Since the subject matter is more relevant than ever (even a decade after Hackman tiptoed through similar territory in ENEMY OF THE STATE), a cable series based on the Oscar-nominated film is now in the works for AMC (home of the excellent MAD MEN). Even more interesting — THE USUAL SUSPECTS writer Christopher McQuarrie is co-writing the new project, with BAND OF BROTHERS scribe Erik Jenresen.
The original movie featured Hackman as an obsessive surveillance expert who believes he accidentally overhears a discussion he should not. The TV project will also be set in the low-tech 1970s, “through the filter of 2009” and involving “the issues of privacy and individuality, and issues of spying and listening”.