Nikita
Why bother remaking La Femme Nikita? The 1990 French action film about a criminal-turned-government assassin already has been remade as a U.S. feature film starring Bridget Fonda and as a basic cable TV series starring Peta Wilson.
"It's been ...
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Maggie Q
Maggie Q may become the first non-Caucasian Nikita.
The Asian actress is in talks to play the lead in the CW's La Femme Nikita reboot, to be called Nikita, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The role of Nikita was originally played by ...
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Amy Sherman-Palladino
Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is returning to the CW with a new pilot, The Wrap reports.
The untitled project is an hourlong family drama set on a horse farm in the Midwest or Rockies. The pilot reunites the CW with Sherman-Palladino and...
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Question: It seems like every other movie I see advertised is based on a TV show, like The Dukes of Hazzard. But what about the other way around? I know there was a series based on My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but what other TV series have been based on a movie, and were any of them good?
Answer: There have been a handful of top-notch TV shows based on movies. The flop Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) was revived as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003); Robert Altman's acerbic M*A*S*H* (1970) became the long-running M*A*S*H (1972-1983); Neil Simon
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