'The Great Escape' to be remade for TV by the BBC
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:41 amThe Great Escape is to be remade for television by the BBC.
The 1963 Steve McQueen film classic is based on the book by Paul Brickhill, which will form the basis of a new TV drama, Broadcast reports.
Brickhill's original novel - loosely adapted for the big-screen - was a non-fiction account of a mass escape from a prison in Nazi Germany.
The new serial is being developed by the BBC alongside GK-TV and Open Circle - the latter currently owning the rights to The Great Escape.
The 1963 US movie charted an escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II and starred Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough.
The film made back almost three times its budget upon original release and has since become a staple of Christmas television on UK television channels.
