Netflix, the reviver of long-dormant television shows, is planning to reboot another beloved franchise: The Sixties sci-fi series Lost in Space. The streaming service won a bidding war to acquire the rights to the Irwin Allen-created series, which ran three seasons from 1965 to 1968. As part of the Netflix deal, the rebooted Lost in Space is in line to receive a straight-to-series order, Deadline reports.
Like the original series, which pitted the marooned Robinson family, the duplicitous Dr. Smith and the Robot against the mysteries of the universe, the Netflix series will once again follow that familys travels. Dracula Untold writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless have signed on topen the series, described as a science fiction saga, while The Descent and Game of Thrones director Neil Marshall is on board to helm the pilot.
Lost in Space was previously rebooted as a less-than-stellar1998 feature film that starred William Hurt, Gary Oldman and Matt LeBlanc. As Deadline notes, another Lost in Space series nearly launched on the WB in 2003 but the network turned down that reboot after viewing the pilot.
Netflix has become a haven to cult classic television shows and movies primed for a second wind as the streaming service has brought back Wet Hot American Summer, Arrested Development, Full House (the upcoming Fuller House), Mr. Show (the spinoff series With Bob and David) and, most recently,Gilmore Girls. Thats on top of all the streaming services original programming, like the new Marvel series Jessica Jones, Aziz Ansaris Master of None, Cary Fukunagas Beasts of No Nationand Adam Sandlers controversialRidiculous6.