Renny The Spaceguy

Cartoon Network has announced the beginning of production on Re-Animated, their first original movie that combines cartoon characters with live action. Re-Animated tells the story of 12-year-old Jimmy Roberts who, while visiting an amusement park, gets into a tragic accident and needs an emergency brain transplant. The doctors give him the frozen brain of a famous cartoonist, which enables Jimmy to see cartoons wherever he goes. Casting is underway and the Los Angeles-based production will begin shooting this spring. Re-Animated will premiere on Cartoon Network in fall 2006.

"When we read the script for Re-Animated, we thought it was innovative, irreverent and, most of all, funny," said Jim Samples, executive vice president and general manager of Cartoon Network. "We knew we had to make it. We think when it's done the 'Cartoon Network' way, kids will enjoy seeing animation and the real world collide."

Re-Animated is created by Adam Pava and Tim McKeon.