Longtime Marvel Movies Producer Avi Arad Brings Tarzan and Jane to Netflix

06/24/2015 07:50 pm EDT

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and longtime Spider-Man movie producer Avi Arad have teamed up for Tarzan and Jane, a new, computer-animated series on Netflix.

From 41 Entertainment, Executive Producer Avi Arad (Arad Animation) and with animation from ARC Productions, Tarzan and Jane is a new kids series based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' collection of stories about his iconic characters, Tarzan and Jane. The eight-episode series will debut in the second half of 2016.

The series is a modernized take centering on a 16-year-old Tarzan who returns from the African jungle to a London boarding school, where he is a fish-out-of-water and challenges conformity. There he meets Jane, Tarzan's ultimate partner, who helps him solve environmental injustice, crimes and mysteries.

No stars or creative staff have yet been named for the project.

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