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Phoebe and Her Unicorn animated series announced at Nickelodeon

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MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
#1: Jun 18th 2020 at 8:34:58 PM

As a fan of the comic strip, I should be excited for this, since I've wanted a P&HU animated adaptation for a while. But I was hoping it'd be picked up by a streaming service like Netflix, because Nickelodeon has a habit of mistreating its creators and screwing over any series that isn't as popular as SpongeBob SquarePants.

MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
#3: Jun 18th 2020 at 8:51:07 PM

[up]Yup, sorry, forgot to add the link.

AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#4: Jun 18th 2020 at 8:58:41 PM

My god this is amazing. I hope its a major sucess!

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
#5: Jan 30th 2022 at 5:06:39 PM

Sorry to revive an old thread, but I was thinking about the most likely date we'll get more information about this series using another Nickelodeon comic strip adaptation, Big Nate, as a reference.

Big Nate was first announced in January 2020. The cast was revealed in December 2021, then a trailer was released a month later, and the series will be premiering a month after that.

The P&HU series was announced in June 2020. That makes me think we'll get a cast reveal in April of this year, then a trailer in May, and the series premiere in June. (I really hope Jane Krakowski plays Marigold, since that's the voice Dana Simpson pictures according to an interview she did a few years ago.)

My biggest concern right now is the animation style. Big Nate is CGI, which works due to the simplistic style, but I'm worried that it'll be difficult to render Phoebe and Marigold in CGI and still make them look appealing, especially on a television budget.

MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
#6: Feb 26th 2022 at 3:45:37 PM

Found an interview Dana did for the tenth anniversary, and apparently the Nickelodeon project is going to be a movie first and then a show after, and it's still in the script phase.

Apparently she doesn't completely know everything they're planning, and doesn't even know if it'll be 2D or 3D (but she wants it to be 2D).

MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
#7: Dec 28th 2022 at 7:56:31 PM

Bad news everyone. The show has been cancelled due to Nick believing the show can't be marketed to boys.

Yup, the Girl-Show Ghetto is still in effect.

Edited by MrMediaGuy2 on Dec 30th 2022 at 12:09:48 PM

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#8: Dec 28th 2022 at 8:44:01 PM

[up] I say the Nick Executive Board needs to clean out their clocks.

Because I heard this BS excuse when Korra was pitched to them, and it took a young boy saying he didn't care about Korra's gender because she kicked to make them change their minds.

AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#9: Dec 29th 2022 at 12:11:57 PM

I knew it. I freaking knew it.

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#10: Dec 29th 2022 at 1:04:13 PM

I blame that yellow menace!

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AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#11: Dec 29th 2022 at 1:05:24 PM

I blame the innovation adverse executives instead.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
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#13: Dec 29th 2022 at 2:15:55 PM

Spongebob

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Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#14: Dec 29th 2022 at 2:22:03 PM

Okay...have they seen how many shows with female protagonists Disney has? And how many of them do very well? If that's the actual reason they're not moving forward, then they're just idiots.

RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#15: Dec 29th 2022 at 3:06:58 PM

[up] To play devil's advocate, Disney Channel's main demographic is girls ages 6-11, not boys.

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#16: Dec 29th 2022 at 3:07:56 PM

And as much as I fucking hate to admit it Nick still beat Disney Channel as the no 1 kids network. Fucking hell.

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#17: Dec 29th 2022 at 3:14:04 PM

[up]X2: That hasn't stopped Nickelodeon from trying to gain a young girl audience, both in their live action projects and animation. The recent Monster High reboot animated series is produced by Nick Animation, making it a Nicktoon at that.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Dec 29th 2022 at 6:14:20 AM

RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#18: Dec 29th 2022 at 3:22:18 PM

Just because I was playing devil's advocate doesn't mean I think any of this makes sense.

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#19: Dec 29th 2022 at 3:33:59 PM

I know Rac. Same as I did.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
MrMediaGuy2 Since: Jun, 2015
#20: Dec 29th 2022 at 4:38:12 PM

When this was first announced, I knew Nickelodeon would screw it over, knowing their track record. I just didn't think it would happen before the show was even made.

The more I think about it, the more I think Nick dropping this show was a blessing in disguise. Who knows how Nick would've bastardized it? They could've shifted it to CGI, dumbed it down for preschoolers, filled it with Toilet Humor, etc.

There's a reason Bill Watterson went out of his way to avoid adapting Calvin and Hobbes into a series.

Edited by MrMediaGuy2 on Dec 30th 2022 at 3:14:08 AM

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#21: Dec 29th 2022 at 5:09:53 PM

I’m still bitter about Glitch Techs.

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#22: Dec 29th 2022 at 9:24:06 PM

Or Rise of the TMNT, all shows dismissed by the new regime.

Latest blog update (November 5th, 2022).
Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#23: Dec 30th 2022 at 12:14:19 PM

[up][up][up] Partially true. Watterson turned down letting Calvin and Hobbes be adapted because he has no interest in managing an intellectual property. His philosophy now is to just turn down everything that isn't publishing the strip itself, even projects he'd otherwise be okay with. A team of animators famously sent him a clip they'd made of Calvin and Hobbes dancing together, and he told them that, while they'd done a great job, he still wasn't going to let them adapt Calvin and Hobbes.

So much stuff got made with Charles Schulz's Peanuts characters not because Schulz was greedy, but because he had trouble saying "no" to people (he grew up during the Depression and couldn't justify to himself preventing people from making money). Watterson has no such problem. To merchandise Calvin and Hobbes Watterson would have to oversee it himself or let other people take a measure of control over the property, and he doesn't want to do either of those things.

George Lucas and Jim Henson are other object lessons in this. They both ended up spending most of their time managing their best known creations as intellectual properties before selling to Disney.

Edited by Robbery on Dec 30th 2022 at 12:14:37 PM

IvanovTroping97 Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#24: Dec 30th 2022 at 10:42:27 PM

Wouldn't it make more sense to move the show to Paramount+, or is that not an option?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#25: Jan 1st 2023 at 5:07:43 AM

You can't just move a show to another streaming service because of the way contracts are set up,plus a bunch of other stuff I imagine.

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