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Earthworm Jim is set to

return in a new TV series
Original creator TenNapel is not involved in any way.
S. Dent | 11.19.21
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Entertainment.
Interplay holds
the rights to
Earthworm Jim
games and
recently
announced it was
bringing the
franchise back as
an Intellivision
Amico exclusive. 

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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

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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

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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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