Two of our favorite childhood cartoons are making a comeback.
The creator of The Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends is developing reboots for the animated classics that ran on Cartoon Network.
“The Hanna-Barbera homecoming of Craig [McCracken] was an opportunity we could not pass up,” said Sam Register, president of Cartoon Network Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. “Along with his unparalleled sense of fun and imagination, he’s bringing two of his greatest works in The Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and we are so excited for these characters to be a part of the new legacy taking shape at the studio.”
McCracken, who began his animation career at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in 1992, has also worked at Disney and Netflix. He directed all six seasons of Foster’s, as well as The Powerpuff Girls Movie which premiered in 2002.
The reboot of The Powerpuff Girls will be similar to the original, focusing on Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup who must use their superpowers to fight crime and the forces of evil all before bedtime. Meanwhile, the Foster’s reboot will be recast as a preschool series with a new cast of preschool-aged imaginary friends.
