The popular Dark Horse Comics series, “Timecop” is set to be adapted for the big screen one more time according to The Hollywood Reporter. Universal Pictures is adapting the franchise to reboot it for film with Marc Shmuger and Tom McNulty producing.

“Timecop” was previously adapted back in 1994 with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the lead. That feature version featured a script by the character’s creators, Dark Horse President Mike Richardson and Mark Verheiden. The film was a hit among filmgoers and sic-fi lovers. 

“Boy, I’d love that,” he said of a new film. “I like that rumor. ‘Timecop’ was a fun project and one of my earlier movies. It was fun to do then and I really think there’s a franchise there, whether its TV or film. It would be great to bring it back. I think we should get that rumor going!”

Later the film received a brief television spinoff in 1997 and a direct-to-video sequel Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision in 2003, needless to say it didn’t fare well.

The comic series was originally published as a three-part story in the “Dark Horse Comics” anthology series. The official plot description is as follows:

“What a dream: to travel through time. You can change the past, the future, your future. Then imagine Max Walker, one of the Time Enforcement Commission’s toughest and most extreme cops. But as nasty as Walker’s methods are, even he may not be able to stop a nefarious plot to destroy the future as we know it.”

There is no word yet on when production on this franchise reboot will begin or who is eyed to star.