Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe is developing a reboot of Cartoon Network's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends with original creator Craig McCracken. The original animated series premiered on Cartoon Network in 2004 as a TV film, and then it began its regular run as half-hour episodes. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Mac and his beloved imaginary friend Bloo at an orphanage for imaginary friends that children have left behind. Over a decade since the series ended in 2009, more stories are to come, with the characters set to be a part of the new legacy at the studio.
Sam , President of Cartoon Network Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, has announced that Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends will return as an original preschool animated series. While it's unclear if original characters like Mac and Bloo will return, said the reboot will be "welcoming a new cast of preschool-aged imaginary friends" that will be "just as silly and playful as the original bunch." In addition to original creator Craig McCracken's return as creator, producer, and director, Sarah Fell, VP, Original Kids and Family Animation, Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, will oversee the project's development at the studio.
The Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends reboot is one of a handful of projects Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe is currently developing for Cartoon Network—the others being a Powerpuff Girls reboot and an Amazing World of Gumball new series and movie. Other titles, such as the Gremlins and We Bare Bears spin-offs, are set to be released on Cartoon Network later this year. Cartoon Network continues to answer the call of nostalgia in bringing back beloved characters and universes with spin-offs and reboots seemingly happening at every major studio and network.
Source: Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe