Tag: Rugrats
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Was ‘Rugrats’ Angelica Pickles Too Mean?
One of Nickelodeon’s inaugural original Nicktoons Rugrats was a cornerstone of ’90s TV animation and a pop-cultural phenomenon for anyone who ever wore diapers. In an age before SpongeBob SquarePants’ reign over the Nickelodeon brand, the series gained global popularity by endearing itself to fans young and old with its clever observational writing, charmingly grotesque…
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Why Nickelodeon’s ‘Doug’ Is Still Worth Watching
In the early 1990s, Doug was one of the major new cartoons that helped Nickelodeon reinvent itself. The network had only existed for just over a decade, but its focus had been on live-action kids shows like Double Dare or Hey Dude. The other cartoons that premiered on the same day were Rugrats, which was…
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‘Rugrats’ Co-Creator Gábor Csupó Set to Direct Rumer Godden’s Children’s Book ‘The Story of Holly and Ivy,’ Kosmo Films Producing (Exclusive)
“Rugrats” co-creator Gábor Csupó is set to direct a feature-length adaptation of Rumer Godden’s children’s Christmas classic book “The Story of Holly and Ivy.”“Lonely young Ivy runs away from her orphanage during Christmas, while spirited but unsold doll Holly waits in her toy store window for the child who will give her existence meaning,” reads…
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Votd: Original ‘Rugrats’ Cast Reunites for a Table Read, Trivia, and Plain Old Promotion
Paramount+ has released their new computer animated reboot of the Rugrats, one of the classic Nicktoons that helped put Nickelodeon on the map. Though the updated series seems to lose the charm that the quirky, 2D animation brought to the original cartoon, at least the original cast is back to voice Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil,…
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Paramount Moving Ahead on ‘Rugrats’ Movie With ‘Wimpy Kid’ Director
Paramount has hired family film specialist David Bowers as the director of its upcoming live-action/CG “Rugrats” movie.Bowers directed the second, third and fourth “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” movies. He also directed the animated movies “Astro Boy” and “Flushed Away.”Producers are Brian Robbins, series creator Gabor Csupo and Karen Rosenfelt. “Rugrats” is being produced through…
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‘Rugrats’ Live-Action Movie Lands ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ Director (Exclusive)
Paramount Player’s live-action/CG hybrid take on Rugrats has found its director.David Bowers, who directed three of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, has been tapped to direct the project, which is being produced by Karen Rosenfelt.Rugrats was the popular Nicktoon show that ran from 1991 and into the 2000s, centering on a group of…
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‘Clifford the Big Red Dog’ Set for Fall 2020, ‘Rugrats’ Pushed Back, ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ Disappears
Paramount Pictures has shuffled around their release date calendar for a bunch of their family programming coming in the next couple years, including two Nickelodeon movies. Clifford the Big Red Dog has been set for a fall 2020 release date. It’s taking the weekend that was previously slated for the new Rugrats movie, which has…
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Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Red Notice’ Heads To November 2020
Dwayne Johnson’s Red Notice is moving back five months to Nov. 13, 2020 from its June 12, 2020 release.It takes the spot on the calendar occupied by an untitled Universal event film. Currently the only other major studio title is Paramount’s Rugrats on that date.Johnson reteams with his Skyscraper and Central Intelligence writer/director, Rawson Marshall…