A revival of Rugrats 鈥� on the big and small screen 鈥� is coming to a sandbox near you.
Viacom announced that it has greenlighted a revival of the beloved children鈥檚 program for a 26-episode run on Nickelodeon, in addition to a new live-action feature film featuring CGI characters.
The 2.0 version of Rugrats will feature new adventures with everyone鈥檚 favourite pipsqueak characters from the 鈥�90s: Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Susie and Angelica (and, let鈥檚 hope, Reptar) 鈥� but a new world of characters also will get some playtime.
The children鈥檚 cartoon, which revolved around a group of toddlers, originally ran from 1991 to 2004 and was a touchstone for a generation of kids reared on Nickelodeon. Its success led to three feature films, starting with 1998鈥檚 The Rugrats Movie 鈥� which grossed a combined $215 million domestically.
鈥淩ugrats 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,鈥� Viacom Media Networks Chief Operating Officer and Nickelodeon interim President Sarah Levy said in a statement. 鈥淲e can鈥檛 wait for today鈥檚 kids to meet Tommy, Chuckie and pals.鈥�
The show鈥檚 original creators 鈥擜rlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo and Paul Germain 鈥� will return as executive producers.
Production on the TV series already has begun. An airdate and casting will be announced at a later date. The movie will be written by David Goodman (The Orville, Family Guy) and is slated to be released on Nov. 13, 2020, by Paramount Players, a division of Paramount Pictures.
鈥淣ow feels like the ideal time to reintroduce this iconic cast of characters to a whole new generation of young fans,鈥� Paramount Players president Brian Robbins said in a statement.
鈥淜ids who grew up with Tommy Pickles and the Rugrats crew will now be able to share that experience with their own children.鈥�
This is just the latest revival at Nickelodeon, which in recent years has also brought back Hey Arnold, Legends of the Hidden Temple 鈥� both as TV movies 鈥� as well as Double Dare and Invader Zim. The network is also working on a Blue鈥檚 Clues reboot.
