EXCLUSIVE: Iconic 1960s television series The Avengers is getting a remake. Deadline hears that StudioCanal, which owns the rights to The Avengers catalog, has been quietly plotting a reboot for some time and a pilot has been written.
Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the writing team behind hit HBO/BBC series Industry, have breathed new life into Patrick Macnee’s debonair secret agent John Steed and his glamorous sidekicks.
Sex Education director Ben Taylor has been attached to direct and executive produce, while Warner Bros. Discovery production outfit Wall to Wall is co-producing with StudioCanal.
There were rumors that the project was in with HBO, but this was denied last year. It is not clear where The Avengers reboot will land.
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