The series is executive produced by Scott A Stone and Marcus Fox. “When we asked Dee Bradley Baker to return as the one and only Olmec – our giant talking stone head, he said, ‘Let’s Rock,’ that was all I had to hear…Olmec lives,” the outlet quoted the show’s producer Scott Stone as saying.īased on the original game show created by David G Stanley, Scott A Stone and Stephen R Brown, Legends of the Hidden Temple is produced by Stone & Company Entertainment and Nickelodeon.
For this reboot, however, Baker will be joined by Cristela Alonzo as the new host. This head was responsible for making all the necessary announcements, explaining various challenges and asking tiebreaker questions. This team will have to get dodge the “dreaded” Temple Guards, retrieve a lost treasure, and return it to its rightful owner.īaker’s Olmec was a giant talking Mayan head that served as the series’ most recognisable symbol. Four teams will begin this journey together but only one will be “strong enough and smart enough” to enter the ominous Olmec’s Temple. The team names will also remain Purple Parrots, Blue Barracudas, Orange Iguanas, Red Jaguars, Silver Snakes and Green Monkeys.Īll episodes will revolve around its hero’s journey through a mysterious jungle. According to Variety, the CW has picked up the much-anticipated reboot of Legends of the Hidden Temple, the beloved children’s competition show that ran from 1993 to 1995 on Nickelodeon. Ready to air from October 10 on the channel, the now, adult version of the show, will preserve many of its original elements including Moat Crossings, The Steps of Knowledge and the Temple Run. Image via Creative Commons/San Diego Shooter. The reimagining of the popular ’90s show is being helmed by Stone & Company, which produced the original series that ran on Nickelodeon for three seasons (1993-1995). Kirk also gave TMZ his thoughts on the new host and new look for Legends of the Hidden Temple and told some fun stories from Olmec's original labyrinths.More than 20 years after Legends of The Hidden Temple first aired on Nickelodeon, the series is getting a reboot with Dee Bradley Baker reprising his role as the voice of Olmec for CW, reported Deadline. In 2019 Quibi announced an adult-led reboot would premiere on its streaming platform. Five teams begin the journey, but only one is strong enough and smart enough to enter the ominous Olmec's Temple, avoid the dreaded Temple Guards, retrieve a lost treasure, and return it to its rightful owner."Īlongside new Legends of the Hidden Temple host Alonzo, Kirk Fogg is returning as a co-host for future episodes of the series, and it doesn't sound like it's a one-episode deal, according to TMZ, who caught up with the former Nickelodeon host outside of a Starbucks in Studio City, California. Legends of the Hidden Temple was originally a kids game show hosted on Nickelodeon from 1993 to 1995. It was canceled by the network on JIn each episode, four teams of two players each competed in three rounds to get to the temple and win up to. With 90s Nickelodeon show Legends of the Hidden Temple getting an adult version re-boot, the guys rank their beers on the Legends of the Hidden Temple scale. It is a reboot of the original game show of the same name that aired on Nickelodeon from Septemto September 1, 1995. The original series featured a boy and girl on each team competing in multiple stages for prizes. Every episode is a hero's journey through a mysterious jungle. Legends of the Hidden Temple is an action-adventure game show that premiered on The CW on October 10, 2021. Although its unclear when Legends of the Hidden Temple will premiere, there is a casting website already set up to allow you to fill out a form and potentially earn your spot among other adult competitors. Only this time, the entire show is taken out of the studio into a jungle and scaled up with tougher challenges and much bigger prizes on the line.
"This supersized, adult version of Legends of the Hidden Temple preserves many of the original Nickelodeon series' favorite elements, including Olmec - the giant talking Mayan head - the Moat Crossings, The Steps of Knowledge, the Temple Run, and of course, the iconic team names: Purple Parrots, Blue Barracudas, Orange Iguanas, Red Jaguars, Silver Snakes and Green Monkeys.