NickToons Movie Featuring Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, & More In The Works

Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures are planning a feature length NickToons movie that will feature characters from several of Nick's animated series of the 1990s.

Paramount his given Jared Hess the director's chair on the film. He'll co-write the script with wife and writing partner Jarusha Hess. Together, the duo has previously written films like Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. Mary Parent and Cale Boyter of Disruption Entertainment will produce.

The Deadline report compare NickToons to Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The film will feature characters from shows like Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Aaahh! Real Monsters, and The Angry Beavers.

The NickToons movie news seems to be the latest in Nickelodeon's attempts to leverage their back catalogue of intellectual properties.