But I have been hoping for a real adaptation with the right approach… so far this dosent sound like it.

past attempts have included Greystoke: violent, bloody, swapped gorillas for peeps in chimp costumes and played him more brute than bridge between worlds.

the show, I surpassed altogether. the casper van dien version “nuff said there” and the animated disney romp follwed by an animated tv show

astonishingly disney seemed to understand the character best… other than obvious disneyfication of various aspects it was remarkably the truest to the essence, honor, and mystery of the title character.

Of course disneys live action jungle book was strangely the best tarzan story Ever. lol

parkour style, sounds like an obvious and realistic choice (take it from someone who used to regularly run through the woods with deer and the like throughout their childhood)

khakis… ummm ooookay… where from? why do they fit? and in true nature form… why not just naked? I mean the loincloth beomes practical to avoid saggy bits catching on limbs… but till those bits actually start sagging… naked makes sense… and lets face it… rainforest, less clothing the better.

all in all the niche is a great appeal for every aspect from the action down to the psychologic and philosophic curiosities… its the ultimate exploration of the forbidden experiment, wherin man is proved a noble and honorable creature rather than the primal monster many would claim…

I would say, lets grab hugh jackman for an older exploration of the character, years after he has left the jungle and then returned, with jane etc… then do the full on action hero in true style to the later tarzan novels… after the sucess of two or three of these, jump to the super involved realistic and question answering prequels with a fresh actor.