (originally Gareth Thomas), who leads the crew of the Liberator against the oppressive Federation."
"The show begins as a space prison-break story, then morphs into an episodic series about our heroes waging their small battles against the tyranny of the Federation's Earth Administration and other related baddies. Though Blake's 7's production values were poor even by the standard of the day, the premise and vibe felt very ahead of time. In rebooting the concept with a modern sensibility, Hoar and his collaborators could have a hi"
Blake's 7, created by Terry Nation, debuted in 1978 and follows Blake leading the Liberator crew against the Federation's oppressive Earth Administration. The series began as a space prison-break and evolved into episodic small-scale rebellions, with seven crew members who changed over four seasons and Blake departing after season two. Production values were low for the time, but the premise and tone felt ahead of its era. Peter Hoar, alongside producers Matthew Bouch and Jason Haigh-Ellery, will relaunch the series with Multitude Productions. The reboot aims for a modern sensibility and taps contemporary appetite for subversive space operas.
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