Ben Edlund Confirms Plans For THE TICK Revival; Update On Patrick Warburton's Involvement

Creator and writer of The Tick Ben Edlund has confirmed recent reports that a revival of the short-lived live-action series is in the works, Plus, an update on whether Patrick Warburton will return...

By JoshWilding - Sep 01, 2014 07:09 PM EST

Filed Under: The Tick

Late last week, it was revealed that there were plans in place to bring back The Tick on Amazon's online streaming service. The original series aired for only 9 episodes back in 2001, but has since picked up something of a cult following. The original source wasn't the most reliable but now The Wrap have weighed in confirming that Patrick Warburton, "is set to reprise his role as "The Tick" in an Amazon pilot," adding: "Warburton worked out a deal with Sony Television, who have held the rights since the show's 2001 cancellation, to bring back the beloved character as an Amazon pilot." Meanwhile, creator Ben Edlund would also semi confirm the news via his Twitter account as you can see below! You can read the original report - and even watch the 2001 pilot episode of The Tick - by clicking here. Are you guys looking forward to The Tick returning?

Yes for now suffice it to say the dream of a new live-action Tick is being pursued with vigor #bringbackTheTick
— ben_edlund (@ben_edlund) August 31, 2014

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thewonderer - 9/1/2014, 7:31 PM

This any good?

Reasonnnn - 9/1/2014, 7:32 PM

Cool beans

staypuffed - 9/1/2014, 7:33 PM

I don't really care about the Tick, but sure. Nice.

JAC - 9/1/2014, 7:33 PM

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

joppida - 9/1/2014, 7:33 PM

Gilbert arenas Serena and Venus cleaned my prenis with a Kleenex

MrCBM56 - 9/1/2014, 7:35 PM

Eh, I'll wait for El Mayimbe to confirm.

BB52 - 9/1/2014, 7:35 PM

Watched the whole series (one season) when it was on Netflix. I don't remember it that well, but it was fun and a good enough series. Could be something of a meta-TV show, parodying superhero tropes and movies. Bring on The Tick!

ScottMontgomery - 9/1/2014, 7:37 PM

SPOOON!

Dedpool - 9/1/2014, 7:38 PM

As long as Nestor Carbonell comes back as Batmanuel I'm good!!!

MrCBM56 - 9/1/2014, 7:40 PM

With the massive fan base and popularity of fire fly, why was it ever canceled? I've only watched some of the pilot on Netflix, seems pretty good. Never saw Serenity.

MrCBM56 - 9/1/2014, 7:40 PM

@earzmundo Ha. I was thinking the same thing

JoshWilding - 9/1/2014, 7:44 PM

@MrCBM56: From what I've read, Fox really screwed it up by airing the episodes out of order and just not promoting it properly (meaning the low ratings killed it). Serenity is a gem though, so you need to watch that! It got me REALLY excited about Whedon directing The Avengers...

dancingmonkey08 - 9/1/2014, 7:45 PM

ugghhhh really. it wasnt bad...but it wasnt great either. Batmanuel was the only memorable thing about it (always loved that he ended up playing the mayor of Gotham in the Dark Knight trilogy)

really dont see why its getting resurrected

MrCBM56 - 9/1/2014, 7:50 PM

Thanks Josh. I'm trying to finish the show asap so I can move on to the movie. A bit picky on which order I do that haha

AEStark - 9/1/2014, 8:08 PM

Spoon!

TheHero - 9/1/2014, 8:12 PM

There is a God!!!

And he loves The Tick!

valmic - 9/1/2014, 8:16 PM

Put some money into this time

Dingbat - 9/1/2014, 8:49 PM

Yes! How could someone not like this show. You'd have to be a real Killjoy.

SeansDevil - 9/1/2014, 9:01 PM

Toilet: gurgle gurgle
Tick: You stay out of this!

TheFox - 9/1/2014, 9:02 PM

YES! It's legit! I am very, very excited right now!

... Though again, Warburton is like a fossil at this point, which is kind of worrying... but the fact that HE'S the one who helped push for the show's revival is a good sign! He wants to be the Tick again! I guess working in that suit wasn't enough to scare him off...

Z

Earthbound - 9/1/2014, 9:15 PM

lol why?

MericawithanM - 9/1/2014, 9:27 PM

i want this to happen so bad.

mgeoff88 - 9/1/2014, 9:31 PM

I watched the cartoon, but I don't remember ever watching the live-action show.

I'll defintely check this out though. This could be hilarious.

Banner - 9/1/2014, 9:34 PM

BEN EDLUND, YOU HAVE FAILED THIS CITY!

Ace101 - 9/1/2014, 10:06 PM

Dingbat - 9/1/2014, 10:21 PM

@Banner

Please tell me that isn't photo shopped.

Mercwitham0uth - 9/2/2014, 12:02 AM

Meanwhile, at DC:

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Ben Edlund Confirms Plans For THE TICK Revival; Update On Patrick Warburton's Involvement

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