Xena Reboot In The Works At NBC: Who Should Play The New Warrior Princess?

By Andy Swift
Xena Reboot

Sharpen those chakrams, Xena fans, because the Warrior Princess is poised for a major comeback.

NBC and NBC Universal, along with original Xena executive producers Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi, are looking to revive the action-adventure icon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The search is currently underway for a writer to pen a "modern reboot" of the series, which ran in syndication from 1995 to 2001.

Though original star Lucy Lawless has yet to attach herself to the project — which is still in the extremely early stages of development — producers reportedly want her involved both behind the scenes and in front of the camera.

xena-gabrielle"I've been pitching [a two-hour movie], actually," Lawless told reporters at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this month. "The fans really do want that, and I've met some people who've crowdfunded some things, and I'm just like, 'Why don't we just do that?' ... It's still about who owns the rights to Xena. But it would still be cool to do it again with Renée [O'Connor], me, Ted [Raimi] and Bruce. It'd be a fun little gig, but what that is, I don't really know."

Along with this news comes a slew of important questions avid Xena fans will need answered: What role could Lawless have on camera, considering her character sacrificed her life in the series finale? Who would play the "new" warrior princess? And what exactly is a "modern reboot," anyway?

Then again, it might not be worth getting your hopes up. Here's what Lawless tweeted shortly after this news broke:

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