Sheena (TV series)
| Sheena | |
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| Genre |
Action Adventure Fantasy |
| Created by |
Douglas Schwartz Steven L. Sears |
| Starring |
Gena Lee Nolin John Allen Nelson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Douglas Schwartz/Steven L. Sears Productions |
| Distributor | Columbia TriStar Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndicated |
| Original release | October 7, 2000 – February 23, 2002 |
| Website | |
Sheena is an American action-adventure television series which was produced for first-run syndication from 2000 to 2002.
Based upon W. Morgan Thomas's comic book character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, which previously spawned a 1950s TV series of the same title; this turn-of-the-millennium version updated its title character to the 21st century. There were two seasons, containing 22 and 13 episodes. It starred Gena Lee Nolin and John Allen Nelson, and was developed for television by Douglas Schwartz and Steven L. Sears. In this version, Sheena was not barefoot and was given the mystical ability to transform into almost any jungle animal; she also spoke whole sentences, unlike Irish McCalla's interpretation of the character. Several episodes from the first season are available to view for free in Minisode format on Crackle, as well as on Hulu.
Sheena's parents were archaeologists who died in the jungle when she was about six years old, orphaning their daughter Cheryl Hamilton (as explained in the episode "Stranded in the Jungle"; otherwise, Sheena remembers nothing of her parents, or of her pre-Africa childhood). She was taken in by Kali, a local Shamaness of a tribe who brought her up; five years ago, she was taught how to morph into birds and other animals...thus acquiring their abilities, up to and including flight. She also befriended animals such the zebra Marika, elephant Chango and monkey Tiki. Moreover, she became a mythical creature called "The Darak'na" who relies on people's fear of the unknown. For this, she covers herself in a dark liquid mud which allows her to be largely unseen in the low light of the jungle. With above-average strength, agility and speed - and armed with a pair of bone-clawed gloves - she is a formidable one-woman fighting force. She does kill sometimes.
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