![]() ![]() ![]() There's no word yet on when to expect HBO's Scanners television project. The new HBO project represents the latest, most auspicious step for a TV adaptation after a remake movie was mooted back in 2007, followed by initial television plans in 2011 and a 2017 bidding war over the franchise's rights, which seemed to indicate that new plans were in motion. The 1981 film was eventually followed by (Cronenberg-less) sequels in Scanners II: The New Order (1991), Scanners III: The Takeover (1992), Scanner Cop (1994) and Scanners: The Showdown (1995), with the latter two being straight-to-video offerings. AdScanner provides full stack addressable TV ecosystems and leads the way to setting a world standard in data-driven TV advertising. Of course, the claim to fame of the Scanners franchise has always been the psychic battles, most notably represented by a scene set in front of a lecture audience in which Ironside's Revok demonstrates some of his abilities on a hapless volunteer, whose head abruptly explodes, leaving those in attendance horrified - and leaving the internet with one of the most effective GIFs it would ever see. Related: David Cronenberg Was Asked to Direct Top Gun Thus, company ConSec’s recruited newcomer scanner, Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack), finds himself in the unfortunate position of being the world's last hope against the threat. The secret war is being conducted between a company funding the psychic research against an insurgent group, led by Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside), with plans to take over the world. ![]() Set in a near-future world, the film depicts secret warfare among the eponymous scanners, whose dangerous psychic powers manifest in the forms of telekinesis, telepathy and even mind control. The story is a late-Cold-War allegory that utilizes the fact-based element of military research on psychic warfare, giving it an ostentatious genre upgrade. Consequently, the pitch seemingly confirms that the story will exist within the confines of Cronenberg's film, making it a sequel of sorts.ġ981's Scanners was an industry breakthrough for Cronenberg, who served as writer and director, springboarding him to more mainstream horror films like The Dead Zone and The Fly. The would-be Scanners television series is being described in the report as "a visceral thriller" focusing on two women "living on the fringes of modern society" forced to work together amid an ordeal that sees them pursued by agents with "unimaginable powers" in an effort to ultimately expose a vast conspiracy. Related: 10 Best David Cronenberg Films, Ranked Reviving Scanners for Modern Audiences ![]()
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