The Canadian cross-media studio will develop the new series WILD FRONTIER in conjunction with the turn-based video game currently in production.
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REX LINWOOD will take flight on TV in Wild Frontier, a new sci-fi action-comedy series in development at Titan1Studios. The freighter pilot turned Space Marshal, who originated in Titan1Studios’ comic series ZOMBEN, before being spun off to his own turned-based action game, will soon look to conquer a new medium.
Famed Canadian-American Showrunner Jon Cooksey (KILLJOYS, THE COLLECTOR) will Write and Executive Produce the TV series, which follows our beloved hero on a brand new quest, as the pursuit of his long lost love LAKSHMI extends from PC and Consoles to the small screen.
A space cowboy at heart, Linwood has found himself making the wrong decision at the right time, over and over again, like when he was 13-years-old and accidentally created a whole different Y2K than the one we experienced. One where a huge wormhole caused the destruction of Earth. Now, in this version of 2023, Rex traverses the galaxy as a space freighter pilot alongside his only friend, a hunk-of-junk robot named PADRE. But all that’s about to change when the girl he loved and lost in Junior High comes back into his life and throws him headfirst into the intergalactic Wild West where he’ll become a Space Marshal.
Titan1Studios Founder and CEO Rathan Moorthy and VP Content Wes Ambrecht will Executive Produce alongside Cooksey.
“Rex is one of my favorite characters from the entirety of Titan1Studios’ back catalogue,” said Ambrecht. “A loveable loser turned surprise space marshal, he represents the underdog in all of us. I can’t wait to see his adventures on TV where I’m sure he’ll have an entirely new audience shaking their heads, rolling with laughter and swooning in equal measure.”
Cooksey’s fascination is with the relationship at the center of the story. “Rex is a romantic, but he doesn’t have a clue about what it’s like to be in a real relationship. Then he falls in love with the most challenging woman imaginable, an outlaw who is his lost junior high love at 33 years old…but she’s only ever been 33 years old, because her timeline got ripped apart in that Y2K incident. So you have these two characters who both have to grow up in very different ways to be together. Meanwhile, her 13 year old self is dating an alien,” Cooksey laughs. “It's… complicated.”
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with someone of Jon's calibre, experience and reputation as a storyteller. His comedic sensibilities and love of genre are the perfect match to take this project forward”, said Moorthy. “Wild Frontier represents everything we love about Saturday morning serials, wrapped into a sleek contemporary take on FIREFLY meets RESIDENT ALIEN with the absurdity of a Douglas Adams novel.”
As in the video game, “Love is Roguelite,” which was awarded CMF support in 2022, and set for release on Valentine’s Day in 2024, romance, comedy and rollicking adventure will be central to WILD FRONTIER. With the series billed as a four-quadrant franchise in the mold of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY.
About TITAN1STUDIOS
Founded in 2016, TITAN1STUDIOS is an award-winning Cross-Media Content & Technology Studio specializing in Original IP. The studio embraces diversity and representation across all facets of the creative process, which is reflected in our executives, artists and technology talent.
While our stories span the far reaches of time and space, our themes often hit much closer to home with a key emphasis on family, identity, mental health, and building a better tomorrow.
Our initial wave of comics and graphic novels included the KNIGHT GUARDIANS OF RELATIVITY and the all-ages hit ZOMBEN, properties that served as a bedrock of two separate and distinct universes: the Relativity Universe and the Multipocalypse Universe. The studio has since added a third universe, the Coseema Saga, based on our popular YA novel series. All three offer unique world-building genre fair with cross-generational appeal and visually arresting artwork.
In Video Games, the studio has a variety of projects in production. Its signature project, The Events at Unity Farm, a fresh take on open-world virtual reality, with magic shooting combat, puzzle solving, exploration, and a rich narrative, is in the late stages of production with a scheduled release in October 2023 on all major VR platforms.