Fans of the highly successful "Taken" franchise will be delighted to find out that it will be expanding to the small screen for a straight-to-series order at NBC.

The show, like the films, will be produced by Luc Besson and will serve as a prequel series to the man with a particular set of skills, a.k.a. Bryan Mills.

As the show will be focusing on a younger version of the titular protagonist, star Liam Neeson will not be back to reprise his role. Lead actors have yet to be announced as the studio is still in search for a showrunner.

Deadline reports that the series will depict a Bryan Mills that is unmarried and has no kids. It also plans to detail how the character came about his "particular set of skills," likely working as a U.S. secret agent. Instead of being chronologically accurate, the "Taken" prequel will be set in modern day instead of decades in the past.

The logline of the series quotes one of Neeson's most famous lines from the first iteration, "What I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career; Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."

While the "Taken" franchise can be attributed to Neeson's rise to becoming an A-list action star of this generation, he's now looking forward to departing from the series and the action genre as a whole.

"Maybe two more years. If God spares me and I'm healthy," he told MTV. "But after that, I'll stop [the action] I think."

The three films in the franchise together have grossed next to $900 million worldwide which gives hope for the success of the upcoming series.

The "Taken" prequel hasn't yet been set for a premiere date.