In 2003, Eric Kripke was eager to get a project into production, years before Supernatural would make his name a household one. His pitch for a modernized Tarzan — reimagining Jane as a New York police detective and placing Tarzan on the run from a sinister uncle — was enough to secure a green light….
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Tarzan: Wages of Sin (2003) – Review
In the previous episode, Detective Jane Porter’s (Sarah Wayne Callies) insanely jealous boyfriend, Detective Michael Foster (Johnny Messner), tried to kill Tarzan (Travis Fimmel), but instead he ended up taking a high dive off a ten-story building. Jane took Tarzan to his Aunt Kathleen (Lucy Lawless) to keep him safe from his Uncle Richard (Mitch…
Tarzan: Secrets and Lies (2003) – Review
In the pilot episode, we saw Detective Jane Porter (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Tarzan (Travis Fimmel) teaming up to fight the Inferno Killer, and in the ensuing fight and explosion, the serial killer was blown up, and poor Tarzan was assumed dead as well. For some reason, this led Jane’s boyfriend, Detective Michael Foster (Johnny…
Tarzan: The Pilot (2003) – Review
In the past one hundred years, there have been many versions of Tarzan – from the big screen to the small one – but in 2003 the WB Network decided to update the Tarzan story to a modern setting, with a whole new origin story, and with the added twist of making it part police…