From Tuesday, March 10 to Friday, March 13, Hidden Temple die-hards will be able to enter their email for a chance to compete in Quibi’s new, adult-oriented reboot of the '90s Nickelodeon game show. Those who enter their email will be the first to hear casting information about the forthcoming series, which will once again pit the Blue Barracudas and the Silver Snakes against one another in a battle of physical and mental ability.
According to Quibi, there are four easy steps to ensuring that you’re first to get casting information for Legends of the Hidden Temple:
1 - Get your knee and elbow pads ready
2 - Identify your teammate – you’re in this together
3 - Head to Quibi.com and enter your email address to get the latest news from Quibi
4 - Keep an eye on your email for special casting details
Legends of the Hidden Temple originally aired from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon (with re-runs throughout the rest of the '90s and through to the mid-noughties on Nick and Nick GAS). Hosted by Kirk Fogg, with Dee Bradley Baker (SpongeBob SquarePants, American Dad) providing the voice of the all-knowing Olmec, each episode saw six teams of two compete in a series of physical and mental challenges with the goal of retrieving as many “ancient artifacts” from a fictitious Mayan temple as possible. At the end, the winning team received a prize, but nothing quite compares to the glory of successfully rebuilding the Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Fogg and Baker returned and reprised their roles for Nickelodeon's Legends of the Hidden Temple movie in 2016. It film also featured popular elements from the show, like the Steps of Knowledge, and featured cameos from animals who lend their names to the competition teams. No word on Fogg or Baker's involvement in the new series.
Quibi’s Legends of the Hidden Temple reboot will include many elements of the original game show, including the Moat Crossing challenge, narrator (and stone head) Olmec, and the final Temple Run. But while Nick’s series was targeted towards kids, Quibi’s reboot will be geared towards adults, and the challenges and prizes will be “scaled up” to accommodate the “grown up” tone. Each episode of Quibi’s series is expected to be around 10-minutes long.
Legends of the Hidden Temple is produced by Nickelodeon and Stone & Company Entertainment (Paradise Run, A Season With, The Mole). The series is executive produced by Scott A. Stone, one of the original creators of the beloved hit. Based on the game show Legends of the Hidden Temple by David G. Stanley, Scott A. Stone and Stephen R. Brown.
Hurry up, Legends of the Hidden Temple-rs! Olmec is waiting.
Via Quibi's official press release:
“Once again, the gates to Olmec’s Hidden Temple are about to open, and Quibi is thrilled to announce that for a select few, the journey begins anew.
Quibi is set to open casting to all you Blue Barracudas and Silver Snakes who have ever dreamed of your own epic Temple Run. It’s time to live that dream!
Quibi’s new, supersized, reimagined version of Legends of the Hidden Temple will preserve many of the favorite original elements of the show - the Moat Crossing, Olmec and the Temple Run - but will see them ‘grown up’ for an audience that’s grown up along with them. The entire competition will be scaled up with tougher challenges and bigger prizes on the line.”
Per marketing, the “Guide to Becoming a Legend” is as follows:
- “Level up your inner child and prepare for adult-sized challenges."
- “Pick your teammates wisely. You’re in this together.”
- “Accept and acknowledge that the choice is, in fact, yours and yours alone."
Quibi’s press release cautioned to “enter at your own risk," and added that if you're cast, expect your adventure skills to be put to the true test.
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So, to catch you up to speed: Quibi is a new digital content service launching April 6 that's being catered towards phone and mobile device-users – with the focus being on short (10 minute or less) episodes released new every day to watch on your mobile device. So with that in mind… at the end of last year, Quibi announced plans to revive / reboot the cult classic and nostalgia favorite of every American kid who grew up in the 1990's, Legends of the Hidden Temple.
In case you're as ancient as the Aztecs, lived under a rock for the entire decade of the 1990s, or were raised by wolves, let me educate you on the best Nickelodeon game show of all time.
Am I over hyping it a little? Not a chance. Based on the adventures and excitement of one Indiana Jones type, this was a game show for children that originally aired from 1993 to 1995 on the children's entertainment network.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Quibi
The game itself, hosted by Kirk Fogg, featured six teams of two contestants (between 11 and 14) and combined trivia challenges with physical challenges, all while keeping with the theme of the show. Oh – you don't know the theme? Players had to race to be the first to find a different cultural or historical artifact each week in the temple. A giant Aztec-type head statue, Olmec, would come to life and tell contestants the story of the artifact they were seeking this episode.
But not all players made it to the final level: a two-story temple with twelve rooms, where they had to solve puzzles and search for the pieces to assemble the shrine of the silver monkey before time ran out. But make sure to avoid temple guards – they were always low-key terrifying.
The first round was always the moat – the last two teams to pull themselves across in their raft were eliminated. The four remaining teams went on to the steps of knowledge – the trivia section where Olmec told them about the artifact of the game. The two teams to win here moved on, while the other two were eliminated.
And the final elimination was always the physical challenge – the Temple Games. Here, teams competed to earn pendants of life, which they needed if they made it to the temple run. The team with the least amount of pendants at the end of this portion was eliminated.
But the final team got to do the coolest thing of all – the temple run! I explained it before, but it was the coolest part about the game. Foam pits and puzzles and creepy forests – sign me up!
Which brings me to my point – you actually can sign up, yes, as an adult!
Quibi is bringing it back…for adults, the people who fell in love with the show when it originally aired. They're looking to cast teams of two adults who want to participate in a scaled-for-adults version of the classic game show.
Try to contain your excitement – at least just for a moment. They tweeted that you can put yourself on their general mailing list (that's e-mail for all you dinosaurs) to be informed when the casting application for the show goes live.
So…who's ready to discover the Legends of the Hidden Temple?
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"Step 1: Get your knee and elbow pads read. Step 2: Identify your teammate - you're in this together. Step 3: Head to Quibi.com and enter your email address to get the latest news from Quibi. Step 4: Keep an eye on your email for special casting details," a press release advises would-be competitors.
"You must enter your email by Friday, March 13 to get early access to the casting details and begin your quest. But beware, if you are cast in this action-packed competition will test your adventure skills at a whole new level. Enter at your own risk - the choice is yours and yours alone," it adds. "Are you deserving of being a part of the legend? Glory awaits you on Quibi's Legends of the Hidden Temple. Let's rock!"
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Originally published: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 20:57 GMT.
Original source: Decider; Additional sources: GeekTyrant, Bustle, PopCulture.
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