July 21, 2006
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2007
Just what we need—a revival of Jay Ward's animated classic, George of the Jungle. However, a new series currently in production is apparently based more on the Brendan Fraser live action movie than Ward's original Saturday morning cartoon. The website of Vancouver's Studio B (who are producing the 26 half hours) has pre-production art from the series that at least somewhat resemble the original Jay Ward designs. The image above was distributed by Classic Media at the Licensing Show last month in New York—I guess they figured they'd go in a new, Cartoon Network-derivative direction (especially as Cartoon Network U.S. and Europe will air the show in Fall 2007). Oh well... I wish them luck.