Peter Hoar, the Emmy-nominated director of The Last of Us, is working on a reboot of the British sci-fi cult classic Blake’s 7.
The new version of the story will be produced by Hoar’s new outlet, Multitude Productions, which he has recently started with West End producer Jason Haigh-Ellery and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder exec Matthew Bouch. The reboot will soon be shopped around to buyers, and Bouch would “love it to go to the BBC,” according to Deadline, where the project last aired 45 years ago.
The outlet also notes the series, which originally aired for four seasons from 1978 to 1981, will likely seek financial support from American streamers and European studios. Hoar will direct the reboot following his work at the helm of “Long, Long Time,” the critically acclaimed episode of The Last of Us that won him major praise.
The series was originally created by Terry Nation, whose other major claim to fame is his creation of Doctor Who’s iconic Daleks. Blake’s 7 followed “the exploits of political dissident Roj Blake (Gareth Thomas), who leads a small group of rebels against the forces of the totalitarian Terran Federation that rules the Earth and many colonized planets,” Deadline noted.
Hoar compared the reboot to the acclaimed Andor series “because of the integrity, wit and sophistication” both shows have, not the money it takes to bring them to life.
“The Blake’s 7 story is legendary because they were given the [British police show] Softly, Softly slot that was intended for police drama with a budget intended for one big set and a few location shoots,” Hoar explained in a statement. “At the time it felt like it meant something. Those shows got into my veins. I could tell they didn’t have money but I was able to compartmentalize and enjoy the ride knowing that the sets wobbled.”
No word on a release date yet for the reboot, but hopefully we’ll see it crop up in 2027.
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Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
