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ABC Gets Their 'Christie Love': Pitch's Kylie Bunbury Cast

Less than three months after Power creator/showrunner Courtney Kemp and producers Vin Diesel, Debra Martin Chase and Shana C. Waterman's action-drama series was announced, ABC was finally able to Get Christie Love in the form of Kylie Bunbury (Fox's Pitch, upcoming film Game Night). Kemp will serve as showrunner and as executive producer alongside Chase via Martin Chase Productions, and Diesel, and Waterman via One Race Television. Lionsgate Television and Universal Television will be handling production.

Inspired by the cult 1974 "blaxploitation" television movie Get Christie Love! as well as the short-lived ABC follow-up series, here's a brief overview of planned reboot:

Get Christie Love is an action-packed, music-driven drama that centers on Christie Love, an African American female CIA agent who leads an elite ops unit. She transforms into whomever she needs to be to get the job done, especially when it's down to the wire and the stakes are life and death. The high-adrenaline missions of the series are anchored by an emotional mystery about Christie's first love — unearthing the truth about this relationship will be the biggest mission impossible of her life.

Get Christie Love is a personal passion project of Kemp's, who began working on the remake before Power was sold to Starz and is based on her love and respect for the original character's poise, strength, and femininity. In 2014, Kemp debuted as showrunner on Power; and for the next four seasons, the series would experience a steady increase in viewers and strong ratings success. Power is set to return to Starx in 2018.

ABC's 1974 Get Christie Love! starred Teresa Graves and premiered as the first hour-long drama to ever have an African American actress as its lead. Now, the pilot is being ordered by an ABC that's run by the first black woman ever appointed broadcast network president, Channing Dungey; produced by Uni TV, the first major US TV studio headed by a black woman president, Pearlena Igbokwe;  and spearheaded by Kemp, who for a time was the only black woman to serve as showrunner on a premium drama series.

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