Legendary Entertainment is closing a deal to develop Tencent Comics’ popular webcomic “I’m a Killer Maid” into a TV series aimed at the global market – a rare case of a Chinese IP being developed for an audience outside its home country.
After retiring from the assassin group Mountain Sea, the lead character Bacai tries to live a normal life as a housemaid for a shy, nerdy comic book writer who rarely leaves his house – only to accidentally swap bodies with her boss.
The series will touch upon “gender identity and expression, male/female dynamics and genre deconstruction” and will treat LGBTQ themes with the greater care Western audiences expect. The comic is one of the Chinese platform’s more popular titles, with a total of 1.66 billion views worldwide so far.
Wenxin She will produce and Edward Cheng Wu will executive produce.
Source: Variety
