Maggie Q (“Mission: Impossible III”, “Rush Hour 2”, “Priest”) has been cast as the new “Nikita” in the CW’s new take on the original “La Femme Nikita”, the 1990 Luc Besson film.
The character was first played by Anne Parillaud in Besson’s film, and then by Bridget Fonda in the 1993 US remake, which was titled “Point Of No Return”. Peta Wilson portrayed the former street urchin-turned-government superspy in the 1997 USA Network series.
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the CW’s premise states that the story is of a new Nikita being trained to replace the original after she disappears and goes rogue.
No other casting information or pilot information has been released yet about the upcoming series.
Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on “Nikita”.
By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
