A female-led reboot of the 1970s TV series Kung Fu is moving forward at Fox with Arrow's Greg Berlanti on board as executive producer.
According to Deadline, the television reboot, written by Arrow executive producer Wendy Mericle, has received a put pilot commitment. In addition to Mericle and Berlanti, Sarah Schechter is on board to executive produce for Warner Bros. and Berlanti Productions.
The new series will serve as a sequel to the original show, which was set in the 1880s and told the story of a Shaolin monk named Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine), who travels the American Old West in search of his search of his half-brother. Fox's Kung Fu reboot will center around a Buddhist monk named Lucy Chang, who's skilled in kung fu and travels 1950s America in search of the man who stole her child.
Mericle has a longstanding working relationship with Berlanti. Before becoming an executive producer on Arrow, she served as a writer on Berlanti's series Everwood, and worked with him on Jack & Bobby and Eli Stone.
In addition to serving as executive producer on several DC shows on The CW, including the upcoming Black Lightning, he's also behind the new Riverdale series, which returns for a second season next month.
Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @alexcosborn.
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