[Movie] "I COME FROM THE NET..."

Reboot Movie in the Works.

Originally Posted by Yahoo

Early CG TV show gets "ReBoot"
Monday July 23 2:52 AM ET

"ReBoot," one of the earliest computer-animated episodic TV series, will be redeveloped as a trilogy of feature-length films by Rainmaker Animation.

Originally produced in 1994, the series centered on life within a computer, where good forces fought invading viruses and videogames were viewed from within.

"ReBoot" was created by MainFrame Entertainment, which was acquired by and renamed Rainmaker in 2006. The show aired for several seasons on ABC, YTV and Cartoon Network.

"The idea is to relaunch the brand in a new way," said Rainmaker Animation executive vice president Paul Gertz, who will oversee the project.

To do this, Rainmaker has entered into a strategic alliance with Zeros 2 Heroes, a Web site set to launch Monday (July 23) to provide a social network for comic book fans.

Five undiscovered writers chosen by Rainmaker were selected to work with the animation studio's production teams to prepare a pitch for the new "ReBoot" story line. These will be posted on the Zeros 2 Heroes site Thursday (July 26), the opening day of San Diego Comic-Con International. Those who visit the site will be able to work with each production team to help refine the ideas for "ReBoot" and later vote and select a favorite pitch. The brainstorming environment is what the site calls "Think Ups."

A Web-based comic, based on the selected story, will be published this year. Production on the features will commence at that time.

"'ReBoot's' legions of fans have been incredibly loyal and continue to keep the property alive on dozens of fan sites," Gertz said. "We're very enthusiastic about how we're reconceiving this classic series by creating an innovative way for those fans -- who were kids when the series started -- to use new technology to help guide us."

Zeros 2 Heroes president Matt Toner sees the Internet as a democratizing medium. "It takes away gatekeepers," he said. "We want to connect the fans with the producers ... and let them determine what the next hits will be. When it comes to long-standing genre entertainment properties, the fans are the real experts."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Bricks were shat. Unfortunately Megabyte's VA died last year (I believe), so tears were also shed.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

omg yes! I loved (well is till do XD) this series to death. I recently watch all the episode and it was as good as I remembered it.

I really hope they will not screw this up, because maybe this could mean that they might do another season! (well we can hope so)

I just wonder how it will look with todays computers graphic XD

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I'm just happy Michael Bay doesn't do animated films... yet!

ReBoot was one of my favorites from when I can barely remember watching cartoons in the morning and reliving them again on Cartoon Network. Very good stuff, and clever as hell. I got high hopes for this new one, or should I say, an open mind :P I sure as heck don't want to be disapointed.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Is this movie going to be live-action or CG.

No offense, but it is going to tank. You don't have to believe me, but most people won't see it solely because the main character is BLUE, and half of the other characters are GREEN. Also, the fanbase must be nothin' compared to Transformers.

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Hmm... if they are relaunching the brand, that means we may still never get a conclusion to the season 4 cliffhanger ending. Le sigh.

Still, any news that Reboot isn't dead is good news.

How ya doing, buddy?

I used to love the Reboot series. I hope they do this well as it could be really entertaining. Fingers crossed hey.

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Ah nostalgic.... I love Reboot as well, though I didn't get to see the later seasons after season 2... Why isn't this show on DVD sets?!

Maybe this news will give them a wake up call to make those DVDs...

Hope the movies turn out well...

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Originally Posted by AniMechanic

Hmm... if they are relaunching the brand, that means we may still never get a conclusion to the season 4 cliffhanger ending. Le sigh.

Still, any news that Reboot isn't dead is good news.

So, then, what you mean to tell me is that they're rebooting it.

*rimshot*

...I'll get my coat.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

ReBoot was my favourite TV show as a child, and I followed it until its unsatisfying cliffhanger end. I've got 'em all taped and watch them a lot - after all these years, they're still incredible!

I can't wait to see how this pans out! There's a lot more fans out there than you think, especially here in Canada.

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I expect they will be animated films, but I'll be stunned if they're not direct-to-video. The series wasn't extremely popular to begin with (not saying it wasn't popular, but it's like saying Doug wasn't popular and they made a movie out of that, and it bombed) and it's a bit outdated on many levels.

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Sorry, but this movie will be a failure without Tony Jay as Megabyte. He's just one of those legendary VAs that you don't replace. Any future Legacy of Kain games will suffer without him as the Elder God.

That said, I wouldn't mind seeing the series revamped, using the original dialogue with updated graphics, but I just don't know about a movie, much less a trilogy. There are certainly more deserving titles out there that are due for a revival. Like the animated Spawn that came on HBO.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by WolfDemon

Sorry, but this movie will be a failure without Tony Jay as Megabyte. He's just one of those legendary VAs that you don't replace.

You're right and who would even be able to replace him? James Earl Jones? Anyways, I'm actually glad they're bringing the series back and that they'll hopefully tie up the cliffhanger from the end of Season 4. Just hope they don't screw it up like some of the other things that are being brought back to life *cough* Alvin and the Chipmunks *cough*.

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Tony Jay definitely made Megabyte into one of the most memorable villains ever. The whole series was great and it holds up well in my opinion (I had recorded all of the episodes from seasons 1, 2, and 3 to VHS myself), possessing a lot more heart and memorable elements than most stuff today.

I'd rather just see them rerelease the season three DVDs that are painfully hard to come by. I'd also like to see them release the first two seasons. Those episodes were a lot of fun even without the consistent episode to episode continuity.

I never actually saw the fourth season/movie thing with Daemon. I'm not sure I want to because of some of the things that happened at the end of season three, and even though I'm still curious, all the Reboot stuff has become too expensive and impossible to find.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Since there are no DVD sets for this series yet, are there any torrents online that is good quality?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

What will be interesting to see is, the updated computer represented graphically in the movie. Remember how neat and shiny that the computer was, and given that it was a very primitive design by today's standards (The most advanced beings being Sprites and a .MB sized Virus).

Of course if they go the route in story of having it take place a couple years down the line where the 'evil' Windows 95 is installed and an epic battle to have it shut down (Thus 'explaining' the many errors that Win95 was prone to) ensues.

I had a great time watching the series, but I haven't seen it in forever either.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Kairi Li

Since there are no DVD sets for this series yet, are there any torrents online that is good quality?

There are DVDs of season 3. As for a torrent, you can generally find season 4 in decent quality, but seasons 1 and 2 are so old that they were probably transferred from VHS tapes, so their quality is generally pretty low.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

What cliffhanger ending are you all talking about? The world was saved IIRC, although the appearence of younger uh...that kid(forgot his name) didn't make much sense at all, as the older self was there.

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there was another season after that winter storm, it was cancel after 8 episodes I think. the ending of the last episode was kind of a big cliffhanger.

Daemon super virus was just awesome XD

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Originally Posted by Winter Storm

What cliffhanger ending are you all talking about? The world was saved IIRC, although the appearence of younger uh...that kid(forgot his name) didn't make much sense at all, as the older self was there.

I think little Enzo appearing again was due to the system restoring itself with a backup. Matrix wasn't overwritten because he had guardian code and wasn't the same file, I guess.

As for the cliffhanger:

Spoiler:

In the last 4 episodes of season 4, a second Bob appears. He looks like original Bob, not GlitchBob. He turns out to be Megabyte, back from the web, and now with Trojan virus powers (the ability to disguise himself as anyone he touches). At the end of the 8th episode, he breaks into the command room of the principal office, infects some of the binomes there, and locks everyone else out. There has never been a continuation from this point.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I wasn't really into the series, but I did like the 3rd season. I guess that doesn't account for much though, since the fans apparently didn't like it as much as the previous seasons.

I LOVE that play they did where they recapped the entire third season in the space of five minutes (or so). Does anyone have a high quality version of that? I'd love to hear the song again.

I'd much rather see a Beast Wars movie though, as I'm a bigger fan of that.

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I was a big fan of Reboot, but after being pointed to THIS I felt that there is no hope or joy left in the world, and have decided to kill myself.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Jessykins <3

I was a big fan of Reboot, but after being pointed to THIS I felt that there is no hope or joy left in the world, and have decided to kill myself.

Whew. Spared me the trouble of looking for that link. Saw the shit last night and while I kinda liked Reboot 2.0 (the one where they're more realistic, I think?) and it's designs, nothing really felt like Reboot to me.

While my excitement's waned (considerably), I'm still interested to see what becomes of the project.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by AniMechanic

Matrix wasn't overwritten because he had guardian code and wasn't the same file, I guess.

The reboot program didn't detect him because he accidently left his icon in game sprite mode. And so it brought back the original Enzo, which I thought was a lame idea, and surely designed for the sole purpose of keeping kids interested in the show.

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