gregwhite:It’s been just over three months and we’ve already got the first three scrip
gregwhite: It’s been just over three months and we’ve already got the first three scripts finished, with a bunch more close to completion. I think we’re putting out some great work and everyone involved is talented and lovely. The goal is to maintain the spirit of the original but to make it exist for today (or 2020 as it were). The sibling and Pinky segments in particular I think feel like great nods to the original series, and with the sibling segments in particular, the spirit of anarchy remains strong. I think the visual aspect of the show will reflect this as well: the character designs are very similar, but with just a little cleaning up to reflect the present era. We have the benefit in 2018 of having seen this amazing Renaissance of sketch comedy (Key and Peele, Portlandia) and an entire universe of weird, cool, smart animation, so the trick is doing something that takes advantage of our vantage point while making something that is still recognizably Animaniacs. I don’t look at our series as a reboot as much as I do a continuation. I hope people like it and find joy in watching it. I’m certain there will be people who love this new version and I’m equally certain that there will be people who hate it with a passion simply because it exists at all. I don’t know what to say to this latter group, but I can say that all the writers are doing great work and that everyone involved–from Amblin to Warners to Hulu to the entire production staff–cares deeply about getting this right. A lot of us grew up watching the original series and so we’re not just cavalierly storming in and drastically changing things because we can. We’re making Animaniacs for sure, and we’re making it for our adult selves as well as future generations who haven’t seen the original as well as everyone in between who loved what the original stood for. Animation production begins very soon and then we’ll really be off to the races. oh my god hype -- source link