'Charmed belongs to us!': Holly Marie Combs hits out at CW's plan to reboot the beloved TV series without the original stars

Published: 21:59 GMT, 26 January 2018 | Updated: 15:32 GMT, 27 January 2018

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The CW announced plans to resurrect Charmed - without any of the original stars - on Thursday.

And it didn't take long to gather a backlash on social media after co-star Holly Marie Combs shared the news on Twitter the same day.

The 44-year-old, who played Piper, started off by posting a simple message saying: 'We wish them well. #Charmed.'

Not under the spell: Charmed star Holly Marie Combs, seen at an event in Hollywood in October, has hit out at The CW's plans to reboot the series about teen witches on Twitter

Original cast: Holly Marie, left, with Shannen Doherty, center, who was on the show for the first three seasons, and Alyssa Milano

When that was seen by almost 3,000 fans, many of them annoyed about the reboot, she ramped up her response.

'Here’s the thing,' she tweeted to her 907K followers, 'until you ask us to rewrite it like [original writer] Brad Kern did weekly don’t even think of capitalizing on our hard work.

'Charmed belongs to the 4 of us, our vast amount of writers, crews and predominantly the fans. FYI you will not fool them by owning a title/stamp. So bye.'

The show ran from 1998 to 2006 on The WB and starred Holly Marie, Shannen Doherty and Alyssa Milano as the witchy Halliwell sisters Piper, Prue and Phoebe.

Her POV: The 44-year-old, who played Piper on the show, gave her opinion in a tweet that got a slew of comments on Thursday, many regretting the decision not to use the original stars

They're backing their witch: These are just a few of the thousands of comments objecting to the reboot on Twitter

She's not buying it: The 44-year-old was scathing of CW's new 'feminist' storyline as the original featured strong women, tweeting, 'Guess we forgot to do that first time'

Rose McGowen joined the clan as Paige after Prue's death at the end of season 3.

CW described its new show as a 'fierce, funny, feminist reboot of the original series that centers on three sisters in a college town who discover they are witches.

'Between vanquishing supernatural demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch’s work is never done.'

That certainly didn't go down well with the Pretty Little Liars star who tweeted on Friday: 'Guess we forgot to do that the first go around. Hmph.'