Strike Back is back from the TV afterlife. Cinemax and Sky have teamed to resurrect the action series, featuring a completely new cast, to premiere in 2017.
Taking place in the same universe as the original iteration, the reboot sees Strike Back return for its sixth season on Sky and fifth on Cinemax.
Per Deadline
Alin Sumarwata, Aussie Daniel MacPherson, Roxanne McKee and Warren Brown are set to star in the new season of the show — its sixth overall and fifth on Cinemax — from the franchise’s executive producer Andy Harries of Left Bank Pictures.
I hear the new Strike Back is evolving from the buddy cop formula of the original into a diverse ensemble in the mold of The Fast and the Furious franchise. And while the previous incarnations were focused largely on the remnants of Al-Qaeda, the storylines of the new Strike Back will reflect the rise of ISIS. There are no current plans for Stapleton or Winchester to reprise their roles in guest starring stints but I hear that is a possibility.
Per THR:
Strike Back will be overseen by a familiar face: Jack Lothian, who penned a few episodes of the fourth season, will serve as head writer and showrunner. He will executive produce alongside Andy Harries, who developed the novel for television. Sharon Hughff will also exec produce alongside Michael J. Bassett, the drama’s go-to director. Bill Shephard will produce. Strike Back will continue to be produced by Left Bank Pictures.
The new incarnation will center on the Section program, disavowed and disbanded, that is restored in order to track down a notorious terrorist following a brutal prison break. Tasked with covert military intelligence and high-risk operations, the resurrected unit embarks on a lethal manhunt that will uncover a vast web of interconnected criminal activity. As the team journey across the Middle East and Europe, they uncover a deadly conspiracy which threatens to overwhelm them all and change the face of modern warfare forever.
Strike Back ended its original run July 2015 in the UK and October 2015 in the US.
Are you excited for the show’s swift return, or should Strike Back have been left to rest in peace?
Deb Tasker says
If these two aren’t in Strike Back. Stapleton or Winchester, don’t bring it back. I watch it for THEM and the action. If they aren’t in it. I WILL NOT continue to watch this show. I’ll be gone and I will not even bother.
Those two men MADE the show. It would NOT be Strike Back without them.
Mark says
Well said I double the motion.
Slogan says
Except Original Strike Back was Richard Armitage. A new cast shoudnt be a problem
Andy Berry says
Stapleton, Winchester are “Strike Back”
But, everyone knew that already
Mark says
Couldn’t agree more with you Andy there isn’t a chance in hell it could be the same show without them guys.
LESLEY says
Who knows, maybe they will manage to carry on in the Winchester/Stapleton tradition. Action, fun and good stories. Loved Warren Brown in Luther.
iwona says
Can weit from Canada. Best show. Ever
hecate says
This was amazing news until I read that both Stapleton and Winchester aren’t in the reboot. Without them, it isn’t “Strike Back” in the same way without Kiefer Sutherland, it isn’t 24, Call them what they are; new shows. I assume execs and producers want to find a way to capitalize on the strength of the brand to bring in an already built-in audience.
falstaff says
Great Show; Stapleton & Winchester would have to appear for there to be any audience. Maybe the show could start with a few episodes w/o them and then do a thread showing how they are brought back to save the team,and ,also, the show
IwantStrikeBack says
Strike Back is the best TV show in this genre I’ve seen till date. Hope they bring in the original bad boys (Scott & Stonebridge ) at-least in a few episodes. Strike Back Again …wooohoooo