Hey Arnold!

[Avaitor]

Nah, we need the jungle movie, first and foremost.

[talonmalon333]

Nah, we need the jungle movie, first and foremost.

Is that the one where Arnold finds his parents and kisses Helga?

[LumRanmaYasha]

New Arnold? Hmm, it'd be interesting to see if it happens. Especially if it's the jungle movie.

[Avaitor]

Nah, we need the jungle movie, first and foremost.

Is that the one where Arnold finds his parents and kisses Helga?

Well, they did kiss in the first movie...

[talonmalon333]

I can't even remember if I saw the Arnold movie.

[gunswordfist]

there's an arnold movie?

[LumRanmaYasha]

Yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Arnold!:_The_Movie

[Avaitor]

It says a lot when you find out that the Wild Thornberrys movie did better.

And while I wasn't even a fan of that show, it was the better movie. Which says even more.

[talonmalon333]

What went wrong with the Arnold movie? I mean, I figured they still had all of the same writers as the show. It's not like Rugrats where a good chunk of the original writers left before the creation of the movie.

[Avaitor]

It wasn't meant to be a theatrical movie, but just a quick, smaller budget TV movie, which was changed after the massive success of the Rugrats flicks gave Nick the incentive to try it out for theaters. I think the story could have worked for a two-part or even just a half hour episode, but it's pretty thin.

[gunswordfist]

sucks that none of my favorite created-in-the-90s animated series had a sucessful theatrical movie (except spongebob)

[Daxdiv]

It wasn't meant to be a theatrical movie, but just a quick, smaller budget TV movie, which was changed after the massive success of the Rugrats flicks gave Nick the incentive to try it out for theaters. I think the story could have worked for a two-part or even just a half hour episode, but it's pretty thin.

Funny thing about this was I remember reading something about this in the Nick Magazine issue many moons ago. They described a plot for a Hey Arnold episode playing out like the movie did with Arnold saving the town or something. I think it was probably smaller scale thing he was saving, but bigger than the other episodes where Arnold and the gang tried saving something (That theater, that backlot where they play sports.) I'm guessing somewhere down the line they decided to upgrade it to movie status.

If they do bring it back, I can't wait to see Big Bob move his business model from beepers to Cellphones/Smartphones. I always imagined that's what he would try to run an empire with since beeper became an artifact.

[Peanutbutter]

I'm not sure how well the jungle movie would do if it came out now. It's been an awful long time so much that I don't know if it would have much of an audience aside from dedicated fans. I think a reboot may be the way to go.

[Avaitor]

Well in today's market, a theatrical film wouldn't make sense. A DTV or Amazon rental would make more sense, and I think there would be enough interest from hardcore fans and the other people who grew up watching the show as a kid for it to succeed in that kind of venue.

I wouldn't be opposed to a new series, but the movie is still my biggest hope if there will be more Arnold.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Straight to DVD/stream movies like the MLP or DC movies seem to do well enough. It would be nice if more companies got in on it.