L-R Chum Chum, Oz, Fanboy. Nickelodeon Greenlights 26 Episodes of New Animated Series Fanboy and Chum Chum. (PRNewsFoto/Nickelodeon) BURBANK, CA UNITED STATES

    Josh Duhamel, Jamie Kennedy, Estelle Harris Headline Voice Cast in
All-New CG Animated Series from Creator Eric Robles, Executive Produced by
Emmy Award-Winning Network Vet Steve Tompkins

    BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon has ordered 26
episodes of Fanboy and Chum Chum, a new CG animated comedy series spinning
off from the upcoming Nicktoons Network anthology series Random! Cartoons,
it was announced today by Brown Johnson, President, Animation for
Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids & Family Group. Combining classic squash and
stretch animation with CG technology, Fanboy and Chum Chum centers on a
fearless, comic book-loving 10-year old named Fanboy and his best friend
and trusty sidekick, Chum Chum, whose wide-eyed acceptance of the bizarre
is the perfect complement to his friend's hyper imagination. For Fanboy,
there is nothing more normal than living life in tights and a cape, and the
concept of an ordinary day is one where anything and everything can happen.

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    "Eric's wild imagination and diverse animation background have brought
these hilarious characters to life and we're excited to share them with our
Nick audience" said Johnson. "Our search for unique and funny knows no
bounds - and with Fanboy and Chum Chum, we found it in our own backyard on
Random Cartoons."

    David Hornsby (The Mullets, Jake in Progress) voices Fanboy with Nika
Futterman (My Gym Partner's a Monkey) as Chum Chum, joined by a
star-studded cast including Jamie Kennedy (Ghost Whisperer, The Jamie
Kennedy Project), Josh Duhamel (Transformers, Las Vegas) and Estelle Harris
(Seinfeld) as Fanboy's untrusting wizard friend Kyle, Fanboy's uber-geek
mentor Oz and Oz' mother, respectively.

    The series was created by Eric Robles (Ni Hau Kai Lan, The X's, Grim
Adventures of Billy & Mandy) and executive produced by Robles, Steve
Tompkins (The Bernie Mac Show, Entourage, The Simpsons) and Fred Seibert
(Frederator's Random! Cartoons).

    Robles has been living his childhood dream since getting his animation
job in 1995. Since then, he has made his creative and imaginative mark on
countless projects at nearly all of the major Hollywood studios, including
Dreamworks Animation, Walt Disney Animation, Universal Creative, Cartoon
Network, MGM Animation and The Jim Henson Company. Steve Tompkins is a
successful Emmy and Humanitas Award-winning television writer whose credits
include The Simpsons, Everybody Loves Raymond, In Living Color, The Bernie
Mac Show and The PJ's as well as writing and producing the pilot for HBO's
Entourage. A cable television and animation veteran, Fred Seibert was
instrumental in the births of MTV, TV Land and Comedy Central and rebirths
of Nickelodeon and VH1 and after serving as President of Hanna-Barbera
Animation, formed an animation development think tank at Nickelodeon under
the banner Frederator Cartoons.

    Fanboy and Chum Chum joins Nickelodeon's successful slate of animated
series including Back at the Barnyard from the creative mind of box-office
chief Steve Oedekerk, Emmy Award-nominated The Fairly Oddparents from
animation veteran Butch Hartman, The Mighty B! co-created by and starring
actress/comedian Amy Poehler and pop culture phenomenon, number one ranked
SpongeBob SquarePants. Physical production of Fanboy and Chum Chum is based
at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, currently the largest
producer of television animation in the U.S.

    About Nickelodeon

    Nickelodeon, now in its 29th year, is the number-one entertainment
brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids
first in everything it does. The company includes television programming
and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer
products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films.
Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 96 million
households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 14
consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos
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