Television Series
After this film was made, an American television series was developed titled Max Headroom. It lasted fourteen episodes during the 1987 - 1988 television season. It was broadcast on ABC. For at least the first episode, some footage from the original Channel 4 movie was used, while other scenes were reshot with American actors. Jeffrey Tambor was cast as Edison's boss Murray, in the American version. Pablo Cruise guitarist Cory Lerios provided the theme.
The first six episodes (Season 1) were released on VHS and LaserDisc in Japan by RCA/Columbia Home Video Japan (now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) shortly after ABC cancelled the show. It was released on DVD by Shout! Factory on August 10, 2010, although this set does not contain the original 20 Minutes Into the Future film. According to Shout! Factory, the original film elements have been lost and only standard-definition tapes exist, so a release on Blu-ray disc or other high-definition media is unlikely.
Max Headroom was adapted and used in 1987 by the American cable channel Cinemax for their own Max Headroom Show called The Original Max Talking Headroom Show.
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