Sunday, August 24, 2008

Crusoe TV Mini-Series


NBC is premiering Crusoe on October 17. Crusoe stars Philip Winchester, Anna Walton and Sam Neill, and is shot in different locations around the world, such as South Africa, Canada and the United Kingdom.

The serialized television adaptation of the 1719 Daniel Defoe novel, Robinson Crusoe, keeps alive the pirate and desert island themes that have done so well for the Pirates of the Caribbean and for Lost. Crusoe will premiere with a two-hour special on October 17 and air at 9 pm each Friday thereafter. The 13-part series aims to provide the "pace and energy of network television while remaining faithful to the author's original classic story."

The idea for Crusoe sprung from an idea NBC Entertainment Cochairman Ben Silverman had to retell some of the greatest stories every told. Crusoe, of course, is based on the 1719 Daniel Defoe novel"Robinson Crusoe," the British classic by Daniel Defoe. First published in 1719, it is widely regarded as the first novel in English. Defoe's tail is about an English castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. The story reportedly stays close to Defoe's classic tale. Crusoe (Philip Winchester) as an island castaway uses all his resources to stay alive amid militia attacks, lightning storms, and various other challenges.

The series seem very interesting and exciting. I havent watched much TV in the past few years and perhaps I'll want to catch this one.

UPDATE: The series videos can be found here:

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