Nickelodeon Will Answer Unresolved Questions in New Hey Arnold! Movie

He was often accompanied by his best friend Gerald and bullied by Helga Pataki, who secretly admired him from afar.

Chris Viscardi, creator of Hey Arnold! and other classic Nickelodeon series like The Adventures of Pete & Pete, is now the network’s senior vice president of content development for franchise properties.

Earlier this year, Nickelodeon announced plans to revive its ’90s programs with a new multi-faceted initiative called The Splat.

Craig Bartlett, the creator of Hey Arnold!

Hicks went on to say that these revivals will be targeted mainly at today’s kids rather than viewers who grew up with the originals. Hey Arnold! is among the first, but more are sure to come.

Nickelodeon decline to pinpoint a specific window for the Hey Arnold! movie revival. And it’s not the only one getting a special feature – the executives hinted at the possibility for other shows, like “Ren and Stimpy” or “The Wild Thornberrys”.

“You have to remember people who are going to watch really don’t have a recollection of Hey Arnold!”

Everyone’s favorite football-headed cartoon character is returning to television. According to a report from Variety, the Viacom-owned network is digging into its library and will look to develop a Hey Arnold! The fourth grader with the oblong shaped head lived in a boarding house with his grandparents. As for Arnold’s parents, a good portion of their story is actually doled out in the episode, “Parent’s Day”, but it’s left unresolved.