NBC's New Martial Arts Drama, WARRIOR, Now In Development

The recent successes over the years with animated action adventure shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Attack On Titan and The Legend Of Korra are certainly lending some credence to the notion that a bit of live-action fanfare is in order, especially with everything that has been happening online with shows like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter.

Alas, NBC is currently working on trying to muscle up its own programming according to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter (via AV Club & i09).  Crossbones series co-executive producer David DiGilio will write and executive produce the series with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald for a new female-centric martial arts drama titled Warrior, and it goes a little something like this:

In a grounded, contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu, a damaged heroine works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down an international crime lord.

Not too long ago, we had shows like Buffy, Nikita, and short-lived action dramas like UPN's Freedom and Russell Wong starrers Vanishing Son and Black Sash, so it's certainly refreshing to see a new martial arts series in developement in among others, especially in an age where comic book superheroes adaptations are the in-thing. Actor/producer Daniel Wu's upcoming appearance Badlands is still on deck for AMC as well, and with any luck, popular online concepts like Epic Rival's own Clandestine will finally bear the fruits of network priority following such a long and on-going process as well.

Warrior hasn't cast anyone yet at the moment, but given the plot and the amount of screenfighting and acting talent we have seen, let's hope NBC doesn't just pick a pretty face that can "look tough" when yelling "Action!". I suppose the only question now is, who would you like to see as NBC's own new Warrior? Comment below!

H/T: Reader @Jade_Owl