Nikita is a remake of "La Femme Nikita". The French film "Nikita," about a young criminal who's trained to be an assassin by a top-secret government organization, was originally made by Luc Besson in 1990, then was remade in 1993 as a U.S. film starring Bridget Fonda called "Point of No Return." The story was then launched as a TV series in 1997 on USA Network. "Nikita" will give The CW its first non-supernatural action-drama. In this version, Nikita goes rogue and a new assassin is trained to replace her. McG ("Terminator: Salvation," "Human Target") will executive produce the "Nikita" remake, along with Peter Johnson and Craig Silverstein (episodes of "Bones," "K-Ville"), who will write and exec produce. The show is from Warner Bros. and Wonderland Prods. The storyline has always followed the very beautiful Nikita who is supposedly a cop-killer and sent to jail, only to awaken to find out the world believes Nikita to be dead and she now belongs to a ruthless top-secret government organization where she is trained to be a top-rate assassin. In all version's of the Nikita there is a trainer, a very handsome and excelled trainer, that falls for the lovely Nikita and her spirit and ends up helping to protect her through the horrors of her new world. Particularly in the TV series La Femme Nikita the relationship that emerges between Nikita and her trainer Michael became the focus of the final seasons. It has been announced that Maggie Q. will be brought into Nikita to play the character to replace Nikita who has gone rouge from the organization. It was also recently announced that Shane West will play the Agent in charge of the mission to locate the rogue Nikita. http://www.cwtv.com/shows/nikita
