“What I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career; skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.” Liam Neeson’s signature monologue is now on its way to the small screens.
NBC on Thursday has given ‘Taken’ a straight to series order. The hit thriller, which stars Liam Neeson as a former CIA agent on a mission to rescue his kidnapped daughter, is now in development to be adapted for television.
According to Deadline, the premise of the show will focus on a young Bryan Mills, highlighting how he honed his “skills” as a badass secret agent – an overarching arc which will be utilized to save his daughter in the future.
As for the show’s time setting, TV Line reports that it will not be set from a past decade. Instead, a modern day vibe is to be expected from this upcoming TV adaptation. No further details have been announced about casting, location and the start of production. The peacock network is still also seeking for a showrunner to spearhead the series.
Taken became a blockbuster hit in 2008 spawning two sequels in 2012 and 2014. The has film turned Liam Neeson into everyone's favorite 60-year-old action star. At this point, there’s still no word whether the Irish actor will participate on the NBC adaptation, Variety wrote in a report.
Creator Luc Besson, who co-wrote the film and its two sequels, will serve as the series' executive producer, along with Gross and France-based Europa Corp Television bosses Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros. In the past years, Besson have also adapted films for television including La Femme Nikita and Transporter which starred Anne Parillaud and Jason Statham, respectively.
'Taken' has been given a straight to series order by NBC. Instead of a prequel, the series is to be set in a modern-day timeline and will focus on a the story of young Bryan Mills and how got his particular set of skills to become a secret agent.
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