With reboots happening left and right in both big
and small screens, it was only a matter of time until ReBoot would follow suit.
Last year Mainframe Entertainment announced that they would be rebooting their
90's cartoon series with a title card for the new series, now called Reboot:
The Guardian Code.
Now, Corus Entertainment has
sent out a press release officially announcing the new series, which will
follow the adventures of four teens (Austin, Parker, Grey and Tamra) who
discover that they’re next-gen Guardians with a mission to save the world, by
defending it in cyberspace. Unlike the original show, Reboot: The Guardian Code will be a live-action/CG-animated hybrid.
Vancouver, BC and Banff, AB - Corus
Entertainment has given the greenlight to Mainframe Entertainment—the
television division of the multifaceted Vancouver-based animation studio
Rainmaker Entertainment (TSX VENTURE:RNK)—to produce 26 half-hour episodes
of a reimagined version of the classic and first-of-its-kind CG-animated
television series ReBoot. Reboot: The Guardian
Code, a hybrid live-action/CG-animated series to be distributed
globally by TWC/Dimension Television (excluding Canada) commences
production on the heels of the series’ 20th anniversary
featuring cutting-edge technology that will reboot the ReBoot universe
to create a groundbreaking multi-platform experience. The announcement was made
today at Banff World Media Festival by Jamie Piekarz, Director of Content,
Corus Kids, and Michael Hefferon, President and Chief Creative Officer,
Rainmaker Entertainment. The series originally premiered on Corus’ kids channel
YTV in 1994 and aired until 2001.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Mainframe to bring back an exciting new,
reimagined version of this classic animated series to Corus Entertainment,”
said Jamie Piekarz, Director of Content, Corus Kids. “The new Reboot will
feature the same action and comedy that viewers loved in the original series,
but with an updated technological universe that will fascinate a new generation
of kids.”
“We are thrilled to receive the greenlight from Corus Entertainment to move
forward with the production of Reboot: The Guardian Code,” commented
Hefferon. “Technology is ever-changing and Reboot: The Guardian
Code will utilize the very technology inherent in the concept of the
show—and prevalent in kids’ everyday lives—to drive a new type of relationship
across multiple platforms. Reboot: The Guardian Code and
associated brand extensions will deliver mass appeal with a technology focus,
empowering kids with the tools and confidence to chart their own course in a
world that is increasingly dependent on and powered by technological knowledge.”
Created by Michael Hefferon, Reboot: The Guardian Code is based
on the original ReBoot created by Gavin Blair, John
Grace, Phil Mitchell and Ian Pearson. The YTV series was the
first of its kind–a fully CG animated television series. Ahead of its
time, the original series electrified viewers with its groundbreaking animation
style and stories of heroic Guardians who battled viruses inside computer
systems. Twenty years later, ReBoot: the Guardian Code upgrades
that original concept for today’s tech savvy kids.
Transcending age groups with appeal to kids, tweens and teens, ReBoot:
the Guardian Code is an adventure-comedy series about four teens
(Austin, Parker, Grey and Tamra) who discover that they’re next-gen Guardians
with a mission to save the world, by defending it in cyberspace. The Internet
revolutionized the world, but it also left it vulnerable to attack. With the
help of VERA, the last surviving cyberbeing from the original Guardian Program,
our heroes stream into cyberspace where they use their awesome code-based
powers to battle viruses that have been unleashed by a ruthless hacker. Known
only as the Sourcerer, he seeks to rule the world by controlling cyberspace. Original
fans of the show will be happy to hear that Megabyte will be back and he’s
getting a major upgrade. ReBoot will showcase leading edge
technologies and bring coding into the mainstream for kids.
When Austin, Parker, Grey and Tamra are not trying to stop viruses from
overloading a nuclear power station, or remotely opening a dam to flood a city,
or playing Criss Cross Crash Hour with a city’s transportation grid, our heroes
are being typical teens: arguing with their parents over curfews; dealing with
crushes; or trying to avoid getting suspended for skipping class when they’re
really on a cyber mission to save the world!
Over the course of its four seasons in the 1990s, 48 x 22 minute episodes
of ReBoot were sold to 84 counties (YTV in Canada and ABC
Network and Cartoon Network in the US), with the last new episodes airing in
2001. Complementing the television series was a ReBoot toy
line produced by Irwin Toys along with a video game produced by Electronic
Arts.
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