George Christie, the disgraced Hells Angel, is alive and getting rich as a simulation of an outlaw biker in sunny Andalusia Spain.
Christie, who is now officially an actor, will star in a television show titled Marked – The Unforgiven. It is based on Christie’s novel of the same name. The series will begin production in a city named Almeria this month.
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According to a New Street Pictures press release, “The jumping off point for the show in the Pilot episode is the return home to Ventura, California of Jack Crest, a former Marine recon sniper from Afghanistan and protégé of the character, Big John, played by Christie. The Crest character links up with Big John who is a Vietnam era sniper and the two form a motorcycle club made up of only veterans which is a unique twist. The original 12 members of the club are made up of Marine Recon, Green Berets, Navy Seals and a Coast Guard captain. Their backgrounds provide a rich vein from which to mine story arcs. One of the more intriguing story arcs is the long and mysterious connection that Big John has to the Chicago Syndicate (traditional organized crime) and that the Marked-The Unforgiven MC is representing. Big John’s club is operating their gambling and loan sharking for all of Ventura county which provides a never before seen insider’s view into how these illegal activities are part of everyday life in California. As the character, Big John, tells his crew ‘there are no victims in gambling, only volunteers. They come to us to place bets and we take them. Things only get complicated when they can’t pay.’”
Four production companies, Un Nouveau Jour, Wanda-Halcyon Television International, New Street Pictures and Revere Pictures are paying for this essential new piece of television product.
We Gave George Money
According to Pat Andrew, a British television producer who previous series have included Synchronicity: The Beauty Whisperer; Operating Naked: A Black Bag Job; and the Have Gun Will Travel television show “Marked – The Unforgiven is effectively a soap opera about the life of a unique motorcycle club and the dichotomies between the members of the club and the people they deal with. Flashbacks on all the characters in Season 1 reveal that some come from typical families, some from broken homes and a lot of their personalities are shaped by their combat experience in Afghanistan and Iraq.
“The George Christie character, Big John, is not only dealing with a group of trained killers but also with a group that has issues with opiate dependency, post-traumatic stress syndrome etc. But, there is also another side to this group- they believe in brotherhood and love of their country. There is a rebel spirit that runs through the club and the character, Big John, is not only the MC President but also assumes the role of father, psychiatrist, drug rehab counsellor and hammer to keep his own guys in line while also dealing with other facets that flesh out the story. Those include their trigger-happy partner, the Chicago syndicate and their lethal leader; their nemeses, the Cartel; and the slice of Americana characters who make up the core of the gambling and loansharking clients of the club.”
“We think that the viewers are going to love the insider’s look into the daily operations of an MC and modern day organized crime and although we are dealing with very serious topics, we are also using a lot of irony and humor to walk the viewer through this visceral realist based drama.”
Where the show will eventually air and when remains a mystery. It is apparently being made on pure speculation. A better television program might be made about how Christie talked all these people into believing they might someday make their money back if they paid for this thing.
