Netflix has acquired the film rights to the upcoming T.J. Hooker remake of the classic ’80s police drama series, which was led by Star Trek vet William Shatner. The original featured Shatner as a veteran police sergeant who decided to demote himself from being a detective to a uniformed patrolman after his partner was killed

An action-comedy film adaptation of the 1980s police procedural series “T. J. Hooker” is in the works at Netflix after the streamer landed rights to the property. The original series starred William Shatner in his first major television role since the cancellation of the original “Star Trek” more than 10 years earlier (though by the

William Shatner's 1980s police drama series is being developed into a reboot movie by Netflix, with the writing team behind a Jim Carrey film.