Invader Zim Coming Back to TV as a Movie!
Jonathan Barkan
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Nickelodeon has announced that they will be bringing Jhonen Vasquez’s “Invader Zim” back in the form of a television movie, according to EW. The site writes that the four original voices of Richard Horvitz (Zim), Rikki Simons (GIR), Andy Berman (Dib), and Melissa Fahn (Gaz) are all returning for the 90-minute movie.
“Invader Zim” premiered in 2001 on the children’s channel and only lasted two seasons. However, it developed a rabid cult audience who to this day still have a strong love for the show. For me it was an entertaining enough series, but I always found it odd that Vasquez made this show after I’d read Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Squee.
Still, I do find myself having nostalgic twinges at the thought of seeing more “Invader Zim”!
Synopsis:
Zim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he’s hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet’s leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet’s downfall. Only Zim’s archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib’s claims.
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