Blake's 7 reboot by Martin Campbell

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According to Deadline, Blake's 7 is being rebooted by Bond director Martin Campbell and to be written by Heroes/CSI writer Joe Polaski:
scifibulletin.com/2012/07/23/bond-director-martin-campbell-to-revive-blakes-7/

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The Blake’s 7 reboot by Martin Campbell has landed on Syfy’s desk-
www.deadline.com/2012/08/syfy-to-develop-remake-of-cult-u-k-sci-fi-series-blakes-7-with-martin-campbell/

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The Blake’s 7 reboot has gotten an official teaser blurb:
www.bleedingcool.com/2013/04/08/blakes-7-reboot-gets-an-official-teaser-blurb/

There will be 13 episodes for the new series.

The article also mentioned the casting of Idris Elba as Blake but that turned out to be an April Fool’s joke.

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It looks like the Blake’s 7 remake will be made by Microsoft to air on Xbox Live replacing Syfy on the project.
Director Martin Campbell is still however attached to the project.

www.digitalspy.com.au/british-tv/news/a507199/blakes-7-to-be-remade-by-microsoft-air-on-xbox-live.html

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The last time there has been a development on the long mooted Blake’s 7 remake it was reported that Microsoft had taken over the project.
Microsoft has since however denied any such involvement and there is no indication if or when the project would be seeing the light of day.