May 24, 2010 17:09
"Nikita" will follow in the basic footsteps of it's predecessors that it is based on, but there is an interesting twist. The original French film "Nikita" was made by Luc Besson and released in 1990. Then that film was re-made in Hollywood and in 1993 came "Point of No Return" where Nikita was played by Bridget Fonda. The TV series "La Femme Nikita" was launched in 1997 and it was based off both of the films.
The storyline has always followed the very beautiful Nikita who is supposedly a cop-killer and sent to jail, only to awaken to find out the world believes Nikita to be dead and she now belongs to a ruthless top-secret government organization where she is trained to be a top-rate assassin.
In all version's of the Nikita there is a trainer, a very handsome and excelled trainer, that falls for the lovely Nikita and her spirit and ends up helping to protect her through the horrors of her new world. Particularly in the TV series La Femme Nikita the relationship that emerges between Nikita and her trainer Michael became the focus of the final seasons.
It has been announced that Maggie Q. will be brought into Nikita to play the character to replace Nikita who has gone rouge from the organization. It was also recently announced that Shane West will play the Agent in charge of the mission to locate the rogue Nikita.
I'm not sure what think about this. I loved both films and the tv series. And while I miss Nikita, Micheal and even sweet Birkoff, remakes sometimes are made of so much ugly that I feel like clawing my eyes out......
On the other hand, we'd have new episodes and a new plot. That would be good!
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