What Connects David Bowie, T.I. and Aerosmith? The SpongeBob SquarePants Musical, Coming Soon to Broadway

Nickelodeon's highly anticipated SpongeBob SquarePants musical, which opens at the Palace Theater on Broadway on Monday, December 4th, boasts a score written by pop and rock stars from David Bowie to T.I. Musical supervisor Tom Kitt, who worked with the artists, recently explained in a Sponge-Tastic interview with Billboard how their tunes came together.

T.I.
Scheming character Plankton needed an energetic song “that felt like he was on top of his game,” says Kitt. “The world of hip-hop and T.I. felt perfect.”

DAVID BOWIE
“A huge SpongeBob fan” who appeared in one episode, Bowie allowed Nickelodeon to use his song “No Control” in the show.

LADY ANTEBELLUM
The trio’s “Chop to the Top” (a “Rocky moment” for SpongeBob) has a “warm, country-pop feel -- a groove you want to sit in.”

STEVEN TYLER & JOE PERRY
Tyler sang the demo for “Bikini Bottom Boogie,” a bluesy rocker Kitt calls “Aerosmith, right in front of you.”

THE FLAMING LIPS
Wayne Coyne and Co. turned in a four-minute-plus “gorgeous melodic experimental” demo for the act-one finale.

CYNDI LAUPER
The Kinky Boots Tony winner delivered “an earworm, but with that dramatic quality” for a rallying moment.

Available to preorder today, the Original Cast Recording of SpongeBob SquarePants – The New Musical, chock full of original songs unlike anything Broadway has ever heard, will be released on Friday, September 22nd by Masterworks Broadway!

More Nick: SpongeBob SquarePants - The New Musical Original Cast Recording Available September 22 From Masterworks Broadway!

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Watch The "SpongeBob SquarePants" Opening Re-imagined In Anime Style

We all know and love SpongeBob SquarePants’s original theme song and opening sequence - it's a big part of the hit Nickelodeon show’s long-lasting success. They’re catchy, fun, and explain the basic premise of the show every episode.

The iconic opening originally aired during the first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants in May 1999, and was recently digitally remastered in HD.

Last night, US-based animator Narmak uploaded a video to their YouTube account meant to answer a simple question: what would a reimagined SpongeBob SquarePants credit sequence look like if it were designed by an anime-obsessed westerner. The answer? Most likely this! The video plays on a number of visual anime cliches like having characters dramatically stare off-screen moments before a moving into a fluid action scene, and is chock full of wordless, overwrought melodrama. This reimagined anime style version of the intro still leads with Painty the Pirate—but from there, things get very anime... such as Squidward now a total Krusty Krab traitor, and Plankton actually looks like a villain! Besides including classic SpongeBob reference die-hard fans will love, Narmak turned Bikini Bottom into a type of mini Battle Royale bloodbath. Patrick — wearing a speedo — dukes it out with Squidward.



Seriously, this is almost as creepy as those 3-D renderings of SpongeBob characters as humans.

More Nick: SpongeBob SquarePants - The New Musical Original Cast Recording Available September 22 From Masterworks Broadway!

Sources: Gizmodo, The Daily Dot, Seventeen, CNET; H/T: superkeegan9100.

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Nickelodeon Latin America Announces Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2017 Pre-Vote Nominees | #KCAArgentina

Nickelodeon Latin America (Latinoamérica) today announced the pre-nominees for Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2017!

NickHeads in Argentina can now vote for their favourites to become finalists in each category, with the top four most voted for nominees in each category going onto the final stage of voting, in which NickHeads will be able to vote who wins a coveted Nickelodeon Orange Blimp Award at Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2017!

Fans can vote for their favourites online at KCAArgentina.com, via the Nick Play app, and on Twitter using the hashtags below. Fans can vote as many times as they wish to support their favourites from the worlds of entertainment, music, sports and more!

Each voting Tweet must feature both the unique hashtag and #KCAArgentina in it for the vote to be counted:

#HashtagPreNominado + #KCAArgentina

For example, if you want to see Vikki RPM win the blimp for Serie o Programa Favorito, your Tweet should look similar to:

¡Voto por Vikki RPM! #VikkiRPM #KCAArgentina

Or if you wanted to support Samantha Siqueiros you could do it by Tweeting:

¡Mi corazón robot es de #SamanthaSiqueiros y voto por ella en los #KCAArgentina!

*¡Si usas más de un hashtag en el mismo tweet tu voto SÍ cuenta
*¡Los tuits con emojis TAMBIÉN CUENTAN!

This years Kids' Choice Awards Argentina also features many new voting categories, including "20 Años Nick En Latinoamérica", in which fans can vote for their favourite classic Nickelodeon series to celebrate Nickelodeon Latinoamérica's 20th anniversary!

Nickelodeon will reveal the winners of Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2017 at a star and slime-studded ceremony in Argentina later this year.

Below are the pre-nominees for Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2017!:


Actor Favorito:
Favorite Actor

Nazareno Casero - #NazarenoCasero
Gastón Soffritti - #GastonSoffritti
Michael Ronda - #MichaelRonda
Joaquín Ochoa - #JoaquinOchoa
Victorio D’Alessandro - #VictorioDAlessandro
Stefano Ollivier - #StefanoOllivier
Harold Azuara - #HaroldAzuara
Manuel Masalva - #ManuelMasalva

Actriz Favorita
Favorite Actress

Natalie Pérez - #NataliePerez
Samantha Siqueiros - #SamanthaSiqueiros
Brenda Asnicar - #BrendaAsnicar
Laura Esquivel - #LauraEsquivel
Mercedes Lambre - #MercedesLambre
Chiara Francia - #ChiaraFrancia
Carolina Kopelioff - #CarolinaKopelioff
Paulina Vetrano - #PaulinaVetrano

Serie o Programa Favorito (Programa Favorito)
Favorite Program or Series

Las Estrellas - #LasEstrellas
Peligro: sin codificar - #SinCodificar
Heidi, Bienvenida a Casa - #HeidiBienvenidaACasa
Divina - #Divina
Soy Luna - #SoyLuna
O11CE (ONCE) - #O11CE
Morfi - #Morfi
Vikki RPM - #VikkiRPM

Serie o Programa Internacional Favorito
Favorite International Program or Series

Atrapada en el Medio (Stuck in the Middle) - #AtrapadaEnElMedio
Bizaardvark - #Bizaardvark
Kirby Buckets - #KirbyBuckets
Liv y Maddie (Liv & Maddie) - #LivYMaddie
Power Rangers Dino Charge - #PowerRangersDino
Game Shakers - #GameShakers
School of Rock - #SchoolOfRock
Los Thundermans (The Thundermans) - #TheThundermans

Villano(a) Favorito(a)
Favorite Villain

Valentina Zenere - #ValentinaZenere
Isabella Castillo - #IsabellaCastillo
Andrés Mercado - #AndresMercado
Leo Deluglio - #LeoDeluglio
Scarlet Gruber - #ScarletGruber
Jenny Martínez - #JennyMartinez
Minerva Casero - #MinervaCasero
Sebastián Athié - #SebastianAthie

Animación Favorita (Caricatura Favorita)
Favorite Animated Series

Escandalosos (We Bare Bears) - #Escandalosos
Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls) - #LasChicasSuperpoderosas
Uncle Grandpa - #UncleGrandpa
Elena de Avalor (Elena of Avalor) - #ElenaDeAvalor
Star vs. Las Fuerzas del Mal (Star Vs. The Forces of Evil) - #StarVsLasFuerzasDelMal
Los Padrinos Mágicos (The Fairly OddParents) - #LosPadrinosMagicos
Bob Esponja (SpongeBob SquarePants) - #BobEsponja
The Loud House - #TheLoudHouse

Reality o Concurso Favorito
Favorite Reality Contest

¿En qué mano está? - #EnQueManoEsta
Juguemos En El Bosque - #JuguemosEnElBosque
Combate - #Combate
Hacelo Feliz - #HaceloFeliz
A todo o nada - Las Puertas - #ATodoONada
Dueños de la Cocina - #DueñosDeLaCocina
Pasapalabra - #Pasapalabra
Food Hunters - #FoodHunters

Película Favorita
Favorite Movie

La Bella y la Bestia (Beauty and the Beast) - #LaBellaYLaBestia
Un Jefe En Pañales (The Boss Baby) - #UnJefeEnPañales
Mujer Maravilla (Wonder Woman) - #MujerMaravilla
Mi Villano Favorito 3 (Despicable Me 3) - #MiVillanoFavorito3
Spiderman: de regreso a casa (Spider-Man: Homecoming) - #Spiderman
Cars 3 - #Cars
Cantantes En Guerra - #CantantesEnGuerra
Emoji La Película (The Emoji Movie) - #Emoji

Programa de Radio Favorito
Favorite Radio Program

El Club del Moro - #ElClubDelMoro
Todos Arriba - #TodosArriba
Guatsap - #Guatsap
No Está Todo Dicho - #NoTodoEstaDicho
Qué Te Puedo Cobrar - #QueTePuedoCobrar
Morning Time - #MorningTime
El Despertador - #ElDespertador
Oh My God! - #OhMyGod

Artista o Grupo Internacional Favorito
Favorite International Artist or Group

Ariana Grande - #ArianGrande
Selena Gomez - #SelenaGomez
Ed Sheeran - #EdSheeran
Harry Styles - #HarryStyles
Justin Bieber - #JustinBieber
BTS - #BTS
Camila Cabello - #CamilaCabello
Shawn Mendes - #ShawnMendes

Artista o Grupo Nacional Favorito
Favorite National Artist or Group

Airbag - #Airbag
Axel - #Axel
Lali - #Lali
Oriana Sabatini - #OrianaSabatini
Será Pánico - #SeraPanico
Benjamin Amadeo - #BenjaminAmadeo
Toco Para Vos - #TocoParaVos
Rombai - #Rombai

Canción Latina Favorita
Favorite Latino Song

Make You Mine (Maxi Trusso) - #MakeYouMine
Una Na (Lali) - #UnaNa
Love Me Down Easy (Oriana Sabatini) - #LoveMeDownEasy
Traicionera (Sebastián Yatra) - #Traicionera
Me Llamas (Piso 21) - #MeLlamas
Me Rehúso (Danny Ocean) - #MeRehuso
Reggaetón lento (CNCO) - #ReggaetonLento
Mi Gente (J Balvin) - #MiGente

Colaboración Favorita
Favorite Collaboration

Chantaje (Shakira ft. Maluma) - #Chantaje
Despacito (Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber) - #DespacitoJB
Hey DJ (CNCO ft. Yandel) - #HeyDj
Hey Ma (Camila Cabello, Pitbull ft. J Balvin) - #HeyMa
Vente Pa´ca (Ricky Martin ft. Maluma) - #VentePaCa
Súbeme La Radio (Enrique Iglesias ft. Zion y Lennox y Descemer Bueno) - #SubemeLaRadio
2U (David Guetta ft. Justin Bieber) - #2U
It Ain’t Me (Selena Gomez ft. Kygo) - #ItAintMe

Chico Trendy
Most Trendy Boy

Agustín Casanova - #AgustinCasanovaTrendy
Francisco Tinelli - #FranciscoTinelliTrendy
Pollo Álvarez - #PolloAlvarezTrendy
Agustín Bernasconi - #AgustinBernasconiTrendy
Tucu López - #TucuLopezTrendy
Pico Mónaco - #PicoMonacoTrendy
Franco Masini - #FrancoMasiniTrendy
Victorio D’Alessandro (Victorio D’Allesandro) - #VictorioDAlessandroTrendy

Chica Trendy
Most Trendy Girl

Cande Molfese - #CandeMolfeseTrendy
Flor Vigna - #FlorVignaTrendy
María del Cerro - #MariaDelCerroTrendy
Isa Castillo - #IsabellaCastilloTrendy
Mica Viciconte - #MicaViciconteTrendy
Meli Garat - #MeliGaratTrendy
Stephanie Demner - #StephanieDemnerTrendy
Melina Lezcano - #MelinaLezcanoTrendy

Revelación Digital
Digital Revelation

Dario Orsi - #DarioOrsi
Santiago Maratea - #SantiagoMaratea
Mike Chouhy - #MikeChouhy
Mili Masini - #MiliMasini
Azu MakeUp - #AzuMakeUp
Emily Lucius - #EmilyLucius
Delfi Ferrari - #DelfiFerrari
Bárbara Martínez - #BarbaraMartinez

This year, the YouTuber category has been split into two

Youtuber Favorito
Favorite Male YouTuber

Julián Serrano - #JulianSerrano
Lionel Ferro - #LionelFerro
Mariano Bondar - #MarianoBondar
Kevsho - #Kevsho
Fran MG - #FranMG
Dosogas - #Dosogas
Alejo Igoa - #AlejoIgoa
El Chuiucal - #ElChuiucal

Youtuber Favorita
Favorite Female YouTube Star

Mica Suárez - #MicaSuarez
Frutilla Picante - #FrutillaPicante
Ann Look - #AnnLook
Daiana Hernández - #DaianaHernandez
María Becerra - #MariaBecerra
Yoana Marlen Style - #YoanaMarlenStyle
Vikinga Make Up - #PrimaVikinga
Ceci Saia (Cesi Saia) - #CeciSaia

Kids' Choice Awards Argentina 2017 also features several new category's:

20 años Nick en Latinoamérica
20 Years of Nick in Latin America

Drake & Josh - #DrakeYJosh
iCarly - #iCarly
Zoey 101 - #Zoey101
Big Time Rush (BTR) - #BTR
Rugrats - #Rugrats
Hey Arnold! - #HeyArnold
Kenan y Kel (Kenan & Kel) - #KenanYKel
La Vida Moderna de Rocko (Rocko’s Modern Life) - #LaVidaModernaDeRocko

Instagramer Favorito (Instagrammer Favorito)
Favorite Instagrammer

Magalí Tajes - #MagaliTajesIG
Sofi Morandi - #SofiMorandiIG
Minerva Casero - #MinervaCaseroIG
Gonzalo Goette (Gonzalo Goettel) - #GonzaloGoettelIG
Belu Lucius - #BeluLuciusIG
Nati Jota - #NatiJotaIG
Federico Cyrulnik - #FedecyrulnikIG
Dustin Luke - #TheDustinLukeIG

Musically Favorito
Favorite musical.ly Artist

@karolsevillaofce - #karolsevillaofce
@cande.copello - #candecopello
@juanitinelli - #juantinelli
@francommedina - #francommedina
@JULIDOTZEL - #JULIDOTZEL
@robleisiutu1 - #robleisiutu1
@violenarvay - #violenarvay
@FERNANDOMENDOZA7 - #FERNANDOMENDOZA7

Mejor Fandom
Best Fandom

#Lalitas (de Lali) - #Lalitas
#Vignistas (de Flor Vigna) - #Vignistas
#Micaelistas (de Mica Viciconte) - #Micaelistas
#Serranistas (de Julián Serrano) - #Serranistas
#Selenators (de Selena Gomez) - #Selenators
#Rushers (de Big Time Rush) - #Rushers
#Beliebers (de Justin Bieber) - #Beliebers
#Army (de BTS) - #Army

VOTA AHORA!

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UK: Virgin Media Launches Kids TV App

UK cable operator Virgin Media is launching its dedicated kids app, which was first announced to television news publication TBI Vision at the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield in July.

The Virgin Kids App is designed specifically for pre and early primary school children (3-7 years old) for kids aged 3-7, and will offer more than 2,000 episodes of on-demand kids TV programming at launch, plus games and reading books.

Virgin’s chief digital entertainment officer, David Bouchier told TBI the app would be a “safe space” for children with no advertising, commercial influences or in-app purchase opportunities.

Show available at launch come from Virgin’s partners, including Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney. They include Paw Patrol, Peppa Pig, Thomas & Friends, Angelina Ballerina, Mike the Knight, Bob The Builder, In the Night Garden, Masha and Bear, Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, and Monkey See, Monkey Doo.

Book titles available at launch include Monsters Love Underpants, Princess Evie’s Ponies, Dogs Don’t Do Ballet and the Robot with No Bottom, whilst the games list includes Playful Kitty, Bubble Gems, Kids Tangram and Doctor Teeth.

Virgin customers can download the Virgin Kids app from the Apple and Google download stores, with shows available to view offline when abroad. The app is available at no extra cost to Virgin customers who have the Fun or Full House TV package.

“Our Virgin TV Kids app is a safe and fun space designed exclusively for pre-schoolers, Virgin TV’s youngest customers,” said Bouchier. “Parents and carers can let their children explore the best children’s TV shows from all their favourite channels such as Disney, Nick Jr, Boomerang and more, as well as a wide range of books and games safe in the knowledge that kids can never be exposed to age inappropriate or harmful content.

“Our Kids app has not only the UK’s best selection of pre-school entertainment, but it comes with added peace of mind for parents – an environment free from ads and other commercial influences.

"Best of all it comes at no extra cost to Virgin TV customers who subscribe to our kids channels. What could be a better parental antidote for the holidays!"

Virgin’s music and kids content editor, Sarah Aspinall, first mentioned the service earlier this summer. She also revealed the service was looking at original commissioning.

The launch of the Virgin Kids App follows Sky launching the Sky Kids app, which offers a similar service, in March 2016.

To celebrate the launch of the Virgin Kids App, Virgin Media held a special event in London:

Kids are jumping for joy in London today to celebrate the launch of our new Kids App. 2,000 eps of top TV shows, books & games! #AppyKids pic.twitter.com/BqvQEH5fdv

— VirginMediaCorporate (@VirginMediaCorp) August 24, 2017

Virgin TV Kids Mobile App Download Links:

Google Play (Android): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.virginmedia.kidsapp&hl=en_GB

iTunes App Store (iOS): https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/virgin-tv-kids/id1258115045?mt=8

From the Virgin TV Kids App Description From Google Play

Designed for kids aged 3-7 the Virgin TV Kids app lets you conjure up entertainment with the tap of a finger (or the stamp of a foot) at home – and on the go.

There’s top telly available on demand, brilliant books and great games for developing curious minds. Loads of TV favourites are there, ready to watch – from Nick Jr, Cartoonito, Milkshake and TinyPop. There are hundreds of hours of shows on demand including Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam, Pingu, Mike the Knight, Peppa Pig, Thomas & Friends, In The Night Garden, Paw Patrol, Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom and more.

And it’s not just TV. There are lots of games and books to enjoy together, too. The best thing is,
there are no ads to skip, or breaks to huff and puff through. And there’s no way they can rack up costs with in app purchases. Phew

You can set up separate profiles for each child and the app will remember the most recent activities done on the app so it’s quick and easy to continue where they left off. You can even select the loop button to repeat the same show 5 times.

Key Features:

As a Virgin TV customer, this app lets your child:
– Watch loads of kids content on demand
– Play kid friendly games
– Read children’s books
– Watch on up to 4 compatible devices



Kidscreen interviewed David Bouchier, Virgin Media’s chief digital entertainment officer, about the launch of Virgin TV Kids:

Inside Virgin Media’s brand-new preschool app

Virgin Media's chief digital entertainment officer talks Virgin TV Kids, and why preschoolers are a key component of the pay-TV value proposition.

UK pay-TV operator Virgin Media has released Virgin TV Kids, a safe, dedicated iOS and Android app for preschoolers featuring a carefully curated selection of popular on-demand programs from the likes of Viacom, Turner and Disney, as well as interactive games and books.

The app, available to all Virgin TV subscribers on the network’s Fun and Full House bundles via free download from the Apple App Store and Google Play, is devoid of advertising and in-app purchases. It offers thousands of episodes of kids programming from Virgin channel partners including Boomerang, Cartoonito, Disney Junior, Tiny Pop, Milkshake!, Nick Jr., NickToons, Tiddlers TV, VTV Kids and ZooMoo, along with an expansive book library and 14 interactive games. Its unique “repeat” button lets kids watch the same episode of a show five times in a row, and parental settings allow for offline viewing, as well as usage history of games, books and TV shows.

According to David Bouchier, Virgin Media’s chief digital entertainment officer, the decision to launch Virgin TV Kids was driven by the fact that preschool is a key component of the pay-TV value proposition, given that a significant chunk of Virgin’s roughly 40% of subscribers with children under 16 are, in fact, preschoolers.

“It’s also about exploiting and developing the unique position we have as a platform with the best content partners in Viacom, Turner and Disney,” says Bouchier. (Virgin renewed its multi-year programming deal with Viacom in the UK and Ireland in October 2016. Part of that deal brought Viacom-owned Channel 5′s preschool programming block Milkshake! to the operator a month later, along with access to Viacom’s mobile streaming apps Nickelodeon Play and Nick Jr. Play. Virgin also extended its long-term content deal with Turner in November 2016.)

Other reasons for the release, according to Bouchier, include Virgin’s need to follow its increasingly on-the-go, tech-savvy younger audience that’s demanding content across every screen. He points to the app’s ability to provide offline downloads as a key component for serving this demo.

“Netflix recently allowed temporary downloads, and Sky Go Extra in the UK has had the functionality for a few years, but we did not offer it on our streaming app. Virgin TV Kids is our first app for temporary downloads, which is a big deal,” he says.

As for competing with established products in the region like the Sky Kids app, Bouchier says Virgin purposely designed an app dedicated to preschoolers from the get-go to help it stand apart. “We have a lot of respect for Sky and how they operate, but their strategy is different from ours,” he says. “We deliberately did not try to create a soup to nuts, big age group kids app because we would alienate the older kids, not engage the younger ones and potentially expose preschoolers to inappropriate programming.”

Among the shows debuting on the app are Bob The Builder, Mike The Knight, In The Night Garden, Thomas & Friends, Peppa Pig, PAW Patrol, Masha and Bear, Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, Monkey See, Monkey Doo and Angelina Ballerina. (Content will be refreshed monthly.) For its book library, the app features Monsters Love Underpants, three Princess Evie’s Ponies titles, Dogs Don’t Do Ballet, Barry The Fish With Fingers and No-Bot, the Robot with No Bottom, to name a few. Its games include Playful Kitty, Bubble Gems, Kids Tangram and Doctor Teeth.

“It’s very difficult in the current media environment to try and be the one place for everything. We do know that if you build a fantastic proposition, you’ll get your audience,” Bouchier says. “With Viacom, they have created complementary streaming environments, so why wouldn’t we offer those to our customers? Nickelodeon Play allows us to hit all the other demos and maximize the investment that they bring.”

The app launch follows the arrival of former Azoomee creative director Sarah Aspinall as Virgin’s kids and music editor last December. Reporting to Virgin Media’s director of subscription services Pete Chapman, Aspinall is currently responsible for Virgin’s kids programming including channel relationships, on-demand strategy and kids initiatives.

“Bringing Sarah in was a very good move to strengthen Pete’s team in the area of kids and get a dedicated head for that area,” says Bouchier. As Virgin grows its kids business across screens, the operator may soon invest in original commissions to help keep pace with Amazon and Netflix.

Bouchier, however, says the biggest challenge going forward is getting more subscribers to pay for TV. “In the UK, we have exactly the right brand, market position, product and triple-play, quad-play offer, but we need to ensure we keep delivering the value proposition. To get people to pay for TV is always the challenge,” he says.

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Sources: TBI Vision, Digital TV Europe, Advanced Television, TVBEurope, RegularCapital.com, Virgin Media Customer Help and Support.

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Gerald Comes Over | Sneak-Peek | Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie

To celebrate Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, Craig Bartlett, the creator of Nickelodeon's iconic '90s animated series Hey Arnold!, has shared a brand-new frame from Nickelodeon's upcoming brand-new two-part Hey Arnold! television movie in a post on his official Instagram profile page, @CraigBartlett! Craig's latest super sneak-peek, titled "Gerald comes over", features Arnold's best friend, Gerald, outside the boarding house. Check it out below, and let NickALive! know in the comments if you're excited for Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie!:

Gerald comes over #thejunglemovie.

Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie takes the kids on the field trip of a lifetime: action packed and full of adventure! They’ll join Arnold on a quest in which he’ll try to achieve his ultimate dream and finally find his missing parents. It all starts when Arnold and his classmates take a trip to San Lorenzo, South America, which, coincidentally, is the last place Arnold’s parents were seen! Their trip takes a turn when pirates kidnap Arnold and his friends! From there it’s one jungle hazard after another, and the gang must put their heads together to get out of danger. As the leader of the journey, Arnold must make sure he and his friends survive safely, all while working towards a reunion he’s dreamt of his whole life!

Click the picture to open it fully. It's just so beautiful! Via Nickelodeon.

The two-hour TV movie features a storyline that picks up from where the original series ended in the "The Journal" in 2004 and resolves unanswered questions and plotlines-including Arnold finally getting answers about the whereabouts of his missing parents, Arnold's last name, and how Arnold feels about Helga! The movie is co-written and executive produced by the series’ original creator Craig Bartlett and produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank, Calif.



Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie is slated to premiere on Nickelodeon USA on Thursday 23rd November 2017, as part of the networks Thanksgiving celebrations.

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