Fanboy and Chum Chum

You all already know it (I glad you didn’t tell anyone), but today Nickelodeon officially announced the beginning of production for Eric Robles’ “Fanboy and Chum Chum”. The first Random! cartoons to go to series. Congratulations to Eric and the whole FB&CC team!

–Fred

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Nickelodeon Greenlights New Animated Comedy Series Fanboy and Chum Chum for 26 Episode Order

BURBANK, Calif., Sept 17, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Josh Duhamel, Jamie
Kennedy, Estelle Harris Headline Voice Cast in All-New CG Animated Series from
Creator Eric Robles, Executive Produced by Fred Seibert & Emmy Award-Winning Network Vet Steve
Tompkins

Nickelodeon has ordered 26 episodes of Fanboy and Chum Chum, a new CG animated
comedy series spinning off from the upcoming Nicktoons Network anthology series
Random! Cartoons, it was announced today by Brown Johnson, President, Animation
for Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids & Family Group. Combining classic squash and
stretch animation with CG technology, Fanboy and Chum Chum centers on a
fearless, comic book-loving 10-year old named Fanboy and his best friend and
trusty sidekick, Chum Chum, whose wide-eyed acceptance of the bizarre is the
perfect complement to his friend’s hyper imagination. For Fanboy, there is
nothing more normal than living life in tights and a cape, and the concept of an
ordinary day is one where anything and everything can happen.

“Fanboy & Chum Chum creator Eric Robles

“Eric’s wild imagination and diverse animation background have brought these
hilarious characters to life and we’re excited to share them with our Nick
audience” said Johnson. “Our search for unique and funny knows no bounds - and
with Fanboy and Chum Chum, we found it in our own backyard on Random Cartoons.”

David Hornsby (The Mullets, Jake in Progress) voices Fanboy with Nika Futterman
(My Gym Partner’s a Monkey) as Chum Chum, joined by a star-studded cast
including Jamie Kennedy (Ghost Whisperer, The Jamie Kennedy Project), Josh
Duhamel (Transformers, Las Vegas) and Estelle Harris (Seinfeld) as Fanboy’s
untrusting wizard friend Kyle, Fanboy’s uber-geek mentor Oz and Oz’ mother,
respectively.

The series was created by Eric Robles (Ni Hau Kai Lan, The X’s, Grim Adventures
of Billy & Mandy) and executive produced by Robles, Steve Tompkins (The Bernie
Mac Show, Entourage, The Simpsons) and Fred Seibert (Frederator’s Random!
Cartoons).

Robles has been living his childhood dream since getting his animation job in
1995. Since then, he has made his creative and imaginative mark on countless
projects at nearly all of the major Hollywood studios, including Dreamworks
Animation, Walt Disney Animation, Universal Creative, Cartoon Network, MGM
Animation and The Jim Henson Company. Steve Tompkins is a successful Emmy and
Humanitas Award-winning television writer whose credits include The Simpsons,
Everybody Loves Raymond, In Living Color, The Bernie Mac Show and The PJ’s as
well as writing and producing the pilot for HBO’s Entourage. A cable television
and animation veteran, Fred Seibert was instrumental in the births of MTV, TV
Land and Comedy Central and rebirths of Nickelodeon and VH1 and after serving as
President of Hanna-Barbera Animation, formed an animation development think tank
at Nickelodeon under the banner Frederator Cartoons.

Fanboy and Chum Chum joins Nickelodeon’s successful slate of animated series
including Back at the Barnyard from the creative mind of box-office chief Steve
Oedekerk, Emmy Award-nominated The Fairly Oddparents from animation veteran
Butch Hartman, The Mighty B! co-created by and starring actress/comedian Amy
Poehler and pop culture phenomenon, number one ranked SpongeBob SquarePants.
Physical production of Fanboy and Chum Chum is based at the Nickelodeon
Animation Studio in Burbank, currently the largest producer of television
animation in the U.S.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 29th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for
kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in
everything it does. The company includes television programming and production
in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online,
recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television
network is seen in more than 96 million households and has been the
number-one-rated basic cable network for 14 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and
all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:
VIA, VIA.B).

SOURCE Nickelodeon