Ralph
Hemecker, director of the upcoming TNT television movie Witchblade, told
The Continuum that he is awaiting word if Witchblade will turn into a weekly
series and that he will probably be involved if the project continues.
"It
depends on when they make the decision. I'd like to see the show continue,"
Hemecker told The Continuum. "I'd probably involved in writing and directing
and producing.
"We'd
be using elements of the comic books, as well as other stories, and we'd
probably inter-mingle the episodes. There's a lot of great ideas in the
comic book.
"There
are a lot of places we can go. The nature of the comic book itself lends
itself to an episodic mode of story-telling."
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Cow's Marc Silvestri, who is executive producer on Witchblade, agreed.
"Once
you define that universe, you can play in that universe as long as you
want," Silvestri said. "Who would have thought you could make something
interesting out of some chick that runs around stabbing vampires? And Buffy's
been around for a long time. A couple of people walking around in murky
photography looking for paranormal things? The X-Files has been around
for a while, too.
"There's
plenty of stories to tell about Sara. The great thing about the Witchblade
show is it's character driven. It's not about the effects and it's not
about spectacular action. Although that's in there, it's far more a character
piece."
Silvestri
said the network has been pleased with the movie, which serves as a pilot.
"It's
a question of if they feel it fits the network," Silvestri said. "I think
the numbers will be good enough.
"I
don't know anything about a series at this point, though. Hopefully, it
will be at TNT, but if not, it could go somewhere else. I think we have
a good enough pilot."
In directing the Witchblade movie, Hemecker said he tried to take a realistic
approach.
"One
of the challenges of adapting a comic book and one of the pitfalls a lot
of people fall into adapting a comic book: campiness," Hemecker said. "Campiness
doesn't service the story, so we tried to keep a realistic tone."
"Witchblade
is a character-driven piece with a lot of action. It's a drama."
