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A live-action version of Hey Arnold! using AI depicts Arnold as a normal boy with a regular head. Potentially reviving Hey Arnold! as a live-action adaptation after nearly 20 years may require rebuilding its popularity and appealing to a new audience while still maintaining its nostalgic charm. Despite the challenge of adapting classic children's content to live-action, success can be achieved by staying true to the characters' personalities and relationships, as shown by Barbie's successful transition.

Art representing a live-action version of Hey Arnold! takes a new look at a classic show. The animated series first aired in 1996, and it enjoyed a five-season run that lasted until 2004. It also boasted a feature film and a TV movie. The franchise revolves around the young Arnold Shortman, a little boy who lives with his grandparents and enjoys countless adventures with his friends. Every official depiction of Arnold so far has featured him in animation.

Hey Arnold! ran on Nickelodeon for five seasons between 1996 and 2004. A conspicuously grounded cartoon on the children's network, Hey Arnold explored growing up in an urban environment, embracing its setting's diversity and adult themes with heart and sincerity years ahead of its time. For nearly two decades since the show's finale, rumors have spread about potential Hey Arnold revivals, and Netflix even released the one-off Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie in 2017. However, murmurs of a specific spin-off series have circulated for years, until just a few months ago, when a show-bible serendipitously showed up online and confirmed the legend as truth.

To people of a particular generation, Hey Arnold! was a constant. The animated TV show was a reliable presence for '90s and early-2000s childhoods due to its accessibility and universal relevance. The Nickelodeon cartoon followed Arnold Shortman and his neighborhood friends as they assisted a different supporting character's personal problem in each episode. Arnold's grandfather (played by Homer Simpson himself Dan Castellaneta) ran the Sunset Arms boarding house which offered the show an unlimited cast of characters for Arnold to help out of predicaments. His friend Gerald was a streetwise leader, always there to help, while Arnold's bully Helga hid behind her aggression to mask her true romantic feelings for Arnold. The show ran from 1996 to 2004 with Hey Arnold!: The Movie releasing in 2002, before the show's end. The characters were able to return with another feature-length film in 2017 to tie up their storylines in Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie.

Hey Arnold! is one of many older shows that have recently reeled back in their now-grown audiences with a reboot. In 2017, its long-awaited, arc-closing one-off sequel movie, Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, released to acclaim, and is currently streaming on Netflix and Hulu.

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The very existence of such stirred a renewal of interest in the 90s Nickelodeon staple that prided itself on authentically capturing child life on a realistic, simply-animated level. Those flocking to Hulu to stream the original series in its entirety will learn upon reunion with their beloved show that it featured much more star-power—albeit in a guest capacity—than their young minds initially realized.

Could Good Burger 2 actually be happening? Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell optimized 90s Nickelodeon with Good Burger when it was released in 1997. The movie may not have been a hit with critics, but plenty of 90s kids hold a special place in their hearts for Good Burger and, more than 20 years later, quite a few people want to see a sequel happen. Including Kel Mitchell, who reveals in a recent interview that the sequel may actually be happening and conversations are taking place.

Kel Mitchell recently answered fan questions for BuzzFeed. The interview covered a range of subjects, but inevitably, the topic of Good Burger and a possible sequel came up. Somewhat surprisingly, Mitchell revealed that actual conversations about just such a thing have started recently and that there's "something in the water." Here's what he had to say about it.

"The conversations have started. There's something in the water,...

The Society of Composers and Lyricists hosted a panel discussion at La’s Landmark Regent Theater on Feb. 6 to showcase Daytime Emmy Awards hopefuls who write music for children’s animated programs. The four composers taking part were Grammy-winner Lisa Loeb (“If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”), Jim Lang (“Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie” and “Ready Jet Go!”), Lisbeth Scott (“Tumble Leaf”) and Jake Monaco (“The Stinky and Dirty Show” and “Dinotrux”). Also adding insight was Emmy-winning music supervisor Rossanna Wright (“The Stinky and Dirty Show” and “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”).

“An important thing to remember is kids hold onto these songs for life,” said Wright, a Daytime Emmy winner for her work on “The Snowy Day” (Best Music Direction and Composition in 2017). When asked during the audience Q&A for advice to aspiring composers and songwriters she encouraged the tunesmiths to “watch the show that you want to work in.

"We call him Arnold: friend to all, force for decency, doer of good." At Comic-Con this week, Nickelodeon unveiled a first look at their upcoming Hey Arnold! TV movie.Titled Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, the feature-length revival will reunite Arnold and his friends for a new adventure in Central America. The original animated series debuted in 1996 and ran until 2004. The movie reboot will feature the return of Francesca Marie Smith as Helga, Anndi McAfee as Phoebe, Justin Shenkarow as Harold, Olivia Hack as Rhonda, Dan Butler as Mr. Simmons, and Dan Castellaneta as Grandpa.Read More…...

Move it, Football Head! Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie is officially on its way and to mark the return of the beloved cartoon character, Nickelodeon made a splash at San Diego Comic-Con with a panel and a debut of the movie's first trailer. In the video below, get reacquainted with the kids of Hey Arnold and learn "The Legend of Arnold." And yes, that's Stoop Kid! He left his stoop to sit on the biggest stoop in the city. Let the nostalgia waves wash over you. Spoiler alert: Pigeon Man is also back! At the panel, Nickelodeon revealed Lane Toran and Jamil Walker Smith, the voices behind Arnold and Gerald in the original series that ran from 1994-2004, will return for the movie in new roles....

Football head and his friends are back together. Today, Nickeldeon released an exclusive first look at the upcoming Hey Arnold! TV movie.Titled Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, the feature-length revival will reunite Arnold and his friends for a new adventure in Central America. The original animated series debuted in 1996 and ran until 2004. The movie reboot will feature the return of Francesca Marie Smith as Helga, Anndi McAfee as Phoebe, Justin Shenkarow as Harold, Olivia Hack as Rhonda, Dan Butler as Mr. Simmons, and Dan Castellaneta as Grandpa.Read More…...

Your favorite football head is returning to life thanks to Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, Nickelodeon's revival of the classic animated series. In a new video, creator Craig Bartlett drops some info on what fans can expect from the new movie. "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 exploits 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 in the new flick. Arnold and his classmates...

Prepare for the biggest Hey Arnold!-related news since Stoop Kid left his stoop.

Nickelodeon on Monday confirmed the title of Football Head’s next made-for-tv adventure, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, and revealed that many of the series’ original voices will return.

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Returning voices include Francesca Marie Smith (The Prince of Egypt) as Helga, Anndi McAfee (Tom and Jerry: The Movie) as Phoebe, Justin Shenkarow (Recess) as Harold, Olivia Hack (Family Guy) as Rhonda, Nika Futterman (The Boxtrolls) as Olga, Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) as Grandpa...

Back in November, we reported that Nickelodeon is bringing back its beloved animated series Hey Arnold! with a new TV movie. We haven't heard much about the project since then, but today, Nickelodeon officially gave the green light to the movie, along with revealing a few additional details. Take a look at the network's official statement below for Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie.

"Nickelodeon has officially given the green light to a two-part animated Hey Arnold! TV movie, written and executive produced by the TV series' original creator Craig Bartlett. First announced in development late last year, the now-greenlit TV movie will pick up where the original series ended, resolving unanswered questions and plotlines, including Arnold finally getting answers about the whereabouts of his missing parents. Produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, the two hour-long TV movies will debut in 2017."

The original series followed the everyday life of Arnold,...

Nickelodeon’s long-awaited second Hey Arnold! movie is finally a go — and fans might want to think about investing in a mosquito net.

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Series creator Craig Bartlett on Wednesday confirmed (via Instagram) that Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie has officially been given the green light:

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Based solely on Bartlett’s caption, we now know the movie will be two hours, told in two parts. This confirmation comes several months after our sister site Variety reported that a Hey Arnold! movie, set after the events of the 2004 series finale, was in the works.