Written By: Ken HulseySource: WENN
According to reports ABC has hired Scott Peters to both write and executive produce a modern version of the hit 1984 alien invasion series "V". The original series, which featured an invasion of Earth by lizard creatures disguised as humans, was a huge hit for NBC back in the 80s'. This new series will be financed exclusively by the network and is scheduled to air as early as next year.
History:
V: The Series was a one-hour weekly television series based on American producer and director Kenneth Johnson's science fiction franchise concerning aliens known as "The Visitors" trying to take over Earth. It aired in the United States on NBC during the 1984–85 TV season.
Aliens arrive on Earth in a fleet of 50 huge, saucer-shaped motherships, which hover over major key cities. They reveal themselves on the roof of the United Nations building in New York City, and are human in appearance, but require special glasses to protect their eyes and have a distinctive low resonance to their voices. Simply referred to as the Visitors, they reach out in friendship, ostensibly seeking the help of humans to obtain chemicals needed to aid their ailing world. In return, the Visitors promise to share their advanced technology with humanity. The governments of Earth accept the arrangement, and the Visitors, led by their leader John and his deputy Diana, gain considerable influence with human authorities.
Journalist and TV cameraman Michael Donovan (Marc Singer) sneaks aboard one of the Visitors' motherships and discovers that beneath their human like facade, the aliens are reptilian in nature, and carnivorous - preferring to eat live food, like rodents and birds. Donovan gets some of this on tape, but just as this exposé is about to air, the broadcast is interrupted by a Visitor announcement suddenly making Donovan a fugitive, pursued by both the police and the Visitors.
A resistance movement is formed, determined to expose and oppose the Visitors as much as possible. The Los Angeles cell leader is Dr. Juliet "Julie" Parrish. Donovan is later assimilated into the group and, sneaking again into a mothership, he learns from a Visitor named Martin that the story about the needed chemicals is merely a diversion. The true purpose of the Visitors' trip to Earth is to conquer and subdue the planet, steal all of the Earth's water and harvest the human race as food, leaving only a few as slaves and soldiers/cannon fodder for the Visitors' wars with other alien races. Donovan also discovers there are dissidents among the Visitors (later known as the Fifth Column) who oppose their leader's plans. Martin promises to aid the Resistance, and gives Donovan access to an alien ship, which he quickly learns how to pilot.
Soon, the members of the Resistance strike their first blows against the Visitors, while procuring laboratory equipment and modern military weapons from National Guard armories to carry on the fight. The symbol of the resistance is blood-red letter V's spray-painted over posters promoting Visitor friendship among humans.
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