The Bionic Woman..reborn

[phantomstranger]

Eick Reimagining Bionic

David Eick, executive producer of SCI FI Channel's original series Battlestar Galactica, will reinvent another 1970s SF show: The Bionic Woman, which he will executive-produce with film writer Laeta Kalogridis for SCI FI's parent TV network, NBC, Variety reported.

The original spinoff of The Six Million Dollar Man starred Lindsay Wagner as tennis-pro-turned-superwoman Jamie Sommers; it aired for two seasons on ABC before shifting to NBC in 1977 for its final year.

Eick told the trade paper that the new series will be "a complete reconceptualization of the title. We're using the title as a starting point, and that's all."

NBC Universal Television Studio will produce the new series, which has been given a script commitment by NBC.

Eick and fellow executive producer Ronald D. Moore turned SCI FI's Peabody Award-winning Battlestar into a series vastly different from its predecessor. Eick and Kalogridis are planning a similar "reimagination" of Bionic Woman: Instead of focusing on terrorism and militarism, the new Bionic will explore the role of professional women in contemporary society and how they juggle their various roles.

Kalogridis is working on a pair of projects with James Cameron, writing The Dive and co-writing Battle Angel with the helmer. On the TV front, Kalogridis created the WB series Birds of Prey.

[novakru]

Originally Posted by phantomstranger

Eick Reimagining Bionic

David Eick, executive producer of SCI FI Channel's original series Battlestar Galactica, will reinvent another 1970s SF show: The Bionic Woman, which he will executive-produce with film writer Laeta Kalogridis for SCI FI's parent TV network, NBC, Variety reported.

The original spinoff of The Six Million Dollar Man starred Lindsay Wagner as tennis-pro-turned-superwoman Jamie Sommers; it aired for two seasons on ABC before shifting to NBC in 1977 for its final year.

Eick told the trade paper that the new series will be "a complete reconceptualization of the title. We're using the title as a starting point, and that's all."

NBC Universal Television Studio will produce the new series, which has been given a script commitment by NBC.

Eick and fellow executive producer Ronald D. Moore turned SCI FI's Peabody Award-winning Battlestar into a series vastly different from its predecessor. Eick and Kalogridis are planning a similar "reimagination" of Bionic Woman: Instead of focusing on terrorism and militarism, the new Bionic will explore the role of professional women in contemporary society and how they juggle their various roles.

Kalogridis is working on a pair of projects with James Cameron, writing The Dive and co-writing Battle Angel with the helmer. On the TV front, Kalogridis created the WB series Birds of Prey.

OMG
I loved this show as a kid!
I will check it out.
Thx for the info.

[urgeok]

Originally Posted by phantomstranger

Eick told the trade paper that the new series will be "a complete reconceptualization of the title. We're using the title as a starting point, and that's all."

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given todays advances in moral standards since the 1st series was on TV, the bionic woman will be able to kill her enemies by having sex with them.

also - she'll be able to change her bust size at will.

[tic]

[QUOTE=phantomstranger;490741] ... the new Bionic will explore the role of professional women in contemporary society and how they juggle their various roles....QUOTE]


Like, "What's the going rate for a baby sitter/nanny?"

The cost of Gucci shoes in Beverly Hills.

What about Max, the Bionic Dog?

[Phalanx]

Where I'm absolutely positive the first series would have been pure gold entertainment...I didn't see it.
I'll check this on out only on account of who's involved, because the new BSG is just about the best remake of anything I've ever seen.

Machine gun jubblies?