OMG: ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ To Become An Animated Series!

By Michael Lopez

Who can forget the frizzy-hair, big glasses, and moon boots? Back in 2004, Napoleon Dynamite was one of the indie-world’s most talked about comedies, spawning video games, stickers, and Vote For Pedro t-shirts (which are still hanging up in the Blogamole closet). And now the franchise is getting its very own animated series!

Yup, Napoleon, his nerdy brother Kip, Uncle Rico, and (our personal fave) Pedro are all coming back in cartoon form. And best of all, they’re all going to be voiced by the original actors! FOX announced that they are interested in picking up the Dynamite series and may even be slotting in between The Simpsons and Family Guy.

And for those who loved the wit and humor of the hit movie, well they’ve brought along the original writers and director too. We can only imagine the plotlines they’re already cooking up…Grandma’s llama on the loose, Pedro for mayor, you name it!

Unfortunately there isn’t an exact premiere date set yet, but six episodes have been ordered and the buzz is growing fast. Hopefully if it takes off we can see more movies getting the cartoon treatment. Machete: The Animated Series, anyone?

Source: [MTV]

What movies would you like to see get turned into cartoons? Sound off in the comments or @MTV3!

Tags Animation, Efren Ramirez, Hot Stuff, Movies & CineMás, Napoleon Dynamite, Television