Number Nine Becomes Number Six?

This strikes me as very, very hard to believe, but according to this article, Christopher Eccleston is going to be Number Six in the new remake of The Prisoner.

I'm very, very intrigued. I don't know if it's true -- I can certainly see him in that sort of role -- but that's why it could be nonsense. But still. Err. And I thought nothing could surprise and intrigue me more than tonight's episode of Lost....