El Tigre creator Jorge R. Gutierrez reveals his interest in a potential revival series or movie!
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El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera was one of the major standout animated series releases with Nickelodeon back in the 2000s, and the creator behind it all revealed he would love to come back with a new revival project some day!
El Tigre has been in the midst of a small comeback as the Nickelodeon animated series not only has finally been made available to stream with
Paramount+ (which means that fans will be able to check out the series for the first time, if they never have seen it before), but its star character also made his fighting game debut, and the series is now the subject of a
all-new art book.
With
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera's titular Manny Rivera
now a playable character in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, and the series now streaming, with a new book coming out later this year, it seems like it's the perfect time for the franchise to come back as a whole. Series creator Jorge R. Gutierrez was recently asked about this and revealed that he would "absolutely love" to come back for a revival project with ideas for both a potential feature film and new series.
Will El Tigre Ever Come Back?
Speaking with The Cartoon Base,
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera creator Jorge R. Gutierrez said that not only was he interested in coming back for a revival but actually almost did a movie when he initially started working with Netflix before it fell through, "I would absolutely LOVE to do this. When I first came to Netflix we almost did a movie but the deal didn't work out at the time. I have a big idea for a feature and then a new series. Hopefully I get to do this one day."
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera wrapped up its run several years ago, but it seems like the creator still has plenty of ideas of where to take Manny's adventures next. Set in the Mexican culture inspired Miracle City, the titular El Tigre is the name of the young hero, Manny Rivera, who fights crime. His father, the famous superhero White Pantera, and his grandfather, the famous villain Puma Loco, are both trying to influence the young Manny to use his powers for either good or evil. Together with his best friend Frida Suarez, Manny then takes on all sorts of powerful foes as he battles with his own ideals.
El Tigre Movie Concept Art
Jorge recently revealed some spectacular early visual development art for the
El Tigre movie pitch on his
official X/Twitter page! The art features features Manny Rivera as El Tigre and his best friend, Frida Suarez.
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Jorge
added in a follow up post: "the
Tigre movie almost happened when I was exclusive to Netflix back in 2018. At the time Nickelodeon was all for it but Netflix Animation wanted me to focus on the
Maya limited series and Space Punch (which was 2 movies at the time)".
It was a series that had a lot of firsts, so a revival would be a welcome one for sure. Do you want to see
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera return with a new series someday? Let me know all of your thoughts about it on
X/Twitter,
Bluesky and
Threads!
The Art of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is available now. You order the book on
Amazon.com.
You can stream
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera on Paramount+. Try it FREE at
ParamountPlus.com.
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Originally published: August 12, 2024.
