Fox orders animated versions of Napoleon Dynamite and Jonah Hill
The Napoleon Dynamite animated series we first reported on in May has received an official six-episode series order from Fox, with most of the cast members from the film on board to reprise their roles in voiceover form. Similarly, writing-directing team Jared and Jerusha Hess will executive produce, while Mike Scully—namesake of the infamous “Mike Scully Years,” which fans of The Simpsons speak of with a tone generally reserved for plagues and ethnic cleansings—will take over as head writer and showrunner. Once again, Napoleon Dynamite will focus on the adventures of its eponymous teenager growing up in rural Idaho, where technology and fashion ceased advancing after about 1991 and remained hilariously frozen in time—not unlike the Hesses' creative momentum, or the fortunate few who are still able to derive genuine pleasure from Napoleon Dynamite after its years of cultural saturation.