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Welcome back to Elmore.
TV’s favorite blue cat is back for more hijinks under a new name. “The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball,” a continuation of the hit Cartoon Network series “The Amazing World of Gumball,” is coming to Hulu.
In a teaser released May 20, the Watterson home is seen covered in dust as 12-year-old Gumball and his brother Darwin wake up dried out and shiveled before realizing they’re late to school, by about seven years. Both let out a gasp before Gumball quips: “Five more minutes then.”
The series, on Cartoon Network from 2011 to 2019, has been on hiatus for almost as long.
The new series is from the original creator and executive producer, Ben Bocquelet, and produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. “The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” will air on Hulu domestically, Cartoon Network’s international channels and HBO Max outside of the United States.
Read on for what we know about the new series.
‘The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball’ release date
“The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” will premiere later this year, though an exact release date has yet to be announced.
What is ‘The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball’?
As with the original series, “The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” will follow the misadventures of the Watterson family: Gumball (Alkaio Thiele), Darwin (Hero Hunter), their sister Anais (Kinza Syed Khan) and their parents, Nicole (Teresa Gallagher) and Richard (Dan Russell). Gallagher and Russell are returning voices, while the Watterson children will be voiced by new castmembers.
In Elmore, the series synopsis reads, “The laws of reality are a joke, and family life is anything but ordinary. Whether he’s battling an evil fast-food empire, facing off against a sentient AI in love with his mom or trying to stop Banana Joe from wearing pants – Gumball Watterson drags his brother Darwin, sister Anais, and the rest of the town of Elmore along for the ride. With even wilder stories, bigger twists and surreal humor, the show is so amazing that they had to rename it!”
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