Sky One are about to air this new series on Wednesday at 8:00pm. I'm really looking forward to it. The adverts look really great...it's a shame that its already been cancelled.
Here's an article about the show from TV & Satellite Week:
The Jungle Look
There was a time when Tarzan swung from tree to tree in the African jungle. Not any more though. In Sky One's latest US import, Tarzan leaps from building to building in the bustling metropolis of New York.
Tarzan's creator Edgar Rice Burroughs will no doubt be turning in his grave, but the show's makers maintain that the tale was in need of a make-over. And so, after been raised by apes, Tarzan (played by Australian model Travis Fimmel in his acting debut) is forcibly brought to New York by his wicked uncle Richard Clayton (Mitch Pileggi). Although kept caged, the athletic, fleet footed hero manages to escape and is befriended by NYPD detective Jane (Sarah Wayne Callies) and a will they/won't they relationship unfolds as Tarzan gets caught up in adventures in the concrete jungle.
There will be no yodeling or loincloth for this 21st-Century Tarzan, but the barefooted Ape Man is still a product of his upbringing, says the shows co-executive producer Eric Kripke. 'He has to remain dangerous and capable of savagery,' he says. 'We can't have him be James Bond in a tux.'
This is the summary for the first episode:
NYPD detective Jane Porter's life is turned upside down when a routine case leads her to Tarzan, now living in the urban jungle of New York.
Here's an article about the show from TV & Satellite Week:
The Jungle Look
There was a time when Tarzan swung from tree to tree in the African jungle. Not any more though. In Sky One's latest US import, Tarzan leaps from building to building in the bustling metropolis of New York.
Tarzan's creator Edgar Rice Burroughs will no doubt be turning in his grave, but the show's makers maintain that the tale was in need of a make-over. And so, after been raised by apes, Tarzan (played by Australian model Travis Fimmel in his acting debut) is forcibly brought to New York by his wicked uncle Richard Clayton (Mitch Pileggi). Although kept caged, the athletic, fleet footed hero manages to escape and is befriended by NYPD detective Jane (Sarah Wayne Callies) and a will they/won't they relationship unfolds as Tarzan gets caught up in adventures in the concrete jungle.
There will be no yodeling or loincloth for this 21st-Century Tarzan, but the barefooted Ape Man is still a product of his upbringing, says the shows co-executive producer Eric Kripke. 'He has to remain dangerous and capable of savagery,' he says. 'We can't have him be James Bond in a tux.'
This is the summary for the first episode:
NYPD detective Jane Porter's life is turned upside down when a routine case leads her to Tarzan, now living in the urban jungle of New York.
