‘Land Of The Lost’ Series Reboot In Works At Netflix From Legendary Television

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is taking a look to remake every other vintage TV sequence. The streamer has closed a maintain Legendary Television for Land of the Lost, a reboot of Sid and Marty Krofft’s 1974 sci-fi journey display, Deadline has discovered.

Sid and Marty Krofft in addition to Marty’s daughter Deanna Krofft Pope, who’s VP Development and Production at their corporate, will produce the undertaking, which is in very early levels, resources mentioned. Search is underway for a author. Reps for Netflix and Legendary TV declined remark.

Land of the Lost facilities on a father, Rick, and his two kids who by chance undergo a portal and in finding themselves trapped in an international inhabited via dinosaurs, together with a Tyrannosaurus rex they nickname Grumpy; primate-like other folks named Pakuni, considered one of whom, Cha-Ka, they befriend; and reptilian humanoids known as Sleestak.

Land of the Lost originated as a kids’s sequence which aired on NBC Saturday mornings for 3 seasons from 1974 to 1976, with CBS giving it a summer season run in 1985 and 1987. In it, Rick was once performed via Spencer Milligan, with Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman as his children, Will and Holly, respectively. Stop-motion animation was once used for one of the vital creatures.

Despite its quite brief run, Land of the Lost accomplished cult standing, holding the identify related. That resulted in a 1991 sequence remake, which aired for 2 seasons on ABC, and a 2009 characteristic movie starring Will Ferrell. Sid and Marty Krofft produced each.

While it does now not have the intensive library conventional TV studios do, Netflix has taken on a couple of vintage sequence titles. The streamer is these days filming a brand new Little House On the Prairie and in the past rebooted Lost In Space and One Day At a Time.

Legendary Television’s present slate comprises Dune: Prophecy at HBO, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters at Apple TV+ and the animated Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft at Netflix in addition to Tomb Raider and Pacific Rim live-action sequence and an adaptation of Girls and Their Horses with Nicole Kidman — all in construction at Amazon.