Actress Morena Baccarin is about to invade the planet earth. She has been cast in a lead role on ABC’s upcoming remake of the 1980s invasion series V, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Baccarin played the Ori leader Adria in the tenth season of Stargate SG-1, and in the DVD movie Stargate: The Ark of Truth — which will make its U.S. television premiere in just a few weeks.
She’s also well-known to genre fans as Inara Serra in Firefly.
Baccarin, 29, will play Anna, described by the site as “the leader of the Visitors who is remarkably knowledgeable about human culture and media manipulation.” The character appears to be the remake’s answer to Diana, the mouse-eating villain who was etched into the memories of children everywhere by actress Jane Badler.
Written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, the original V began as a miniseries on NBC in 1983. The story centered on a group of technologically-advanced alien “Visitors” who arrived on Earth seeking an alliance, only to be revealed as reptilian beings who wanted to use the population as a new food source. It continued in the 1984 miniseries V: The Final Battle, which apparently wasn’t final enough to stave off V: The Series in 1984-1985.
Last year Johnson published the novel “V: The Second Generation” and announced his intent to continue the franchise on television. But in October, Warner Brothers announced that The 4400 creator Scott Peters would instead helm a complete remake of the original.
Instead of focusing the resistance on cameraman Mike Donovan (Marc Singer) and Dr. Juliet Parrish (Faye Grant), the new V will focus on Erica Evans, “a Homeland Security agent with an aimless son [who] has some serious problems,” according to TV Guide.
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Wow, I loved this series as a kid. looking forward for the re-make.
Great news! Thnx Gateworld! What about Ben Browder? Any work out there for him? It's been three years since he did anything!!
YEEEEAAARRGGHH!!! My favorite actress cast in the one of my favorite TV series. WOOhohoww!!! I am so happy now :))
BTW she good for Jane Badler's role. Bada$$ alien babe :)
I loved the original 'V'. And honestly I don't think anyone can beat the original Diana (Jane Badler). But Morena Baccarin... I love it! I hope she is as evil and manipulative as Diana was in the original.
Well cast i like Morena Baccarin a lot.
I have grave misgivings about this new "V" show but if the show can get other actors like Morena Baccarin I will definitely watch.
for the alien syncophant reporter they should use some of the anchors from MSNBC!
; )
Looking forward to this remake
Awesome!!! I loved V as a kid. It was a family affair and the hamster eating Diana was awesome. I love the fact that Morena has been cast as a visitor. She has the look and attitude to pull it off. Any idea on when they are looking to air the pilot?
WOW!!! I really enjoyed the original when it was on in the 80s. I had a pretty large action figure collection and still have the figure alien figure from the series.
i remember watching it as a kid and the next everybody was talking about it at school. we couldn't believe we saw that on TV!
Love it. Just promise not to give it to the Sci-Fi Channel to ruin and cancel.