Earthworm Jim is set to return in a new TV series
The cult classic ’90s game Earthworm Jim is coming back to TV as a new series, according to Variety and a tweet from Interplay Entertainment. Interplay holds the rights to Earthworm Jim games and recently announced it was bringing the franchise back as an Intellivision Amico exclusive.
The project will be headed be Interplay’s newly formed TV and film studio division, working with the animation studio Passion Pictures. “There’s so much potential in this story universe: a galaxy full of animals battling for power,” project lead Michel K. Parandi told Variety. “Jim is an earthworm in a universe where Earth is nothing more than a myth. His struggle to find meaning is surreal and comical, but it’s also relatable.”
The first Earthworm Jim game came out on Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo in 1994, with the last released in 1999. There’s still no word on when the new game will arrive. There was also a Warner Bros. cartoon series based on the game that ran for two season in 1995, with the lead character played by none other than Dan Castellaneta, best known as the voice of Homer Simpson.
In a follow-up tweet, Interplay said that the original creator of the game, presumably Doug TenNapel, “is not involved at all.” TenNapel was originally brought in as a creative consultant on the game, but his participation was called into question after he made a number of racist and homophobic comments on a podcast.
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