STARZ Lands Sam Raimi NOIR Remake

Starz has picked up an action project from former Spidey franchise director Sam Raimi and producer/writer Rob Tapert that’s based on the Japanese anime TV series NOIR, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The premium cable network is developing NOIR, a live-action U.S. remake of a 2001 show about two female assassins working in a criminal underworld. After discovering they’re mysteriously linked, the two have to work together on missions (under the moniker of “Noir”) until they figure out why and how they are connected—or until one of them kills the other.

Steve Lightfoot (Criminal Justice and House of Saddam) is the writer and executive producer.

Raimi and Tapert will executive produce the series as well. The duo also produce Spartacus for the network, in addition to having worked on films such as Drag Me to Hell and the Evil Dead franchise.

The move is the latest in Starz’ plan to develop compelling genre shows like the upcoming Camelot, a concept that AMC just proved can bring in big cable numbers with its powerful launch of The Walking Dead.