At the end of August, reports circulated that Amazon was developing a revival of the live action “The Tick” with Patrick Warburton slated to reprise his role as the title character from the short-lived “The Tick” TV series that aired on Fox in 2001.
A few days later, “The Tick” creator Ben Edlund confirmed that a revival isn’t just a rumor, but he didn’t elaborate or offer many new details. While speaking with MovieWeb, Warburton also avoided giving away too much information, but he did share some interesting news about Edlund’s new take on the material.
“One thing about The Tick, he is an insane character,” said Warburton. “ I guess he doesn’t have to be 29 years-old like Thor, I guess. He’ll be 50 battling evil. I’d love to see what Ben Edlund’s new vision for it is. I think it will be different. Perhaps a little darker and a little edgier… I don’t know what is happening, but I would love to have something where we are really given a shot to make the show that we want to make. I think Ben’s newest vision and truest vision for the show is a darker edgier spin.”
Warburton added that “I would say things look very interesting and positive. I love The Tick. I’d love to do it again. I never would have thought I’d have the opportunity to do this again. I think it would be a blast to do it again. We’ll see what happens.”
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During the interview, Warburton recalled his unpleasant experience getting into the Tick’s superhero costume and he indicated that The Tick would probably get a new costume for the reboot.
“I would assume there would be a new design,” related Warburton. “Let’s say hypothetically that The Tick, we’re going to attack it again. It would be all-new. It would be a new conception. There are so many advantages to the creatives today, that there weren’t 12 years ago. As far as doing things, and creating a whole new world for The Tick. It would have been too costly and hard to do 12 years ago.”
Amazon Studios hasn’t officially announced “The Tick” yet. If it goes forward, the new pilot and potential series will be on Amazon Prime’s video service.
