Max Headroom Reboot

[DR Herbert West]

SpectreVision Getting Weird With “Max Headroom” Series Reboot

Played by Matt Frewer, 1980s television personality Max Headroom is returning to life with a brand new reboot series from SpectreVision, Deadline is reporting this afternoon.

And yes, Frewer will be back as Max Headroom for the new series from SpectreVision, Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah‘s company which was behind Mandy and Color Out of Space.

Max Headroom was “the world’s first artificial intelligence TV personality,” played by Frewer under heavy makeup. The glitchy character hosted music videos and even served as the spokesman for New Coke in the ’80s, in addition to once having his own television show.

Christopher Cantwell (“Halt and Catch Fire”) will write and run the reboot for AMC Networks.

Deadline reminds, “Known for biting commentary, quick wit and manic glitching, the supposedly computer-generated TV host played by Frewer was first introduced in the 1985 British cyberpunk TV movie Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future. He became an instant pop culture phenom and went on to host a music-video show, star in ads for New Coke, appear on the cover of Newsweek and headline his own primetime series, Max Headroom, which aired on ABC for two seasons from 1987-88.”

Matt Frewer is also on board to executive produce the return of “Max Headroom.”

[Jay H.]

I heard they were rebooting my life. That sounds intriguing. I hope they get Tom Holland to play me as a young man.

[BudBaxter]

Glad Frewer's back, but otherwise: What? How? Why?

[avs commenter]

About time

[jonali]

Don't care about a reboot. But want a relase of Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future on blu-ray.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

I hope they address the Max Headroom signal hijacking incident.

WGN Max Headroom signal intrusion (HQ) - YouTube

[willbfree]

Surely there is a twist to this, it is not just a straight reboot. They’re probably going to keep that a surprise until it is actually produced.

[Doomhunter]

A reboot is fine as long as Frewer is the main star

[Fiffy]

Loved Max Headroom back in the day, but I can't imagine how this would be playing now. It's firmly rooted in the long gone MTV era.

[Moviefan2k4]

I remember Matt Frewer mostly from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, but this could be interesting. I do recall a little bit of Max Headroom from my early childhood, but not much.

[jess1581]

Yep, our current state in entertainment has serious 80's envy.