A female-led reboot of the 1970s TV series Kung Fu is moving forward at Fox with Arrow's Greg Berlanti on board as executive producer.

<em>David Carradine and guest star Sondra Locke in Kung Fu</em>

According to Deadline , the television reboot, written by Arrow executive producer Wendy Mericle, has received a put pilot commitment. In addition to Mericle and Berlanti, Sarah Schechter is on board to executive produce for Warner Bros. and Berlanti Productions.The new series will serve as a sequel to the original show, which is set in the 1880s and tells the story of a Shaolin monk named Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine), who travels the American Old West in search of his half-brother. Fox's Kung Fu reboot will center around a Buddhist monk named Lucy Chang, who travels 1950s America in search of the man who stole her child.Mericle has a longstanding working relationship with Berlanti. Before becoming an executive producer on Arrow, she served as a writer on Berlanti's series Everwood, and worked with him on the drama series Jack & Bobby and the comedy Eli Stone.In addition to serving as executive producer on several DC shows on The CW, including the upcoming Black Lightning , Berlanti is also behind the new Riverdale series, which returns for a second season next month

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