If you were a fan of the famous football head TV show of the ’90s, you’re in for a treat. Nickelodeon is bringing Hey Arnold back in a movie! The movie based on the classic animated series is called Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie and creator Craig Bartlett has dropped some info on what fans can expect from the upcoming film.
“For our characters, it’s going to play like it’s only been one or two years even though it’s really been 15 or 20,” Bartlett said.
Hey Arnold ran from 1994-2004 on Nickelodeon and followed the adventures of the title character, his classmates, and his grandparents and the residents who lived in their boarding house. The series ended with the mystery of what happened to Arnold’s parents.
That plot is picked up again in the new flick as Arnold and his classmates head to the jungles of South America to a made up country on a field trip.”This is the movie I always wanted to make,” Bartlett said.
In Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, Arnold is on his way to becoming a sixth grader and as a result, the character got some updates. Take a look at the video above for the updated looks! Even Gerald’s hair gets a tweak. But the biggest change might be for Phoebe.
“She always was sort of an ultra-nerd and we thought we’d make her look a little more put together. Phoebe’s a little more confident now,” Bartlett says. Nickelodeon is also bringing back Invader Zim and Rocko’s Modern Life with new movies, and there could be more down the line.
At the 2017 ATX TV Festival, Chis Viscardi, the co-creator of The Adventures of Pete and Pete and current senior vice president of production and development, and animation at Nickelodeon Group, revealed more revivals are underway.
“We feel it’s really important to honor who made the show and who started the show, so we’ve had that opportunity,” he said. “And a few others I can’t talk about now,” he said.
It’s staring to feel like all our childhood dreams are coming true. So excited! *screams*
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