A&E Adapting French Drama The Returned
The dead are coming back to life.
The A&E Network may be getting into the supernatural fantasy genre. The U.S. cable channel has acquired the rights for an American remake of The Returned (Les Revenants), a French series inspired by the 2004 feature film from Robin Campillo.
Created by Fabrice Gobert, The Returned tells the story of a small town where deceased loved ones mysteriously show up alive and well — and with no show of any passage of time, or knowledge that they had been dead. As the town’s people try and deal with the situation, strange phenomena and a series of gruesome murders occur.
Les Revenants premiered last fall on Canal Plus in France, and also aired on Channel 4 in the U.K. with English subtitles under the title Rebound. Season Two is on its way, while the 8-episode first season of the original will air in the U.S. on Sundance Channel.
The A&E adaptation does not have a writer attached yet, though Deadline reports that the network is talking with LOST executive producer Carlton Cuse.
The show’s premise bears a remarkable similarity to Resurrection, a new ABC series set to debut at mid-season. To make things more confusing that show is based on the Jason Mott novel also titled The Returned, which was just published in August.
Watch the subtitled trailer for the French series below.
(Via Deadline)
