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Bionic Woman is a re-imagining (or more likely, a reboot) of the The Bionic Woman (1976–1978), dropping the leading “The” from the title. This series stars Michelle Ryan, Katee Sackhoff, Will Yun Lee and Mae Whitman, with David Eick as producer. On May 10, 2007, NBC announced that they'd given an early pick-up to the series for their Fall 2007 schedule, along with three other drama series—two of them also sci-fi themed. The official NBC Fall 2007 schedule was released on May 14, 2007 and Bionic Woman will be on Wednesdays at 9pm (Eastern Time) starting September 26, 2007.
The original series was created by Kenneth Johnson as a spin-off of The Six Million Dollar Man, which in turn was based upon the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, who subsequently received a special credit on the original The Bionic Woman, even though the character of Jaime Sommers was not his creation. It remains to be seen if Caidin or Johnson will be credited on the new version of Bionic Woman or if any references to The Six Million Dollar Man will be made. The website for the UK newspaper Daily Mail published photographs from the pilot film that reveal that in addition to a bionic ear, Sommers will receive a bionic eye like that of Steve Austin, along with her bionic legs and bionic arm.
Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) will play a (possibly recurring) villain named Sarah Corvus, the “original bionic woman”. Sackhoff has compared the role to Number Six
Glen Morgan, writer and producer on The X-Files and Millennium is in talks to join the production team of Bionic Woman.
The original series was created by Kenneth Johnson as a spin-off of The Six Million Dollar Man, which in turn was based upon the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, who subsequently received a special credit on the original The Bionic Woman, even though the character of Jaime Sommers was not his creation. It remains to be seen if Caidin or Johnson will be credited on the new version of Bionic Woman or if any references to The Six Million Dollar Man will be made. The website for the UK newspaper Daily Mail published photographs from the pilot film that reveal that in addition to a bionic ear, Sommers will receive a bionic eye like that of Steve Austin, along with her bionic legs and bionic arm.
Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) will play a (possibly recurring) villain named Sarah Corvus, the “original bionic woman”. Sackhoff has compared the role to Number Six
Glen Morgan, writer and producer on The X-Files and Millennium is in talks to join the production team of Bionic Woman.
So anyone else looking forward to this? Have to say I really can't wait, such a fantastic concept and so much potential material.
Add in to that the gorgeous girl in the lead role and this has all the makings of being a hit.
It got picked up in the upfronts, and since there's no thread for it yet on here I thought I'd start one. I really think it could reach the same sort of audience Smallville, Heroes, Veronica Mars etc. have reached so hopefully you guys reading this will at least give it a chance when it's on.
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