Ridley Scott may be coming back down to earth.

(Director Christopher Nolan also circled the film at one point.)

Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark of Bluegrass Films are producing.

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The originalPrisonerwas created by Patrick McGoohan and George Markstein and premiered in the U.S. in 1968.

Running a single season, the surrealistic show laid the groundwork for popular puzzlers likeThe X-FilesandLost.

It also spawned a remake miniseries in 2009.

Scott is currently preparing to shootCovenant, his hybridPrometheussequel andAlienprequel.

Deadlinefirst reportednews of thePrisonertalks.