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‘T.J. Hooker’ to patrol silver screen
6-Jul-2009
Written by: Sari N. Kent
“T.J. Hooker,” the police drama that began on ABC but ended on CBS and starred William Shatner and Heather Locklear, is traversing its way onto the silver screen as an action comedy.
The police drama, “T.J. Hooker,” will be making its way onto the big screen as an action comedy with series creator Rick Husky among the film’s producers.
According to an article on Variety.com, “Chuck Russell (‘The Scorpion King,’ ‘The Mask’) is in talks to direct. The writing team of Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson will script the story, which focuses on the relationship between the title character and his father. No actors have been cast yet for the feature.”
David Foster and Ryan Heppe will join Husky as the film’s producers.
The television series, which was produced by Aaron Spelling, debuted on ABC in 1982. The show ran for five seasons, the last being on CBS. It starred William Shatner as the tough police sergeant with co-stars Adrian Zmed, Richard Herd, James Darren and most notably Heather Locklear.
“The series was the poster child for cop TV shows in the 1980s with great stunts, so we think there's a fun movie to be made from it,” Heppe said.
Foster and Heppe are also producing a remake of the 1986 comedy, “Short Circuit,” which starred Brat Pack member Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg. Maddock and Wilson have already written the first version of that script.
Maddock and Wilson also wrote the screenplay for the 1999 silver screen remake of the CBS television show, “Wild Wild West,” which featured Will Smith and Kevin Kline. The duo also were the writers behind the 1990 horror comedy, “Tremors,” which starred Kevin Bacon as well as its subsequent straight-to-video sequels such as 1996’s “Tremors II: Aftershocks,” 2001’s “Tremors 3: Back to Perfection” and 2004’s “Tremors 4: The Legend Begins.”
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