Big Nate (TV series)

Big Nate is an upcoming American computer-animated streaming television series based on the comic strip and book series of the same name by Lincoln Peirce.[1] It follows the adventures of titular protagonist, alongside his friends, in sixth grade.[2] The series is executive produced by Mitch Watson and John Cohen. Peirce is also collaborating with the producers for the show.[3] It is set to premiere on Paramount+ in early 2022.

Big Nate
GenreComedy
Based onBig Nate by Lincoln Peirce
Voices of
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Mitch Watson
  • John Cohen
ProducerAmy McKenna
Production companyNickelodeon Animation Studio
Release
Original networkParamount+

Characters

Production
Early development concepts for Nate's model used in the series.[5]

In 1991, the first year the Big Nate comic was published, Peanuts executive producer Lee Mendelson purchased the option from Lincoln Peirce to make a 2D-animated Big Nate television series for Saturday Morning Cartoons at NBC, who "was paid $5,000 to write a quote-on-quote bible describing the characters and outlining a few story ideas". However, the day after this deal was finalized, NBC canceled all of their Saturday Morning Cartoons, sending the series into development hell.[6]

An animated Big Nate series was ultimately announced by Nickelodeon on February 19, 2020. In a news release, Nickelodeon's executive vice president of animation production and development, Ramsey Naito, stated that she had wanted to adapt the Big Nate book series into an animated series for a long time.[1][3] The series was originally planned to premiere in September 2021.[2] However, in December 2021, with the casting, it was announced that it will premiere on Paramount+ in early 2022.[4]

References
  1. Keyes, Bob (February 19, 2020). "Portland cartoonist's Big Nate gets own show on Nickelodeon". Portland Press Herald. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. "The Nickelodeon Virtual Upfront Show: Bring Your Kids!" (Press release). Nickelodeon. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021 – via Business Wire.
  3. Milligan, Mercedes (February 19, 2020). "Nickelodeon Slates Big Nate Series, Kamp Koral Cast, Loud House Live-Action Movie". Animation Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  4. Cordero, Rosy (December 14, 2021). "Big Nate Animated Series Set At Paramount+ Starring Ben Giroux, Dove Cameron, Rob Delaney, More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  5. Isaac Gelman [@thehiddenice] (October 15, 2020). "Big Nate is out in the wild and I can finally share some early development I did for it! I haven't seen anything about it since I submitted this so it's interesting to finally see where it ended up" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 15, 2020 – via Twitter.
  6. Peirce, Lincoln (2016). Epic Big Nate. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 9781449471958. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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