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After more than two years in development, a reboot of The 4400 TV series has been ordered by The CW. The network gave the remake a straight-to-series order, meaning that a pilot has not been produced.
Airing on USA Network from July 2004 until September 2007, The 4400 series stars Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Mahershala Ali, Laura Allen, Patrick Flueger, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Chad Faust, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Samantha Ferris, Jenni Baird, Brooke Nevin, Conchita Campbell, Karina Lombard, Billy Campbell, and Peter Coyote. The story begins as a mysterious ball of light deposits a group of exactly 4,400 people near Mount Rainer in Washington state. These people had all previously disappeared in a beam of light, starting as far back as 1946. None of them have aged since their disappearances nor do they have any memory of where they’ve been.
The original 4400 series aired for four seasons and 44 episodes. The series was cancelled in December 2007, reportedly due to low ratings, budget costs, and the ongoing Writers Guild strike. As you might expect, the drama series ended with a cliffhanger.
The new version of the series comes from co-executive producer Ariana Jackson, Laura Terry, and Anna Fricke. The latter recently rebooted Walker, Texas Ranger for the CW. Jackson wrote the script for the reboot. Deadline reports:
In The 4400, 4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few…upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason.
There’s no word yet as to when the new version of The 4400 will premiere.
What do you think? Did you watch the original version of The 4400 TV series? Do you plan to check out this reboot on The CW?
We are about to finish season 4. Love this series!!! Bring it back.
Please bring 4400 back. I been patiently waiting for a ending or continuous of this show.
Yes, bring it back, even for a final season with the writers intentions with the ending. You can’t leave on a cliff hanger. I am sure the ratings will be high.
The ratings were is why it was canceled
Definitely im for the reboot
Can’t wait for the reboot. NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
I really hope it gets rebooted, I’m watching the series and I really like it.
We love the show and are very excited for the reboot
I found another show that I really like and it gets canceled I’m on the second time watching it and still enjoying the series I hope that the cw brings the show back
Please reboot. I watched on Netflix. Must have more
Yes
I was absolutely gutted when it was cancelled before, I really enjoyed watching. Looking forward to a reboot
There were two books released after the cancellation that conclude the story, not bad at all.
I will definitely watch it since i just started watching the series. Glad to hear it’s being rebooted, hopefully better than the original.
4400 was a great series. I hope they come back
I watch and own ALL 4 Seasons of The 4400. I am very much looking forward to more seasons. While you’re at it, throw in some more seasons of Revolution. I know it is not a CW project but surely, you can compromise and work something out.
As long as the story line represents an exciting array characters of diversity featuring good sci-fi development and originality.