The babies are back in diapers.. and out of control! Catch all new Rugrats, premiering Thursday, May 27, exclusively on Paramount+! Try it free today at paramountplus.com!
The all-new Rugrats will follow the even bigger adventures born from the colorful imaginations of Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Susie, and Angelica. Premiering exclusively Thursday, May 27 on Paramount+, and produced by the Nickelodeon Animation Studio, the reimagined babies continue to explore their world in brand-new adventures that will both complement and evolve the original series’ beloved stories.
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Beginning May 27, the first set of episodes of the Rugrats debut season will be available on Paramount+, with the rollout of additional episodes to be announced at a later date. In the one-hour premiere episode, “Second Time Around,” Tommy leads the babies on a daring adventure to help Chuckie after his big attempt to be brave goes horribly wrong. Warning: dinosaurs are involved. Following the season’s run on Paramount+, the series will air on Nickelodeon at a later date to be announced.
The series stars E.G. Daily (Tommy Pickles), Nancy Cartwright (Chuckie Finster), Cheryl Chase (Angelica Pickles), Cree Summer (Susie Carmichael), and Kath Soucie (Phil and Lil DeVille), all of whom are reprising their iconic roles in this new series.
The original adventurous babies’ voice cast is joined by new voices, including Ashley Rae Spillers and Tommy Dewey (Tommy’s parents, Didi and Stu Pickles); Tony Hale (Chuckie’s father, Chas Finster); Natalie Morales, (Phil and Lil’s mother, Betty DeVille); Anna Chlumsky and Timothy Simons (Angelica’s parents, Charlotte and Drew Pickles); Nicole Byer and Omar Miller (Susie’s parents, Lucy and Randy Carmichael); and Michael McKean (Grandpa Lou Pickles).
Produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, the all-new Rugrats is based on the series created by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Paul Germain. Eryk Casemiro (“Rugrats”) and Kate Boutilier (“Rugrats”) are executive producers and Dave Pressler (“Robot and Monster”) and Casey Leonard (“Breadwinners”) serve as co-executive producers, with Rachel Lipman (“Rugrats”) as co-producer and Kellie Smith (“The Fairly OddParents”) as line producer. Charlie Adler (“Rugrats”) serves as the voice director. Production is overseen by Mollie Freilich, Senior Manager, Current Series Animation, Nickelodeon.
The original “Rugrats” series launched in August of 1991 and instantly became a groundbreaking phenomenon, spawning consumer products and three hit theatrical releases, cementing its place in pop culture history through its iconic characters, storytelling, and unique visual style. “Rugrats” was in production for nine seasons over the course of 13 years. The series earned four Daytime Emmy Awards, six Kids' Choice Awards, and its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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From Rolling Stone:
Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh Talk Updating ‘Rugrats’ Music for Cartoon’s Revival
See the new opening credits sequence, featuring an updated theme song from the Devo frontman
When Rugrats, the classic Nineties Nickelodeon cartoon, returns later this month, it will have a new CGI animated look, but much of the show will be familiar. Several members of the original cast will be reprising their roles on the show, while brothers Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh will also be back on hand to provide the show with its charmingly off-kilter music.
In anticipation of the reboot’s May 27th premiere on Paramount+, Rugrats has released its new title sequence, featuring an updated theme song by Mark Mothersbaugh. Mothersbaugh has tweaked the instrumentals a bit and added some contemporary percussion to boost the tune’s pace; but he hasn’t done anything to the main melody, allowing the theme to retain the elements that made the original so special.
“It had like a childlike quality to it, and we were looking for something that would be Pavlovian for little kids,” Mothersbaugh says in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. “They could be in the other room, looking through the refrigerator or something, and they’d hear the theme song start up and then they go, ‘Oh, that’s my show!’”
The Mothersbaughs got involved with Rugrats the first time around because one of the show’s co-creators, Gabor Csupo, was a fan of more out-there music. He’d originally approached Mark about using a song from his 1988 solo album, Muzik for Insomniaks, as the show’s theme, but Mothersbaugh, who’d just started composing music for television at the time, got the approval to record a new theme instead. Soon, Bob Mothersbaugh was enlisted to compose the show’s incidental music and score.
For the reboot, the Mothersbaughs were tasked with updating the music while still staying true to the original. Bob says the new score incorporates more modern elements like beats, but he notes that when he actually sat down and began composing for the revival, “It was like a horse walking back to the barn — I just went to the old Rugrats sounds immediately, and it felt right.” (To show what he means by those original sounds, Bob hits a few keys on a keyboard and a goofy, melodic groan jumps out, familiar to anyone who watched the show the first time around.)
Calling his brother “the sound of Rugrats,” Mark adds, “I think Bob’s done a good job of keeping [the music] in the world and in the universe of Rugrats, that the adults would know. Adults could watch this show and could go, ‘Oh they change the picture, but the music still sounds true to the original Rugrats.’ I think music has a lot to do with grounding the show.”
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Originally published: Monday, May 17, 2021 at 18:55 BST.
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