Editing Blake's 7 (section)

=== Television ===
During April 2000 producer Andrew Mark Sewell announced that he had bought the rights to ''Blake's 7'' from the estate of Terry Nation, and was planning to produce a [[TV movie]] set 20 years after the finale of the original series.<ref name="BBC News April 2000">
{{Cite news
| title=Blake's 7 relaunch on film
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/705922.stm
| publisher=BBC News
| date=7 April 2000
| access-date=8 November 2006
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107171201/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/705922.stm
| archive-date=7 November 2012
| url-status=dead
| df=dmy
}}</ref> During July 2003, Sewell announced that he, Paul Darrow and Simon Moorhead had formed a consortium called 'B7 Enterprises' that had acquired the rights and was planning a television [[miniseries]] budgeted at between five and six million U.S. dollars. Darrow would play Avon and the series was to be televised during early 2005, depending on "&nbsp;... many factors, not least financing".<ref name="BBC News July 2003">
{{Cite news
| title=Blake's 7 set for hi-tech return
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3102295.stm
| publisher=BBC News
| date=28 July 2003
| access-date=8 November 2006
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415183755/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3102295.stm
| archive-date=15 April 2012
| url-status=dead
| df=dmy
}}</ref> Paul Darrow subsequently left the project during December 2003, citing "artistic differences".<ref>
{{Cite web
| url = http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/news/PaulDar1.html
| title = Statement by Paul Darrow with regard to the proposed Movie
| access-date =8 November 2006
| date = 9 October 2003
| work = Hermit.org&nbsp;— Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 Pages
}}</ref>

B7 Enterprises announced on 31 October 2005 that it had appointed Drew Kaza as non-executive chairman, and that it was working on two ''Blake's 7'' projects. ''Blake's 7: Legacy'' was to be a two-part, three-hour mini-series, which would be written by [[Ben Aaronovitch]] and D. Dominic Devine. ''Blake's 7: The Animated Adventures'' was to be a 26-part children's animated adventure series written by Aaronovitch, [[Andrew Cartmel]], [[Marc Platt (writer)|Marc Platt]] and [[James Swallow]].<ref>{{Cite web
| url = http://www.blakes-7.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3256&view=next&sid=82f33910b55c3a229b42b3e35ed363fc
| title = B7 Productions Press Release&nbsp;— Appointment of Drew Kaza
| access-date = 8 November 2006
| date = 31 October 2005
| work = Louise and Simon's Blake's 7 Fan Site
| archive-date = 15 January 2008
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080115182218/http://www.blakes-7.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3256&view=next&sid=82f33910b55c3a229b42b3e35ed363fc
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
In an interview with ''Doctor Who Magazine'', writer and producer [[Matthew Graham]] said that he had been involved in discussions to revive ''Blake's 7''. Graham's concept was that a group of young rebels would rescue Avon, who had been kept [[cryogenically frozen]] by Servalan, and then roam the galaxy in a new ship named ''Liberator''.<ref>
{{Cite journal
| last = Darlington
| first = David
| date = 21 June 2006
| title = Script Doctors: Matthew Graham
| journal = Doctor Who Magazine
| issue = 370
| page = 46
| issn = 0957-9818
}}
</ref>

On 24 April 2008, television station [[Sky1]] announced that it had commissioned two 60-minute scripts for a potential series, working alongside B7 Productions.<ref name="BBC News 24th April 2008">{{Cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7364663.stm
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828232931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7364663.stm
| archive-date=28 August 2012
| title=Blake's 7 poised for Sky comeback
| publisher=BBC News
| date=24 April 2008
| access-date=24 April 2008
| url-status=dead
| df=dmy
}}</ref> On 4 August 2010, the station said it had decided not to commission the series. B7 Productions said the decision was "&nbsp;... obviously disappointing", but that the development process has resulted in the "&nbsp;... dynamic reinvention of this branded series". It said it was confident it would find another partner to develop a new version of ''Blake's 7'' for television.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Matthew Hemley | url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/29175/sky-1-drops-blakes-7-revival | title=Sky 1 drops Blake's 7 revival |work=The Stage |publisher=The Stage Newspaper Limited |date=4 August 2010 | access-date=15 December 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611141902/http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/29175/sky-1-drops-blakes-7-revival |archive-date=11 June 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

During July 2012, ''[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]'' reported that a remake for US television networks was being developed by the independent studio Georgeville Television.<ref name="Deadline1">{{Cite web| title = Martin Campbell And Georgeville TV Shop Reboot Of Cult U.K. Sci-Fi Series 'Blake's 7′ | url = https://deadline.com/2012/07/martin-campbell-and-georgeville-tv-shop-reboot-of-cult-u-k-sci-fi-series-blakes-7-305552/ | date= 23 July 2012 | access-date =29 July 2012 | author = Nellie Andreeva | work = [[Deadline Hollywood]]| publisher = [[PMC (company)|PMC]] }}</ref> The [[Syfy]] network announced on 22 August that [[Joe Pokaski]] would develop the script and [[Martin Campbell]] would direct the new remake.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/22/syfy-to-develop-cult-adventure-classic-blakes-7-casino-royales-martin-campbell-to-direct-heroes-joe-polaski-to-write-pilot/145935/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824011113/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/22/syfy-to-develop-cult-adventure-classic-blakes-7-casino-royales-martin-campbell-to-direct-heroes-joe-polaski-to-write-pilot/145935/|url-status=dead |archive-date=24 August 2012 |title=Syfy to Develop Cult Adventure Classic 'Blake's 7'; 'Casino Royale's' Martin Campbell to Direct, 'Heroes' Joe Pokaski to Write Pilot |last=Bibel |first=Sara |date=22 August 2012 |work=[[TV by the Numbers]] |access-date=22 August 2012}}</ref>

On 9 April 2013, the BBC reported that a new series of ''Blake's 7'' would be broadcast by [[SyFy]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{Cite web |title=Blake's 7: Classic BBC sci-fi to return on Syfy channel |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22079232 |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=9 April 2013 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> Other media reported that a full-series order of thirteen episodes had been placed.<ref name="Den Of Geek">{{Cite web |title=Blake's 7 reboot goes to full series order |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/blakes-7/25155/blakes-7-reboot-goes-to-full-series-order |date=9 April 2013 |access-date=9 April 2013 |author=Louisa Mellor |publisher=[[Dennis Publishing|denofgeek.com]]}}</ref> Again, however, no new series materialised.