Everything old is new again in Hollywood. The CW has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the USA series, “La Femme Nikita.”
McG (“Terminator: Salvation,” “Human Target”) will executive produce the “Nikita” remake, along with Peter Johnson from Warner Bros. and Wonderland Prods.
The French film “Nikita,” about a young criminal who’s trained to be an assassin by a top-secret government organization, was originally made by Luc Besson in 1990, then was remade in 1993 as a U.S. film starring Bridget Fonda called “Point of No Return.” The story was then launched as a TV series in 1991 on USA Network.
“Nikita” will give The CW its first non-supernatural action-drama. In this version, Nikita goes rogue and a new assassin is trained to replace her.
“Nikita goes rogue and a new assassin is trained to replace her.”
So, doesn’t that mean it’s not a reboot, but rather a continuation of sorts? Or am I not understanding that sentence?
Is the replacement assassin being trained to replace Nikita, or to hunt her down to prevent her from causing her former masters more trouble?
I’m not thrilled with the idea of calling it a reboot, but at least they’re starting out with the idea of a new direction instead of a flat-out boring remake. It could still be boring, or a waste of time, but I’ll watch the first couple episodes, if it gets that far. Full disclosure: I got bored with the original series after the first season, despite having a handful of (male) friends who were huge Peta Wilson admirers… I think she was the only reason they kept watching, honestly 🙂
Yeah, Kyle. I caught that too.
We pick up the story with Nikita going rogue, so a new kid is brought in…to…continue in her place.
So, this is a reboot, how?
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Will they ever run out of shows to reboot? How about a live-action version of Supercar?
Why don’t they reboot Sesamestreet while they are at it. Or the economy. . . . .
Bored Now!
Is there any original thought left at all in Hollywood?
Also, talk about a continuity goof:
“[the film] was originally made by Luc Besson in 1990, then was remade in 1993 as a U.S. film starring Bridget Fonda called “Point of No Return.” The story was then launched as a TV series in 1991 on USA Network.”
Made 1990, then remade in 1993, then launched in 1991.
Can they now timetravel at SciFi? Or are they unable to write a coherent story?
AS Bruce Willis was noted as saying,
:Welcome to the party pal!”
I have been saying this how long now? But do you kids listen to me??? Noooooooo.
Tim
Still waiting on a reboot of Tom Slick and Super Chicken here.
Tim
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for kick-ass chicks on my flickery screen, but they’re going to have be really careful for a new Nikita to be successful. There’s a fine line between early Alias and the attempted reboot of Bionic Woman.
Please will some one reboot “ReBoot”
TV series from 1997 to 2001 not 1991
If these kids in The Industry would start reading some m*****frackin’ BOOKS instead of rehashing TV shows and movies that they saw when they were little kids, then maybe we wouldn’t be seeing a “reboot” of LFN…which I liked a lot, BTW.
What’s next? Another go at “Tank Girl”??
I loved the original La Femme Nikita when it first came out. I remember liking the Bridget Fonda version too except in Oz it was just called “The Assassin”.
“…they’re going to have be really careful for a new Nikita to be successful. There’s a fine line between early Alias and the attempted reboot of Bionic Woman…”
except that Alias is pretty well a carbon copy of the U.S. version of la femme nikita. Don’t get me wrong, i’m watching alias at the moment and really enjoying it. however it always seems to be very very very very similar to nikita
I’m was and still is a LeFemme fan. When and if they bring it back, they will probably have the same cult following. Although, Michael Samuel (Roy Dupuis) will be hard to replace.
LFN was much more of a success than the TPTB are making it sound, it had a huge cult following! I know I was there! I hope they aren’t bringing this chick in as the original Nikita… I’d rather see Peta and Roy on the show. I bet this is going to end up looking like Alias, designed to attract teenage to 39 year males and use too much special effects and violence to sell advertising time, because after all the tv market is all about this age group unfortunately. I see it as a big mistake if they don’t use the original cast of the series and make it an Alias ripoff, instead of the wonderful brain f^^k the original series was.
I would very much like them to continue the show where they left off in original series (season 5) and also, bring in the same cast if at all possible because original was the best so continued version can not be too bad; However starting off with something new would be more than likely an utter disappointment – specially to all hard-core LFN fans here… And yea, last but not the least, Michael should be back in the game who was out of section when the the original show ended! LFN can’t be the same without him; it is just as much about Michael as much it is about Nikita………. gals please vote for him 🙂
To me, Peta Wilson IS Nikita. :o) I’ve recorded a number of episodes on my SKY +HD box. I was ‘hoping’ that iTunes would have it for download, but sadly no! **Bad iTunes**
IF a remake, sorry Reboot is made… Question 1 Will Peta Wilson be in it? And Question 2 What’s the point of the program if Nikita will not be in it???
Who will replace Michael?
The original writers of LFN were the ones writing 24hs. for FOX and many of the CSI episodes. Is next to impossible to imagine anyone else except Peta Wilson being Nikita, and Roy Dupuis being Michael Samuelle.
At the end of LFN Michelle goes away with Adam (his son) and Nikita stays behind to take care of Section 1 and later become Oversight and then Control to finally replace her father Mr. Jones; so the question is why not take it from there? Michelle with a teenager son comes back to Nikita maybe out of need (because something happened to Adam) and begins working for Section 1 again.
I actually thing that the character of Michael should replace Jack Buer in 24, (they already had Erin Driscol played by Alberta Watson (Madeleine) who was also a human behaviorist and tactician for CTU who could be the sister Madelaine had who supposedly died, and Cloe O’Brian husband played by Carlo Rota (A.K.A Mick Schtoppel, Fake Mr. Jones) who could be undercover for Section 1, so why not bring Roy Dupuis aboard as Michelle Samuelle once again and replace Jack Bauer?.
Anyway, I love the idea of Nikita, but I;m not sure I like the way they’re doing it, it looks cheap, and predictable.
I’ll give it one season at most. Maggie Q has potential, but she is no Peta Wilson. They would have been better off with a different title, but instead have set a standard they cannot possibly attain.
Now is the time to bring La Femme Nikita back. Since 24 went off the air, people need Section One to allow us to escape our day to day lives! I think it would be HUGE! When La Femme Nikita went off the air in 2001, the writers left it open for a return season. A reunion with Peta Wilson and Roy Depuis would be explosive. I have never witnessed more chemistry between two actors before or since! You could mix a younger cast with Peta and Roy and continue the story where it left off almost 10 years ago. Both old viewers and new ones alike would eat it up! I pray that someone will bring the show back with the original characters! It would be awesome! BRING IT BACK!
I agree. Peta has real charisma – so does Roy, Alberta, and don’t forget Don Francks! Yo, Walter! Why not have the OG cast with a new, younger crew for those who care? BTW, speaking of reboots… I think Peta would make a GREAT Bionic Woman!