The CW is looking to reignite the "Power of Three" with a reboot of the late ’90s/early 2000s witchcraft series Charmed.
Multiple sources, including Variety, report that The CW has ordered a pilot episode for a potential new Charmed series with the following description:
"This fierce, funny, feminist reboot of the original series centers on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches. Between vanquishing supernatural demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done."
Originally planned as a 1970s-set story, the reboot would take place in the modern day and is based on a story by Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Urman, with Jane the Virgin writers Jessica O’Toole and Amy Rardin penning the script and executive producing alongside Urman.
As previously reported, Brad Silberling will direct the pilot episode and also executive produce the project with Ben Silverman and CBS Television Studios.
Created by Constance M. Burge, the original Charmed series aired from 1998–2006 on The WB and starred Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, and Alyssa Milano as the Halliwell sisters and Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews, witches who use their powers to keep the world safe from the forces of evil.
The Charmed reboot has yet to receive a series order, so there's no guarantee that it will live on beyond the pilot. Either way, we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed. Would you like to see a Charmed reboot?
Variety also reports that The CW has ordered a pilot episode for the potential crime-solving series Dead Inside, a show about "an underachieving beat cop who, after surviving an explosion that killed her hotshot detective big brother, starts seeing his ghost, flipping their sibling dynamic on its head and allowing her to truly live her life for the first time."
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