'Invader Zim' TV Movie | GIR's Back | Tiny Sneak Peek | Nickelodeon [Updated]

Rejoice, earthlings - Jhonen Vasquez, the creator Invader Zim, has shared a short video on his official Instagram featuring a tiny sneak-peek from behind-the-scenes of Nickelodeon's upcoming 90-minute TV movie based on the networks iconic animated series, featuring a short animatic of everybody's favorite robot, GIR! Get set to dance like a monkey, and check it out below!:

Who needs a finished movie when you can just have @simsmode forward and reverse animatic footage to create a beautiful symphony of gibberish.

A post shared by Jhonen Vasquez (@jhnenvee) on Feb 22, 2018 at 6:24pm PST

I want to apologize to the crew of #tmnt for all of the awful sounds that poured out of the #invaderzim edit bay during act 2. Act 3 will be worse.

A post shared by Jonathan Sims (@simsmode) on Feb 21, 2018 at 10:32am PST

missives from the edit bay

A post shared by Jonathan Sims (@simsmode) on Feb 22, 2018 at 6:37pm PST

SQUEEEE!! I'm just gonna' over there to sing the doom song now.. Doom...Doom.....

Update (3/18) - A couple more sneak-peeks:

This sick little stick and poke is giving me the strength to finish this stupid movie. (courtesy of my favorite art director @cunch) #invaderzim #stickandpoke

A post shared by Megan Lawton (@dinolich) on Jan 18, 2018 at 4:10pm PST

Story meeting notes #invaderzim

A post shared by Megan Lawton (@dinolich) on Mar 12, 2018 at 9:50pm PDT

Update (3/29): Jhonen has revealed that this weekend marks the end of the storyboarding and animatic editing phases of the Invader ZIM movie!:

This weekend marks the end of the storyboarding and animatic editing phase. Just two more horrible days and nights left. SPOILER: ZIM DIES OF BLOOD POISONING FIVE MINUTES IN AND THE REST IS DIB DOUBTFULLY SHOVING THE BODY.

A post shared by Jhonen Vasquez (@jhnenvee) on Mar 23, 2018 at 11:44pm PDT

We doing our own foley! I needed a sound for someone rooting around in their shirt to find something.

A post shared by Jhonen Vasquez (@jhnenvee) on Mar 25, 2018 at 7:54pm PDT

First day of our act 3 sendoff at @maven_animationstudio for the INVADER ZIM special. @jakewyattriot almost smashed through an entire glass wall like a Frankenstein monster demonstrating how Dib rolls over in a scene, so it was an awesome day!

A post shared by Jhonen Vasquez (@jhnenvee) on Apr 17, 2018 at 2:00am PDT

Nickelodeon's brand-new 90-minute Invader Zim TV movie from original creator Jhonen Vasquez, produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank, will show the latest and greatest ridiculous attempt at world domination by the universe’s worst alien invader ever. The movie will also feature original voices from the fan-favorite television series.

The Invader Zim TV movie follows the perpetually desperate and delusional Zim as he creates a new and potentially Earth-destroying plan to finally get the attention he deserves from his Irken leaders, the Almighty Tallest.

Original voice cast members reprising their roles include: Richard Horvitz as Invader Zim; Rosearik Rikki Simons as GIR, Zim’s insane robot sidekick; Andy Berman as Dib Membrane, junior paranormal investigator and Zim’s alien-obsessed human nemesis; and Melissa Fahn as Gaz Membrane, Dib’s younger, video game obsessed sister. Additional casting will be announced in the coming months.

Invader Zim debuted on Nickelodeon in 2001 and chronicled the efforts of an extraterrestrial named Zim on a mission to conquer Earth and enslave the human race.

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Originally published: Sunday, February 25, 2018.

Additional sources: Comic Vine, @Loudfan123212.

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