Wriggling back onto consoles
Interplay and Earthworm Jim creator, Douglas TenNapel has signed a deal to relaunch the career of the spineless superhero with a new animation series, a feature film and a video game!Press release
TenNapel created the original Earthworm Jim character, which Interplay developed into a video game with Shiny Studios for the Sega Genesis console in 1994. The game became an immediate hit, and later spawned sequels on various computer and video game platforms, including Earthworm Jim 2, Earthworm Jim 3D, and Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy.
The iconic character became a virtual hero whose popularity took him far beyond video games into TV and toys. An animated Earthworm Jim television series, produced by TenNapel, aired for two seasons from 1995 to 1996, on The Kids WB! with Dan Castellaneta of "The Simpsons" providing the voice for the title character.
TenNapel will serve as a creative consultant on Earthworm Jim 4. The finer details of the video game are yet to be announced.
