In 2003 Eric Kripke was hungry to get anything into production – his hit show Supernatural was still on the horizon – so when his pitch for an updated Tarzan series – with Jane as a police detective and Tarzan on the run from an evil uncle – he was at first happy that it…
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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 store building. Jane took Tarzan to his Aunt Kathleen (Lucy Lawless) to keep him safe from his Uncle Richard…
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 blew up, and poor Tarzan was assumed dead as well. For some reason this led Jane’s boyfriend, Detective Michael Foster (Johnny Messner),…
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…