quote: Australian model Travis Fimmel will play the title role in The WB's drama pilot Tarzan, a contemporary update of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Warner Brothers Television and Laura Ziskin will produce the series, which will also star newcomer Sarah Wayne Callies as Jane.
The series focuses on Tarzan as a young man as he is brought from the jungle to his childhood home, New York, by his uncle, the head of Greystoke Enterprises. In this version, Jane is a fiery police detective, the trade paper reported.
Eric Kripke wrote the script for the pilot. Ziskin and Kripke are executive producing with David Gerber and the pilot's director, David Nutter (The X-Files).
