Thanks to the Marvel Comics version of TekWar, William Shatner was able to shift the premise's setting from Star Trek's era to about 50 years from now, thus making it more likely that the concept would be palatable for a television budget.
EdGross - 8/4/2009
In part one of this interview, William Shatner detailed the genesis of the idea that led to his creating TekWar, a virtual reality-like "drug" that can be deadly in its addicting qualities, and the cause of so many of the problems faced by ex-cop Jake Cardigan.
EdGross - 7/8/2009
Downtime on a movie or television set can often be a creatively debilitating experience, but for William Shatner it served as the impetus for creating the TekWar universe; a universe that has spanned numerous best-selling novels, comic books, trading cards, four television movies, a weekly series and, now, a brand new series of comics with talk of new TV adventures.
EdGross - 7/4/2009