Jason O'Mara ("Band of Brothers") has been tapped by David E. Kelley to star in the ABC adaptation of Brit hit "Life on Mars." O'Mara will play Sam Tyler, a detective who is suddenly transported to the 1970s -- where he encounters a serial killer who may have something to do with the present-day abduction of his girlfriend. "This is a complicated character with many colors," said Kelley, whose David E. Kelley Prods. is behind the pilot along with 20th Century Fox TV. "After an exhaustive search, we're thrilled to have cast Jason O'Mara. He is a tremendous talent." O'Mara, who has a talent deal at the Alphabet, most recently starred as Philip Marlowe in the ABC pilot "Marlowe." The project wasn't picked up to series, but the thesp impressed the net. O'Mara will star opposite Rachelle Lefevre, who has already been cast as the female lead. "When I read the script, the bad news was that in order for the project to work, we needed an actor who could play confident yet lost, forceful yet frightened, withdrawn yet available, and uncompromising yet funny," said Thomas Schlamme, who's directing the pilot. "The good news is we got Jason O'Mara." "Life on Mars" will start production on Aug. 14 and will be ready for midseason consideration. Kelley wrote the pilot script; he's also exec producing with Schlamme, Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone. O'Mara's other credits include "Men in Trees," "In Justice," "The Closer," "Criminal Minds" and "CSI: Miami."
美版火星生活的主创者是David E. Kelley（"Boston Legal"）。拍摄已于8月14号开始，计划mid-season在ABC播出。在经过“一番令人疲惫的寻找”以后，男主角Sam Tyler已经确定由爱尔兰演员Jason O'Mara扮演。Gene Hunt则由另一位爱尔兰演员Colm Meaney扮演。O'Mara曾经为ABC拍摄过Marlowe（硬汉派侦探小说家钱德勒笔下的私家侦探Marlowe）的首集。Meaney曾经主演过Star Trek: Deep Space 9，并且在爱尔兰电影Intermission等影片中扮演过警长。女主角Annie Cartwright由制服女警改为正式的探员，由Rachelle Lefevre扮演，她是几个主演中最早确定下来的人选。Sam在2006年的女友Maya由印度裔改为华裔。首集由Thomas Schlamme执导，剧本由Kelley执笔，首集的主要情节保持英版原状不变。Schlamme说，“我读剧本的时候，觉得坏消息是主角必须能同时演出自信和迷茫，强硬和惊恐，孤僻和亲善，永不妥协却又不乏喜剧色彩，好消息是我们有了Jason O'Mara”。
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967891.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
对美版很好奇，比不得一潭死水的英国，70年代初的美国可是风起云涌啊。呃，祝愿他们不会很快被砍？
美版的两个男主演年纪差了有二十岁，而原来John Simm和Philip Glenister不过相差六七岁，这次真正是两代人了。选择了两个爱尔兰出生的演员，大概是想多少保留一点英伦味道？Annie在美版里从原来甜美又无威胁性的邻家女孩变成了妖娆美女，这一点倒是丝毫不令人意外。
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