TORONTO -- William Shatner's Canadian science-fiction franchise 鈥淭ekWar鈥� is being redeveloped for television as an animated series for adults.
Los Angeles-based Pure Imagination Studios says it has struck a deal with the 鈥淪tar Trek鈥� actor's company Shatner Universe to resurrect the 1990s franchise, which started as a book series before it was spun off into TV movies, a series, comic books and a video game.
The storyline is set in 2043 and follows an L.A. detective who's framed as a dealer of an addictive mind-altering drug that's administered in the form of a bio-digital microchip.
Producers say the series is being envisioned as a 鈥渕ixed-reality鈥� program where viewers can watch the standalone show or participate in a 鈥渞eal-time multiverse鈥� that incorporates other layers of the storyline on mobile, tablets and wearable devices.
Matt Michnovetz, who's worked as a writer on 鈥�24鈥� and various 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� animated programs, will develop and write 鈥淭ekWar.鈥�
The original 鈥淭ekWar鈥� TV series filmed in Toronto and aired on CTV in Canada from 1994 to 1996.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 28, 2021.
