Nickelodeon

INTERVIEW: Ninja Turtles Holiday Power In “Chrome Alone 2”
Kent Seki, the cinematographer of 2023 animated feature Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, has directed the new holiday short Chrome Alone 2 — Lost in New Jersey. Seki dives into the making of the short, which is Oscar qualified and will screen in theaters nationwide with The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants starting December 19th.
INTERVIEW: Blasting Off With “Tim Rex In Space”

INTERVIEW: Blasting Off With “Tim Rex In Space”

Avatar photoJackson Murphy|
July 28th, 2025
Join me and series director Sam Dransfield for a “Dinogalactic” conversation about the new animated family program Tim Rex in Space. It premieres next Monday Aug. 4 on Nickelodeon. (This Animation Scoop Q&A was edited for length and clarity.) Jackson Murphy: What excites you about this combination of Dinos and outer space? It seems like […]
FIRST LOOK: Teaser “The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants”

FIRST LOOK: Teaser “The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants”

Avatar photoJerry Beck|
July 9th, 2025
Opening in theaters on December 19th, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies will present The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants – and today we have our first look. And it looks great! And funny! Derek Drymon directs; Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, George Lopez, Isis “Ice Spice” Gaston, Arturo […]

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Checking Out The Art and Design at Nickelodeon Studios

I recently had the opportunity to tour Nickelodeon Animation in Burbank, CA. Here’s an inside look at the home of SpongeBob (well, his above water home) and the rest of studio’s other iconic characters:
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|August 29, 2019
Checking Out The Art and Design at Nickelodeon Studios

Joe Murray talks “Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling”

Nearly 23 years after its final episode, the gang from Rocko’s Modern Life is back in a brand new special, Static Cling, premiering this Friday, August 9th on Netflix. Show creator Joe Murray also returns to bring us an updated installment. Static Cling sees wallaby Rocko, steer Heffer and turtle Filbert travel from outer space […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|August 9, 2019
Joe Murray talks “Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling”

Viacom Acquires Rights To “Garfield” for Nickelodeon

Viacom Inc., through one of its subsidiaries, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paws, Inc., the entity holding global intellectual property rights to the Garfield and the U.S. Acres franchises–including corresponding rights related to content, consumer products, and location-based experiences. The acquisition is expected to close in the upcoming weeks. The acquisition of […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|August 6, 2019
Viacom Acquires Rights To “Garfield” for Nickelodeon

Netflix and Nickelodeon Date “Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus” August 16

At long last: Netflix and Nickelodeon’s Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus, from creator Jhonen Vasquez, will release globally on August 16th, 2019. The original series, Invader Zim, made its debut on Nickelodeon in 2001, chronicling the efforts of an extraterrestrial named Zim on a mission to conquer Earth and enslave the human race. It has […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 23, 2019
Netflix and Nickelodeon Date “Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus” August 16

TRAILER: Netflix and Nickelodeon’s “Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling”

The fans have been waiting – and here it comes: Netflix and Nickelodeon’s Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling, from creator Joe Murray, will release globally on Netflix on August 9th, 2019. Originally airing from 1993-1996, the Nickelodeon animated series Rocko’s Modern Life follows the adventures of an Australian wallaby named Rocko and his two companions, […]
Avatar photoJerry Beck|July 16, 2019
TRAILER: Netflix and Nickelodeon’s “Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling”

INTERVIEW: Mike Rubiner on producing Nick’s “The Loud House”

The Loud House continues to make a lot of noise. While production is beginning for Season 4 of Nickelodeon’s hit comedy, so is work on the recently-announced, The Loud House Movie, which will find a home on Netflix. Oh, and the show just picked-up a trio of 2019 Daytime Emmy Award nominations, the most in […]
Avatar photoJackson Murphy|April 11, 2019
INTERVIEW: Mike Rubiner on producing Nick’s “The Loud House”

I Wrote A Book About the History of Nickelodeon That No One Has Ever Seen

Five years ago I spent 12 months on a special project that has never seen the light of day. I wrote a history of Nickelodeon – for Nickelodeon – an elaborate in-house book project that was pure pleasure to research and write. It included tipped-in booklets featuring interviews with Gerry Laybourne, Herb Scannell, Fred Seibert, […]