Joshua Carlon (Richie Rich), Steele Stebbins (Vacation) and Amberia Allen (Punk’d) are set as series regulars opposite Bill Bellamy and Becki Newton in Fox's untitled Chris Case comedy pilot from 20th Century Fox Television. Written by Case and directed by Malcolm D. Lee, the untitled interracial family comedy (fka My White Wife And Kids) follows Jay "Havoc" Hammond (Bellamy), an African-American ex-nfl lineman who recently moved in with his white wife, Christy (Newton)…...
- 3/18/2016
- Deadline TV
Back in October 2014, Netflix announced a pact with AwesomenessTV to bring the popular 1950s comic strip Richie Rich to the streaming platform as a kids’ TV show. Now, the updated retelling has ten episodes available on Netflix as of February 20, 2015.
The original Richie Rich featured the titular character as the son of rich parents, but Netflix’s version finds Richie (played by Dark Skies’s Jake Brennan) as a self-made entrepreneur. The youngster became a trillionaire after selling the green technology he invented because he stashed away his dinner vegetables instead of eating them.
Now, Richie now drives a mini Lamborghini around the huge house he shares with his father (Kiff VandenHeuvel), sister Harper (Lauren Taylor), friend Murray (Joshua Carlon), and friend Darcy (Jenna Ortega). There’s also Richie’s female robot assistant Irona (Brooke Wexler).
“He still lives in a big mansion, and he's surrounded by his family and his close friends,...
The original Richie Rich featured the titular character as the son of rich parents, but Netflix’s version finds Richie (played by Dark Skies’s Jake Brennan) as a self-made entrepreneur. The youngster became a trillionaire after selling the green technology he invented because he stashed away his dinner vegetables instead of eating them.
Now, Richie now drives a mini Lamborghini around the huge house he shares with his father (Kiff VandenHeuvel), sister Harper (Lauren Taylor), friend Murray (Joshua Carlon), and friend Darcy (Jenna Ortega). There’s also Richie’s female robot assistant Irona (Brooke Wexler).
“He still lives in a big mansion, and he's surrounded by his family and his close friends,...
- 2/24/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Netflix has picked up 21 episodes of a live-action Richie Rich series remake from DreamWorks Animation's AwesomenessTV. The series is obviously going to be geared toward kids, and it's based on the the classic comic strip and the 1980s animated series. The half-hour comedy stars Jake Brennan (Dark Skies) in thelead role, as well as Joshua Carlon, Jenna Ortega, Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel and Brooke Wexler.
Richie Rich features an updated take on the one percenter spoiled brat character. According to THR, it will follow the characters adventures as he is making a movie, and will travel the world including Antarctica, while meeting celebrities along the way. It seems like the majority of kids shows that my kids watch on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon these days revolves around wealthy rich and famous kids.
Macaulay Culkin starred in a live action film adaptation in 1994, and it was as awful as a movie could possibly get.
Richie Rich features an updated take on the one percenter spoiled brat character. According to THR, it will follow the characters adventures as he is making a movie, and will travel the world including Antarctica, while meeting celebrities along the way. It seems like the majority of kids shows that my kids watch on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon these days revolves around wealthy rich and famous kids.
Macaulay Culkin starred in a live action film adaptation in 1994, and it was as awful as a movie could possibly get.
- 11/2/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Wrap has learned Netflix has ordered 21 episodes of a live-action Richie Rich series produced by AwesomenessTV. Dark Skies actor Jake Brennan will play "the poor little rich boy" in the half-hour comedy series, and it will also star Joshua Carlon (Sam & Cat), Jenna Ortega (Insidious: Chapter 2), Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel (Behind The Candelabra) and Brooke Wexler. In the comics and cartoons (as well as the terrible 1994 Macaulay Culkin film), Richie Rich...
- 10/30/2014
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
Netflix has scored the rights to "Richie Rich," a live-action comedy series based on the classic cartoon character.
AwesomenessTV produced the 21-episode series which the streaming service will release in early 2015 in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Like the comic, the series follows the world's richest kid. Here, the kid has made a trillion-dollar fortune inventing new green technology.
He now lives in a decked-out mansion and begins a new life hanging with the rich and famous and exploring the world.
Jake Brennan, Joshua Carlon, Jenna Ortega, Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel and Brooke Wexler star. AwesomenessTV creator Brian Robbins and "The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody" duo Tim Pollock and Jeff Hodsden are executive producers and showrunners.
Source: Deadline...
AwesomenessTV produced the 21-episode series which the streaming service will release in early 2015 in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Like the comic, the series follows the world's richest kid. Here, the kid has made a trillion-dollar fortune inventing new green technology.
He now lives in a decked-out mansion and begins a new life hanging with the rich and famous and exploring the world.
Jake Brennan, Joshua Carlon, Jenna Ortega, Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel and Brooke Wexler star. AwesomenessTV creator Brian Robbins and "The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody" duo Tim Pollock and Jeff Hodsden are executive producers and showrunners.
Source: Deadline...
- 10/29/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Netflix has ordered a live-action adaptation of Richie Rich.
The new show is a reboot of the classic comic book series dating back to 1953, which also inspired a 1994 movie starring Macaulay Culkin.
The title character is traditionally the son of a wealthy industrialist, but in the streaming service's updated version he is responsible for his own wealth after inventing a "cool new green technology".
According to reports, Netflix has ordered 21 episodes of the half-hour comedy.
Jake Brennan, Joshua Carlon, Jenna Ortega, Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel and Brooke Wexler are set to star.
Brian Robbins (Awesomeness TV), Tim Pollock and Jeff Hodsden (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) will act as executive producers.
Richie Rich also previously inspired two animated series.
Watch a trailer for the Macaulay Culkin movie below:...
The new show is a reboot of the classic comic book series dating back to 1953, which also inspired a 1994 movie starring Macaulay Culkin.
The title character is traditionally the son of a wealthy industrialist, but in the streaming service's updated version he is responsible for his own wealth after inventing a "cool new green technology".
According to reports, Netflix has ordered 21 episodes of the half-hour comedy.
Jake Brennan, Joshua Carlon, Jenna Ortega, Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel and Brooke Wexler are set to star.
Brian Robbins (Awesomeness TV), Tim Pollock and Jeff Hodsden (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) will act as executive producers.
Richie Rich also previously inspired two animated series.
Watch a trailer for the Macaulay Culkin movie below:...
- 10/29/2014
- Digital Spy
A classic 1 percent cartoon character is coming to Netflix. The streaming media company has ordered a live-action version of Richie Rich. Only in this adaptation, the world's richest kid earned his money through his own endeavors. In the Richie Rich comics dating back to 1953, Rich was the son of a wealthy industrialist. In the Netflix version, he invents and sells a "cool new green technology" that nets him a trillion dollars. "Richie moves into a decked-out mansion and instantly starts living the most awesome life ever," reads the press release. Netflix has ordered 21 episodes of Richie Rich, envisioned as a...
- 10/29/2014
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Dark Skies actor Jake Brennan, who also appeared in one episode (Fzzt) of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been cast as the richest kid in the world in Netflix's new half-hour comedy series, Richie Rich. The show will debut in 2015 and will be produced by Awesomeness TV. On this adaptation of the 1980s cartoon based on a comic from the 1950s, Richie has made a trillion dollars from inventing and selling a cool new green technology. After Richie moves into a decked out mansion and instantly starts living the most awesome life ever, the show will cover his adventures with his friends. Series will also star Joshua Carlon, Jenna Ortega, Lauren Taylor, Kiff VandenHeuvel (“Star Trek Into Darkness”) and Brooke Wexler. The first time the character was presented in a live-action format was the 1994 film that starred Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin. It didn't do well at the box office,...
- 10/29/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
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