Deadline is reporting that Sony TV and ABC are remaking the classic 1970s TV series Fantasy Island with a reimagining of the show from writer Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air).
According to the site, the new take will see Fantasy Island as the name of a company that designs and executes fantasies for clients, with the owner Mr. Roarke gender-swapped to a female. Here’s the description:
The new Fantasy Island centers on a brilliant, dynamic and sexy woman who runs a San Francisco-based company that provides clients with his or her most intimate, dark or outlandish fantasy. Like the original series, each episode is expected to chronicle two fantasies, with an overarching serialized arc involving Roarke and her personal life.
The original Fantasy Island starred Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke, and ran on ABC between 1977 and 1984. It was followed by a short-lived revival in 1998, with Malcolm McDowell in the lead role.
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Originally published October 14, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
