Post by Squidetor on Jul 21, 2017 21:16:32 GMT -5
What can I say about Hey Arnold? In my opinion, one of the best Nicktoons of all time, the animated family friendly equivalent to Seinfeld, as they're both practically shows "about nothing", yet it's simplicity keeps us coming back every time. It's just about an average kid who lives in the city of Hillwood, which surprisingly turned out to be great material to work into 5 whole reasons, AND a whole movie... or should I say, two whole movies? It's quite an interesting story, but here it is, the story about the Hey Arnold movie that has been 15 years in the making. This is the story, of Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie.
Around 1998, when Hey Arnold was renewed for a fourth season, Craig Bartlett was offered the chance to make two movies for the series; one TV movie and one theatrical movie. He thought of two ideas: "Arnold Saves the Neighborhood" which was originally intended for TV, and The Jungle Movie which was going to be the movie set in theaters. The Jungle Movie would be a follow-up to the series finale, The Journal, which would solve the question: what ever happened to Arnold's parents? The script for The Jungle Movie was developed between 1998 and 2001 by Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten, and Jonathan Greenberg.
However, the executives at Nickelodeon decided that "Arnold Saves the Neighborhood" would be a much better choice for the theatrical movie, and so they went that route. That... wasn't the wisest choice. Although the movie was pretty good in my opinion, it didn't do so well in the box office, grossing $15.2 million worldwide and recieving poor reception. The reason being the movie was advertised very poorly, as well as pretty much coming out at the wrong time.
Still, Nickelodeon didn't want to give up easily, and still wanted to work on The Jungle Movie, but only if Craig Bartlett signed for a contract stating he would work for Nick and ONLY Nick. It wasn't the best timing obviously, as Bartlett was already working on a TV movie for Cartoon Network, "Party Wagon", which was hoped to be the pilot for a TV show. That didn't work out so well either, however, because the TV show spin-off for Party Wagon never saw the light of day.
After the word spread of the supposed "lost movie", many fans asked Bartlett for details on The Jungle Movie. Being the amazing God of a man he is, he released details such as the characters, parts of the plot, and some of the development phases it went through that have been stated above. However, he refused to release too many details, in hopes that The Jungle Movie were to see the light of day.
The original plot goes as follows:
Harvey, the mailman, delivers a package to Arnold at the boarding house, and he signs his full name, revealing the second biggest question... what is Arnold's last name? The answer is Shortman. His full name is Arnold Phillip Shortman. This is canon. Anyways, after Arnold wins an essay contest, he wins his now fifth grade class a trip to San Lorenzo in Central America, However, his main intentions when he travels to San Lorenzo is to find out what happened to his parents (referring to the series finale, "The Journal").
During the trip, Arnold finally meets the Green Eyed people, whom were the people his parents were helping. As shown in "The Journal", Arnold's birth silenced all of nature (referring to the erupting volcano), which led to the Green Eyed people's belief that he is devine. They even design a motif that is shaped like Arnold's famous "football head" in all of their architecture. They also seem very impressed with Helga's ferocity, causing them to worship Arnold and Helga. Oh, and La Sombra, Arnold's parents' enemy who was briefly seen in "The Journal", makes a big return. He is a treature hunter and river pirate who goes in disguise, and is after the Corazón, the sacred jewel of the Green Eyed people.
Yeah, they eventually reunite with Mile and Stella, Arnold's parents... but the biggest part of the original plot HAS to be the fact that Arnold and Helga finally hook up. There's a certain scene even that has been the subject of many fan-fictions and fanart online, where they share a kiss. They both get caught in the act by Gerald, and teases them a tad after they make up a casual lame excuse. Their love wouldn't be a secret much longer, however, by the end of the movie when the other students would tease them about their relationship.
There have also been many leaked storyboards of The Jungle Movie, as well as many pieces of concept art and other leaked production materials. Majority of these have since been removed ever since the recent revival of The Jungle Movie, despite being confirmed that they will not be used in the revival. However, 2001 test footage of The Jungle Movie has been released on Vimeo as of 2012, which can be seen here:
In 2013, Craig Bartlett announced that he was back at Nickelodeon to work on a new show called Sky Rat, set to release in 2018. However, he seemed very interested in also possibly reviving The Jungle Movie. That is exactly what he spoke to Nickelodeon about, and they greenlit the idea. Although details were not given, up until 2015, Bartlett heavily hinted at the production of the movie. On November 23rd, 2015, Nickelodeon finally announced that a new Hey Arnold movie was in the works. Although not confirmed to be The Jungle Movie, they did provide details that clearly shown the movie to be the long-awaited Jungle Movie.
On March 1st, 2016, it was announced that the movie indeed The Jungle Movie, and set to be released in 2017 as a two-parter TV movie. During Nick's 2016 Comic Con panel, Craig Bartlett said it was a "long-fulfilled dream of his to finally make this movie, and that the fact that many employees at Nickelodeon were 90s Nick fans was crucial in bringing the series back." Although they weren't used, Bartlett unearthed many of the original production materials for The Jungle Movie. The film was rewritten from scratch with a new script, borrowing many elements from the original plot. The new plot is intended to answer every one of the unanswered questions from the original series.
The characters also received some redesigns as well to fit the new generation, as shown below:
Also, as of today, a sneak preview has been released on Nickelodeon's official YouTube channel. The clip can be seen here:
I personally have high hopes for this movie, and I hope to review it when it comes out this November. I hope I gave you guys a thorough history of Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, and I'll see you guys soon!
Around 1998, when Hey Arnold was renewed for a fourth season, Craig Bartlett was offered the chance to make two movies for the series; one TV movie and one theatrical movie. He thought of two ideas: "Arnold Saves the Neighborhood" which was originally intended for TV, and The Jungle Movie which was going to be the movie set in theaters. The Jungle Movie would be a follow-up to the series finale, The Journal, which would solve the question: what ever happened to Arnold's parents? The script for The Jungle Movie was developed between 1998 and 2001 by Craig Bartlett, Steve Viksten, and Jonathan Greenberg.
However, the executives at Nickelodeon decided that "Arnold Saves the Neighborhood" would be a much better choice for the theatrical movie, and so they went that route. That... wasn't the wisest choice. Although the movie was pretty good in my opinion, it didn't do so well in the box office, grossing $15.2 million worldwide and recieving poor reception. The reason being the movie was advertised very poorly, as well as pretty much coming out at the wrong time.
Still, Nickelodeon didn't want to give up easily, and still wanted to work on The Jungle Movie, but only if Craig Bartlett signed for a contract stating he would work for Nick and ONLY Nick. It wasn't the best timing obviously, as Bartlett was already working on a TV movie for Cartoon Network, "Party Wagon", which was hoped to be the pilot for a TV show. That didn't work out so well either, however, because the TV show spin-off for Party Wagon never saw the light of day.
After the word spread of the supposed "lost movie", many fans asked Bartlett for details on The Jungle Movie. Being the amazing God of a man he is, he released details such as the characters, parts of the plot, and some of the development phases it went through that have been stated above. However, he refused to release too many details, in hopes that The Jungle Movie were to see the light of day.
The original plot goes as follows:
Harvey, the mailman, delivers a package to Arnold at the boarding house, and he signs his full name, revealing the second biggest question... what is Arnold's last name? The answer is Shortman. His full name is Arnold Phillip Shortman. This is canon. Anyways, after Arnold wins an essay contest, he wins his now fifth grade class a trip to San Lorenzo in Central America, However, his main intentions when he travels to San Lorenzo is to find out what happened to his parents (referring to the series finale, "The Journal").
During the trip, Arnold finally meets the Green Eyed people, whom were the people his parents were helping. As shown in "The Journal", Arnold's birth silenced all of nature (referring to the erupting volcano), which led to the Green Eyed people's belief that he is devine. They even design a motif that is shaped like Arnold's famous "football head" in all of their architecture. They also seem very impressed with Helga's ferocity, causing them to worship Arnold and Helga. Oh, and La Sombra, Arnold's parents' enemy who was briefly seen in "The Journal", makes a big return. He is a treature hunter and river pirate who goes in disguise, and is after the Corazón, the sacred jewel of the Green Eyed people.
Yeah, they eventually reunite with Mile and Stella, Arnold's parents... but the biggest part of the original plot HAS to be the fact that Arnold and Helga finally hook up. There's a certain scene even that has been the subject of many fan-fictions and fanart online, where they share a kiss. They both get caught in the act by Gerald, and teases them a tad after they make up a casual lame excuse. Their love wouldn't be a secret much longer, however, by the end of the movie when the other students would tease them about their relationship.
There have also been many leaked storyboards of The Jungle Movie, as well as many pieces of concept art and other leaked production materials. Majority of these have since been removed ever since the recent revival of The Jungle Movie, despite being confirmed that they will not be used in the revival. However, 2001 test footage of The Jungle Movie has been released on Vimeo as of 2012, which can be seen here:
In 2013, Craig Bartlett announced that he was back at Nickelodeon to work on a new show called Sky Rat, set to release in 2018. However, he seemed very interested in also possibly reviving The Jungle Movie. That is exactly what he spoke to Nickelodeon about, and they greenlit the idea. Although details were not given, up until 2015, Bartlett heavily hinted at the production of the movie. On November 23rd, 2015, Nickelodeon finally announced that a new Hey Arnold movie was in the works. Although not confirmed to be The Jungle Movie, they did provide details that clearly shown the movie to be the long-awaited Jungle Movie.
On March 1st, 2016, it was announced that the movie indeed The Jungle Movie, and set to be released in 2017 as a two-parter TV movie. During Nick's 2016 Comic Con panel, Craig Bartlett said it was a "long-fulfilled dream of his to finally make this movie, and that the fact that many employees at Nickelodeon were 90s Nick fans was crucial in bringing the series back." Although they weren't used, Bartlett unearthed many of the original production materials for The Jungle Movie. The film was rewritten from scratch with a new script, borrowing many elements from the original plot. The new plot is intended to answer every one of the unanswered questions from the original series.
The characters also received some redesigns as well to fit the new generation, as shown below:
Also, as of today, a sneak preview has been released on Nickelodeon's official YouTube channel. The clip can be seen here:
I personally have high hopes for this movie, and I hope to review it when it comes out this November. I hope I gave you guys a thorough history of Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, and I'll see you guys soon!