'Red' Is Being Adapted for TV at NBC
"Red" is being brought to the small screen, through the NBC network, according to a recent report in Deadline. "Red" is a series of two movies created by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber and starred in by Bruce Willis, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren. Shown in 2010 and next in 2013, the movies were considered sleeper box-office hits.
NBC has recently taken interest in the action-comedy movie franchise and is working with Lionsgate TV and Di Bonaventura Pictures Television to put together a one-hour long series.
The movie series itself was based on a comic book series of the same title, which was created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner and published by DC Comics arm Homage. It follows a group of retired CIA operatives who were called REDs or Retired Extremely Dangerous operatives. The group is trying to lead normal lives but are forced out of retirement when the CIA orders a hit for one of them.
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The Hoeber brothers will write the TV series version and the report said it will "retain the core concept of the films but will be set in a more grounded and authentic world." It will be looking at how the characters struggle, sometimes hilariously, to live a normal, civilian life while at the same time defending themselves against threats from the CIA or other groups. The series will have the Hoebers, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian as executive producers.
According to another report in SlashFilm, it is doubtful that any of the movies' stars will take part in the TV series, given their big names. The series is expected to cast new characters and is considered to be a "reboot" of the movie franchise. The report however speculated that it might do the series good if the original movie characters could make cameo appearances in the series.
"Red" was released in 2010 and earned over $180 million in the box office in the US and abroad. Its sequel, "Red 2," came out in 2013 and earned over $140 million in the US and abroad.
