RENEE O'CONNOR NEWS

20 April 2018


Is It Time For A Xena Reboot?


The Thrillist Entertainment site has Xena on a list of shows that need to be revived. Yep we agree that Xena needs to be resurrected. Read the full list hereXena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001)

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In 2015, NBCUniversal announced plans to reboot Xena: Warrior Princess, the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys spinoff that thrived in syndication and inspired a million cosplay outfits and lesbian fan fiction blogs. The project fizzled in development, and we're OK with that solely because it would have meant casting someone other than Lucy Lawless as Xena. In 2015, while promoting her turn in the Evil Dead franchise revival show, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Lawless herself said she'd be interested in donning the leather mail again. With the massive success of Wonder Woman, getting Lawless back in the Thracian warrior garb along with Renee O'Connor as Gabrielle (except they'd be openly dating this time around) seems like something executive producers Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert should make a top priority. We'll give them a deadline of July 19, the first day of this year's Comic-Con. -- John Sellers