'Witchblade' Reboot In Development For NBC Network

The NBC network is teaming up with CSI grad Carol Mendelsohn and The Vampire Diaries showrunner Caroline Dries to adapt Marc Silvestri's Top Cow comic Witchblade. The drama has landed at NBC with a script commitment.

The drama series centers on homicide detective Sara Pezzini, on the hunt for an elusive serial killer, who must navigate the grisly streets and police politics of San Francisco’s Mission District — until one day the bracelet she has worn her entire life gives her supernatural insight into a crime she’s trying to solve. Her bracelet is the Witchblade, an amulet that has been worn by remarkable women throughout history, and Sara is next in line.

Caroline Dries will pen the script and executive produce with Brian Young, Sony TV-based Mendelsohn and her Carol Mendelsohn Productions topper Julie Weitz. Top Cow founder/owner Silvestri, Matt Hawkins and Circle of Confusion's Rick Jacobs and Dave Alpert (The Walking Dead) will also executive produce.

The Witchblade comic series was published from 1995-2001 by Image Comics imprint Top Cow. The TV series was adapted by TNT, which aired the Yancy Butler starrer for two seasons in 2001-02.

Source: THR