I remember when this show was THE show to watch on Nick, I really need to get around to watching some of the old episodes again.
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Necro: Relaunch of the series coming soon.
The original creators Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó and Paul Germain will return as executive producers.
CGI/live action TV movie to act as series premiere set to premiere on November 13th, 2020 with David Goodman (The Golden Girls, Futurama, Star Trek: Enterprise, Family Guy, Allen Gregory, Fred The Movie, American Dad!, The Orville) as head writer.
Additional news of the new series will be out soon.
The show’s original creators Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó and Paul Germain will return to the TV series as executive producers. Nickelodeon’s “Rugrats” will be produced in Burbank, Calif., with production already underway. Additional news of the TV series, airdate and casting will be announced in the coming months.
“Rugrats is hands-down one of the most celebrated cartoons in TV history, and we are thrilled for a whole new audience to meet these iconic characters in brand-new adventures,” said Sarah Levy, COO of Viacom Media Networks and interim president of Nickelodeon. “What was true in 1991 when the original show premiered is still true today: kids are fascinated with the world of babies. We can’t wait for today’s kids to meet Tommy, Chuckie and pals.”
The “Rugrats” movie will be written by David Goodman and is set to be released on Nov. 13, 2020 by Paramount Players, the division of Paramount Pictures that develops and produces co-branded feature films with Viacom’s leading media networks.
“Now feels like the ideal time to reintroduce this iconic cast of characters to a whole new generation of young fans,” said Brian Robbins, president of Paramount Players. “Kids who grew up with Tommy Pickles and the “Rugrats” crew will now be able to share that experience with their own children.”
“Rugrats” joins the recently announced return of “Blue’s Clues” as the latest classic original series Nickelodeon is bringing back for today’s generation of kids and families. Nickelodeon produced and aired an all-new “Hey Arnold!” special in 2017, and has announced the return of two more beloved titles as forthcoming specials: “Rocko’s Modern Life” and “Invader Zim.”
Edited by tclittle on Jul 16th 2018 at 9:19:55 AM
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Live action with CGI babies? I can feel the Uncanny Valley from here.
OK, this is the one reboot I want to flop. Yes, not even Thundercats Roar gets this "Honor". Now we are truly in the era of REBOOT FUCKING EVERYTHING.
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Is it a reboot or a revival? If it’s a revival, that makes more sense because when I think how would they bring back Rugrats, i’d think have the main group have babies of their own to go on adventures.
From what I can look up, there have been no indication what the new show is besides that it will be 26 episodes, feature new and old characters, and it will come out next year. Right now I'm optimistic that the show may be good.
The new movie, on the other hand, I am cautious.
Edited by Digitalhero93 on Jul 17th 2018 at 10:41:27 AM
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Look on the bright side; at least this one reboot will have all three of the original show creators/showrunners attached to it unlike most of the other reboots we've gotten. That at least scores a point in this reboot's favor.
As for my thoughts...yeah, I don't think this was a necessary reboot and I think Nick is counting their chickens before they hatch, but I'm cautiously optimistic because Klasky, Csupo, and Germain are involved, so there's the chance that this could actually be a good reboot, imo. I'm going to wait until we get more before I pass full judgement.
Also, why at that movie announcement.
Edited by kablammin45 on Jul 17th 2018 at 2:08:27 PM
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Of all the shows Nick did in the 90s Rugrats is the one I want them to reboot the least. It had a long run, after all - and three movies, too, so why the hell do we need another?
I know Klasky-Csupo's probably dying at the bit to do something again. They're still around though they haven't done too much since the end of All Grown Up...
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Surprised they were able to get Klasky-Csupo back as executive producers, considering their spat with Nickelodeon caused them to leave and caused the animation company to fall into obscurity (same goes for Germain, considering his own spat with the former two early in the show's production). Only very mildly curious to see how this goes—I wasn't a huge fan, but I did see some episodes when I was young and I did see the movie sequels (actually own Rugrats in Paris on VHS, orange case and all—it is a good film). Meanwhile, I only barely recall the All Grown Up! sequel series.
And count me as another no on a live-action/CG movie. How exactly is that going to work? Live-action setting/adults and CG babies? Or some sort of weird Jungle Book thing of having live-action environments and CG characters? I don't even want to know on what kind of art direction they want to go—both the two immediate options that come up in my head—the boilerplate "realism" approach or adapting KC's distinctly wonky artstyle for the show into stylized CG—I feel would look heavily distracting in a live-action setting.
Edited by Yeow95 on Jul 17th 2018 at 8:21:41 AM
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Klasky-Csupo produced the show themselves - it wasn't a Nickelodeon Studios production, so I assume they have to be involved in any future versions of the show.
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Hmmm. Well, out of the original three Nicktoons, Doug is locked up with Disney and Ren and Stimpy is off limits due to those John K. allegations so I suppose they had to go with this series.
I don't really feel a reboot/revival is needed, it had a long run and by the end you could tell they pretty much exhausted every plot point they could do with the babies. I suppose a revival that takes place in the current day, as well as having Susie, Dil, and Kimi there from the very beginning would freshen things up a bit.
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I keep seeing people say this'll be bad because All Grown Up was but as someone who liked All Grown Up I don't really see the problem. Though I also don't mind reboots in general. Sure the live action/CGI movie sounds bad but that's not the show itself. We really should just wait and see rather than jump to conclusions.
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It'll never happen but I'd love to see Rugrats do a parody of The Room
Stu walks in and shouts "I did not beat her! I did not! It's bull... oh hi kids"
Then Drew walks in and shouts "I did not beat her! I did not! It's bull... oh hi kids"
Chaz walks in and shouts "I did not beat her! I did not! It's bull... oh hi kids"
Finally Betty walks in and shouts "I did not beat him! I did not! It's bull... oh hi kids"
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I don't see where the joke is with that. How is that a parody, exactly?
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All Grown Up was bad because of its complete Genre Shift. It's a perfectly enjoyable Slice of Life, but that's not what I want out of a Rugrats sequel. I expected something more like Kids Next Door when I just got a more kiddie version of As Told By Ginger.
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What genre shift? All Grown Up was basically the same as Rugrats, just that they were preteens/teenagers now. Yeah there was some more drama but for the most part I thought it was a perfect followup to Rugrats itself.
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Maybe it wasn't a true genre shift, but Rugrats had a more adventurous, fantastical feel to it. All Grown Up is way too grounded in realism. It doesn't have any wimsy to it.
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Well, that's the thing. Rugrats had a more fantastical feel to it because the characters were babies. Everything seems fantastical at that age when you're trying to figure out how the world works. All Grown Up is ten years later, and they've figured out how the world works - so everything seems mundane to them.
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In the Ice Cream Mountain episode, Earl Scaggs announced "Oh No I'm Ruined" as customer after customer earns a free miniature golf game for getting hole-in-one on the 18th hole.
The thing is, I imagine a lot of customers would only come back for the free game. Therefore, Earl Scaggs probably isn't losing too much money since a lot of customers probably wouldn't pay for a second game.
Indeed, Stu & Drew only seem to consider letting the kids play miniature golf after the brothers had won free games.
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I don't think that's it. Kids Next Door, Doug, Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy, and other shows have a lot of whimsy despite starring 9-12 year olds. AGU was just written too grounded. It was a lite version of As Told By Ginger. Tommy and his friends still could have gone on adventures and done things from a kid's POV.
This is going to be so much fun.
I'll give you Doug (and even then it's still mostly tame SOL) but the other two shows have actual fantastic elements in them.
In regards to the Rugrats reboot, Michael Bell (Chaz, Drew, Boris) and Phil Proctor (Phil and Lil's dad) will not reprise their roles. Michael does hope that at least the Rugrats themselves keep the same voice actors.
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It kind of is a damn shame. Cartoon tradition's generally held that you keep the same voice actor in the same role until they can't do it anymore (and I know, even at his age, Michael Bell can).
Nancy Cartwright is apparently coming back as Chuckie, and I hope they do keep the same voices as the original for the babies. All those actors are still with us and still working.
I'm not certain how i feel about using younger actors, but at least Melanie Chartoff is back as Didi. (If Kath Soucie is back, I assume they'll use her for Betty, because why wouldn't you?) Of course, some of them have to be recast. Jack Riley and Joe Alaskey are no longer with us, after all.
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Rugrats brings this wiki a lot of inbounds, but I don't know why. It's such a random series.
A Setting Update of Rugrats is going to be weird to see. Imagine Tommy using a smartphone. I wonder if Kimi will be in from the get go.
Edited by Pichu-kun on Feb 16th 2020 at 7:53:47 AM
A quick question for anyone who's bought the Amazon burn-on-demand DV Ds (http://tinyurl.com/pv4736d
and etc.) - can anybody tell me what exactly is on them? Is it just the episodes, nothing else? Thanks in advance.