ABC Looking to Reboot Hit Show Alias!

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E! Online

 

Is the TV world ready for another Sydney Bristow?

 

Nothing is even close to being anything official yet, so don't go dying your hair bright red in celebration or anything, but:

 

A reliable insider at ABC tells me that there is talk of the network doing a "reboot" of one of the greatest TV series of all time, J.J. Abrams' Alias.

 

How? When? Where? Why?

 

Again, it's only very initial talk at this point, but I'm told that the development folks over at the Alphabet network are considering doing a new version of Alias that would borrow some elements of the original series that starred Jennifer Garner (and Michael Vartan, Victor Garber and some guy named Bradley Cooper who must have slipped into oblivion since). But the series would most likely not include any sort of complex mythological throughline such as the Rambaldi prophecy (a storyline that lost some of the fans).

 

According to this source, ABC is hoping to hold onto its lost Lost audience with a re-envisioned J.J. Abrams series, in light of FlashForward not working out so well. (It was canceled last week.)

 

In the meantime, J.J. is of course working on another new spy series for NBC—Undercovers, about a retired spy couple who gets back into the espionage game after opening a catering business. Those who've seen it are reporting back great things.

:o :o :o

This would be AWESOME!