Time to start running in slow motion and leaping across car bonnets in celebration, folks – for Shat-tastic ‘80s cop show, T.J. Hooker, is about to graduate to the big screen, and it looks like The Shat will be involved!Chuck Russell, who helmed the enormously fun likes of The Blob, The Mask and A Nightmare On Elm Street 3, is in talks to direct the action comedy, which will focus on the relationship between the eponymous no-nonsense cop, and his father.No casting has yet been announced for the movie, but if William Shatner doesn’t wind up playing Hooker’s dad, then it'll be more disappointing than Adrian Zmed’s career. And should The Shat wind up on board, hopefully it’ll make up for the disappointment of not appearing in the Star Trek reboot.A quick recap for those to whom Hooker means a trip to King’s Cross...
- 7/6/2009
- EmpireOnline
Nothing William Shatner has ever done is safe. First they replaced him as Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek, and now Hollywood is on the lookout for some stud to take over as T.J. Hooker. Variety reports that a T.J. Hooker movie is happening as an action-comedy. I.m not sure how you make a feature out of Rescue 911, but rest assured that too will happen eventually. Chuck Russell, who helmed The Mask, is in talks to direct the film. Weirdly, word is that the story will focus on T.J. Hooker.s relationship with his father when, everybody knows the whole thing really ought to be about hood-sliding. The original television show, which ran from 1982 to 1986, starred William Shatner as the titular Hooker, a plainclothes detective who after the murder of his partner goes back the life of sirens and uniforms. Even in its first season, ...
- 7/6/2009
- cinemablend.com
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