Producers NBC and NBCUniversal International are currently searching for a writer to board the reboot, which hails from original executive producers Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi.
Twenty years after it first premiered as a
Hercules spinoff,
Xena: Warrior Princess could be returning to television.
Sources tell
The Hollywood Reporter that NBC and NBC Universal International are prepping a reboot of the beloved
Lucy Lawless action-adventure drama. The drama is in the extremely early development stages and a search for a writer is currently underway. Original executive producers
Rob Tapert and
Sam Raimi are also involved in the project, which is considered to be a "modern reboot." It's unclear what, if any, role original star Lawless would have, though sources tell
THR that insiders would like the original star to have both a role onscreen and behind the scenes. The drama is eyed for 2016. It's too early to know if
Xena 2.0 would be a limited 13-episode run similar to Fox's revived
24 or a more standard full-season order. Insiders say the hope is for the new
Xena to be an ongoing (read: renewable) series.
Sources say the new
Xena would have to have the charisma and charm of Lawless and the smarts of
The Hunger Games' Katniss as producers are said to be looking for a sophisticated and smart superhero for a new generation
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