Look for Painkiller Jane, a new TV series on the Sci Fi Channel, based on the Dark Horse comic. Twenty-two one-hour episodes have been okayed to begin in January with domestic weekly syndication in the fall. Filming begins in Vancouver next month.
Here's how the action is described: "Based on the eponymous comic book created by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada, Painkiller Jane is the story of Jane Vasko, a young researcher trying to make a difference as the world faces its greatest drug addiction epidemic. When Jane catches wind of a budding conspiracy, and a secret research program within her corporation, she turns DEA informant. Thus threatening to expose corruption within one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, Jane becomes a target. However, she is accidentally exposed to an
experimental 'cure' that renders her impervious to sickness and injury – but not pain. Unfortunately for Jane, these powers come at a price: she has less than a month left to live before the cure's unstable nature overtakes her. Jane continues to develop new abilities. After each injury, she heals stronger than she had been. But the pain remains and intensifies as she races to turn the tables on her pursuers, and save her own life."
Emmanuelle Vaugier played Painkiller Jane in the pilot movie.