Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)
Bionic Woman is an American television series. It was broadcast on the NBC television network in 2007, for the first time in Germany she ran from March 3 to April 21, 2010 on RTL 2 Bionic Woman is a remake of the television series The Seven Million Dollar Woman ( 1976-78 ) and is based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin.
Action
Since the death of her mother bartender Jaime Sommers cares more bad than good to her younger sister Becca. When she is with her boyfriend, Will Anthros in his car, it is almost killed. Badly injured, Will brings her into his secret lab and rescues her with the help of bionics life. She gets bionic prostheses, which make them stronger and faster. Be exchanged her right arm, both legs, the right eye and ear. Nanotechnical Anthrocyten accelerate their healing process. However, this new technology also brings negative consequences with it: shortly after her recovery is killed by Will Sarah Corvus, the first " Bionic Woman ". Jaime Summers works from now on for the secret government organization " Berkut Group," which provided the technology available. This organization cares about counter-terrorism and experimented with the not quite mature technology. Jaime Summers distrusts her clients and her boss Jonas Bledsoe, but she has no choice but to work for the organization. She tries to keep her secret identity from her sister's secret. Sarah Corvus, which was almost mad by bionics, longs during which a cure, but fights with all means against the Berkut Group and Jaime tries to win as allies.
Background information
Plans for a remake of the offshoot of The Six Million Dollar Man existed by 2002. Sisters Jennifer Todd and Suzanne Todd ( producers of, among others, Austin Powers and Across the Universe ) first tried the series on USA Network to bring out and Jennifer Aniston for the leading role to win. The project fell asleep, however, until 2006, the NBC series announced. David Eick has been committed as a new producer and Laeta Kalogridis ( Birds of Prey ) wrote the script of the first episodes. However, since only the rights of the original series, the seven- million-dollar woman purchased the rights to the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, and the series included The Six Million Dollar Man but other parties had omitted important elements of the template. Only the name of the main character and the " bionic powers" could be taken over from the original.
The production then was delayed by a major strike by the Writers Guild of America, East. The wacky eight episodes were broadcast. Although NBC initially announced to produce more episodes, the series was canceled after the first season due to poor rates.