William Shatner's 1980s TV police drama T.J. Hooker is to get a movie makeover.

The action series, produced by TV mogul Aaron Spelling, premiered on the small screen in 1982, with Shatner starring as the title character.

The show is now set for a modern revival - series creator Rick Husky will oversee the transition to cinemas as a producer, while The Scorpion King director Chuck Russell is in talks to take charge of the project, reports industry paper Daily Variety.

No actors have been cast in the film as yet.