Starsky and Hutch
Pull on your flares and grab that cardigan, Starsky and Hutch are back!
London (April 10th, 2000) - Empire Interactive, a leading independent interactive entertainment software company, announced today an agreement with Sony Pictures Consumer Products, Inc to publish a game based on the classic hit television series Starsky and Hutch. The game is scheduled to release worldwide in 2001 on PC CD-ROM, and is currently being prototyped for Sony's PlayStation 2.
The Starsky and Hutch TV show is one of the most recognizable icons of the 1970's and is well known throughout the world. The dynamic duo first blazed across TV screens in the hugely successful series that originally aired on ABC from 1975 to 1979. The show starred David Soul as the soft-spoken and well-educated "Hutch", Paul Michael Glaser as the more street-wise "Starsky", and Antonio Fargas as 'Huggy Bear', friend and confidante. The other big star of the show was Starsky's bright red hot-rod, a 1974 Ford Gran Torino, in which the duo raced around the city in hot pursuit of bad guys, with tires screeching and rubber burning.
"Starsky and Hutch has to be one of the most well known TV shows of all time and is an ideal property on which to develop a game, so we are absolutely delighted to have secured the world-wide interactive publishing rights," said Ian Higgins, Managing Director of Empire Interactive. "The brand is hugely recognizable in all of our key global markets and the marketing possibilities are limitless."
Further announcements over the next few weeks, and during the upcoming E3 show in Los Angeles in May. will include additional information on the game's design, story line, and technical specifications.
"Empire understands the continuing appeal of 'Starsky and Hutch,' and we're excited by the prospects of what they can do with this game, " said Mark Caplan, Director of Sales for SPCP. "Younger fans will love it for the action, and older fans will of course be able to re-live what they loved so much about the show.
The Starsky and Hutch TV show is one of the most recognizable icons of the 1970's and is well known throughout the world. The dynamic duo first blazed across TV screens in the hugely successful series that originally aired on ABC from 1975 to 1979. The show starred David Soul as the soft-spoken and well-educated "Hutch", Paul Michael Glaser as the more street-wise "Starsky", and Antonio Fargas as 'Huggy Bear', friend and confidante. The other big star of the show was Starsky's bright red hot-rod, a 1974 Ford Gran Torino, in which the duo raced around the city in hot pursuit of bad guys, with tires screeching and rubber burning.
"Starsky and Hutch has to be one of the most well known TV shows of all time and is an ideal property on which to develop a game, so we are absolutely delighted to have secured the world-wide interactive publishing rights," said Ian Higgins, Managing Director of Empire Interactive. "The brand is hugely recognizable in all of our key global markets and the marketing possibilities are limitless."
Further announcements over the next few weeks, and during the upcoming E3 show in Los Angeles in May. will include additional information on the game's design, story line, and technical specifications.
"Empire understands the continuing appeal of 'Starsky and Hutch,' and we're excited by the prospects of what they can do with this game, " said Mark Caplan, Director of Sales for SPCP. "Younger fans will love it for the action, and older fans will of course be able to re-live what they loved so much about the show.
Companies:
Empire Interactive