De Amerikaanse zender CBS zou plannen hebben om Charmed een reboot te geven. Het is nog niet duidelijk of de zender plannen heeft om een remake te maken, verder te gaan na seizoen 8 of een spin-off van de serie te maken. En of de originele castleden er weer bij zullen zijn, Alyssa en Holly laten wel geregeld weten door te zijn op de serie met zijn loyale fanbasis!

Witches are the new vampires.

Following the small screen’s witch resurgence this fall (American Horror Story: Coven, Witches of East End and The Originals all debuted to success), CBS is eyeing a reboot of the beloved WB drama Charmed, a source confirms to E! News. The power of three lives on!

As first reported by Vulture, a source tells us CBS TV Studios has a script deal with Party Five’s Chris Keyser and Sydney Sidner to conjure up a reimagining of the original series centered around three sister-witches, played by Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty (with Rose McGowan joining the cast after Doherty’s exit) who use their powers to battle the forces of evil. (Of course, it’s super early in the development process and the network has yet to make a pilot commitment, so the project could end up swept under the rug.)

But it’s not surprising that CBS would want to capitalize on TV’s hot witch trend using Aaron Spelling’s series that arguably made the successes of Lifetime’s Witches of East End, The CW’s The Originals and FX’s American Horror Story: Coven possible.

“I think really it’s due to the success of Charmed and the fact that it had so much success even after it was done, meaning that people looked for it, people searched it out and watched those episode over and over,” Milano, who currently stars on ABC’s Mistresses, told us of the recent witch resurgence. “The Charmed fans are the greatest fans on the planet and the most loyal fans on the planet. I feel like networks are trying to replicate that.”
When we chatted with Combs at a recent Pretty Little Liars event, she wasn’t ready to fully credit the WB drama, which ran for eight years, for paving the wicked way, but said, “I hope that it did. I’m not sure that it did, but I hope that we did and I’m glad that we left some sort of a legacy and I’m glad that people still remember it.”

‘Charmed’ zal een comeback maken in de vorm van een stripboek! De stripboeken zullen verder gaan waar de serie stopte in het laatste 8ste seizoen. In juni zal het eerste exemplaar verschijnen, het stripboek zal daarnaast ook geïntroduceerd worden op het San Diego Comic-Con International in Juli 2010. Ik ben benieuwd of de stripboeken ook in Nederland/België te koop zullen zijn en ook vertaald zullen worden naar het Nederlands.

The Power of Three is making a comeback.

Zenescope Entertainment revealed this week that they’ve obtained the comic book rights for “Charmed,” a supernatural-themed TV series that aired on the WB Network for eight seasons. Created in 1998 by Constance M. Burge, the series followed three sisters — Piper (Holly Marie Combs), Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) and Paige (Rose McGowan) — who were descended from a long line of good witches and tasked to face the forces of evil.

Zenescope’s “Charmed” comic book series will pick up with an original story that takes place after the series’ eighth season. Paul Ruditis and Raven Gregory (“The Gift”) are co-writing the title with artist Dave Hoover (“Captain America”). Ruditis has written several books based on TV series — including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Roswell” — in addition to two “Charmed” novels.

“The key to this series success is to strike a nice balance in creating a brand new, intriguing storyline for fans of the television show while also not alienating Zenescope and comic book readers who haven’t really followed it before but might want to now that it’s a comic,” said Zenescope Editor-in-Chief Ralph Tedesco.

“The great thing is that Paul and Raven have done just that with this story arc,” continued Tedesco. “Anybody will be able to pick up this series and follow it whether or not they ever watched the show before. Moreover, fans of the show are going to be thrilled when they see where this story goes.”

Given the newfound freedoms of the comic book medium, it may even be possible for characters like Prue (one of the original Halliwell sisters portrayed by Shannen Doherty) and Cole Turner (Julian McMahon) to return in some form. Both characters were written out of the “Charmed” TV series when their respective actors left the show.

“Charmed # 0” will be released in June and the first issue will debut at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July.