Netflix is allegedly in the early stages of developing a reboot of Land of the Lost over 50 years after it premiered.
The streaming giant worked out a deal with Legendary Television with the intention of bringing the title back for modern audiences, according to a Deadline article published on Tuesday, June 17. The outlet also reported that Sid and Marty Krofft — the company of the brothers who produced and developed the original series — is set to return for the reboot. The article also mentioned that Marty’s daughter and COO of the company, Deanna Krofft Pope, is a producer for the project.
Land of the Lost premiered on September 27, 1974, and ran for a total of three seasons on NBC, coming to an end with its final episode on December 4, 1976. The series follows Rick and his two children, Will and Holly, as they navigate life after accidentally passing through a portal that takes them to a world occupied by dinosaurs and other creatures. The main antagonist of the show is a Tyrannosaurus that Rick and his kids nickname Grumpy. The trio also encounter the Sleestak — a group of menacing reptilian humanoids — and primate-like creatures called Pakuni. The family even befriends one of the Pakuni, who goes by the name of Cha-Ka.
The series has been rebooted a total of two times since the original: once as a TV show that ran for two seasons in 1991, and a second time as a movie that starred Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, and Anna Friel, which premiered in 2009.
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A number of users on Reddit took to the comment section of a post about the news of the Netflix reboot to share their reactions.
“Honestly, if its production quality is as high as Lost in Space was and it's as enjoyable, I'm absolutely down for this. Remake all those old shows [in my opinion]. Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, all that stuff,” wrote one enthusiastic user.
“The series passed its 50th anniversary last year,” noted a second user, before asking, “Is Hollywood that hopelessly phobic about original ideas these days?”
A third user asked, “Wasn't this already rebooted?”Despite reaching out, Deadline reported that they received no comment from the alleged companies involved, and that the revival did not have a writer at the time.
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