Toronto Star (04/Oct/1990) - The Birds tries to fly again

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• article: The Birds tries to fly again
• newspaper: Toronto Star (04/Oct/1990)
• keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, The Birds (1963), The Birds II: Land's End (1994), Tippi Hedren, Universal Studios

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The Birds tries to fly again

Feathers could fly when CBS attempts to follow in the legendary footsteps of Alfred Hitchcock with a TV sequel to The Birds, the director's 1963 movie thriller about a small town besieged by flocks of winged killers.

"We're very well aware of what we're taking on," says Charmaine Balian, of Universal Television, which is producing the movie, now in early pre-production.

The Birds II (working title) will feature "a whole new storyline, with new characters," Balian adds. "The only continuing characters are the birds."

Balian hopes to bring back some cast from the original, which starred Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor and Suzanne Pleshette.