Max Headroom

Genre: Drama,Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Director: Annabel Jankel,Rocky Morton

Cast: Matt Frewer,Chris Young,Jeffrey Tambor,William Morgan Sheppard,Concetta Tomei,Amanda Pays,George Coe,Lee Wilkof

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Last air date:

Show status: Ended

Overview: Max Headroom is a British-produced American satirical science fiction television series by Chrysalis Visual Programming and Lakeside Productions for Lorimar-Telepictures that aired in the United States on ABC from March 1987 to May 1988. The series was based on the Channel 4 British TV pilot produced by Chrysalis, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future. The series is often mistaken as an American-produced show due to the setting and its use of an almost entirely US cast along with being broadcast in the USA on the ABC network. Cinemax aired the UK pilot followed by a six-week run of highlights from The Max Headroom Show, a music video show where Headroom appears between music videos. ABC took an interest in the pilot and asked Chrysalis/Lakeside to produce the series for US audiences. The show went into production in late 1986 and ran for six episodes in the first season with eight being produced in season two.

Cast Crew

    • Matt Frewer

      Edison Carter/Max Headroom
    • Chris Young

      Bryce Lynch
    • Jeffrey Tambor

      Murray
    • William Morgan Sheppard

      Blank Reg
    • Concetta Tomei

      Blank Dominique
    • Amanda Pays

      Theora Jones
    • George Coe

      Ben Cheviot
    • Lee Wilkof

      Edwards
    • Harry V. Bring (Directing)

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Looks like Max Headroom may be coming back to TV! With the original UK version of Max Headroom going back to 1985, and with a likely air date of 2023 or later, that means it'd be a 38 year sequel with the original actor. 🤯 Yep, Matt Frewer is expected to return.

This would technically be the third Max Headroom series starring Frewer with the original being the Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future shorts which led to the 1985 UK series which lead to the 1987 US version.


 
Looks like Max Headroom may be coming back to TV! With the original UK version of Max Headroom going back to 1985, and with a likely air date of 2023 or later, that means it'd be a 38 year sequel with the original actor. 🤯 Yep, Matt Frewer is expected to return.

This would technically be the third Max Headroom series starring Frewer with the original being the Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future shorts which led to the 1985 UK series which lead to the 1987 US version.



That's one heck of a time span for a sequel. I wonder what the storyline will be... :unsure:
 
That's one heck of a time span for a sequel. I wonder what the storyline will be... :unsure:
Yeah, I'm kind of wondering the same thing. The original versions were both dystopian in nature so I'm really curious if it'll just be a riff on current politics or if they going to try to take it in a new direction.

I also really want to see if they use the same technique for Max, of using face prosthetics with a green screen background, or if it'll be a CGI render.
 
Yeah, I'm kind of wondering the same thing. The original versions were both dystopian in nature so I'm really curious if it'll just a riff on current politics or if they going to try to take it in a new direction.

I also really want to see if they use the same technique for Max, of using face prosthetics with a green screen background, or if it'll be a CGI render.

It'll be interesting to see what they do. IMHO I hope they do the prosthetics, but I'd suspect CGI.
 
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