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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! 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.

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...

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.