Edgar Wright slams an AI remaster of Spaced that nobody asked his permission for
Edgar Wright has torn into an unauthorised AI ‘remaster’ of his beloved sci‑fi show — and he’s not exactly being diplomatic about it.
File this one under ‘blimey, that’s awkward.’ Edgar Wright is fuming about someone doing an AI-driven Blu-ray remaster of his seminal sitcom Spaced—and apparently, nobody bothered to tell him or anyone else who actually made the show. Which, if you know how much the man cares about his work, is exactly the sort of news he’d love to discover on social media.
Spaced: The Complete Series is getting an AI remaster on Blu-ray in 2026—without blessing from Edgar Wright or the original crew.
Hands off the remaster button
So here’s how it unfolded: Wright, who’s gone from cult TV darling to Hollywood mainstay over the years, responded to a fan on X in early November 2026, visibly frustrated after being tagged into the conversation about this new Spaced Blu-ray. According to him, he’s spent years trying to get a proper physical release off the ground, only to watch someone else quietly chuck an AI-upscaled version into the world—and do it all without even a courtesy call.
He spelled out how he found out about the remaster, and made it painfully clear nobody who was actually behind the sitcom had greenlit the project. Here’s what Wright posted, sounding equal parts gobsmacked and let down:
Finding out about this on [X] for the first time is disheartening. I had been pushing to do a Blu-Ray of Spaced for years, so to find out that someone just went ahead without our involvement is a bummer. Not authorized by anyone involved in making the show.
A very British sci-fi sitcom…sort of
If you somehow missed Spaced, it’s basically what would happen if you bottled up late-90s pop culture, slapstick, and nerd references, then made a sitcom for people who never fit in—the original oddball comedy for the PlayStation-addled generation. The show first hit Channel 4 in 1999, went for two series and wrapped up in 2001. Simon Pegg played comics-obsessed flat-hunter Tim Bisley, while Jessica Hynes (then still Stevenson) was the wannabe writer Daisy Steiner. The entire point: they fake being a couple to snag an affordable flat, and then get tangled up with a cast of dangerously eccentric misfits (shout out to Nick Frost as Mike, Julia Deakin as hard-drinking landlady Marsha, and Mark Heap bringing absolute lunacy as Brian).
- Julia Deakin (Marsha Klein): chain-smoking landlady
- Nick Frost (Mike Watt): Tim’s best mate with a passion for military fantasising
- Mark Heap (Brian Topp): the world’s most fragile artist
Spaced only had two series but that was enough—a goldmine for critics, it currently boasts a full 100% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer, plus a 96% audience score. It picked up a couple of BAFTA nominations for Best Situation Comedy, British Comedy Awards (including a win or two for Hynes), and even an International Emmy nod for Series 2. Which, to be honest, puts most modern comedies to shame.