Fantastic news for cartoon fans of a certain age – Disney has announced that it is to reboot the late ‘80s ‘DuckTales’ cartoon and launch it on the Disney XD channel in 2017.

The beloved series of so many children of the ‘80s is to be remade for a new audience. Set in Duckburg, it will once again feature the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his grand-nephews Dewey, Huey and Louie, and, as ever, will come with the occasional appearance of Donald Duck. 

Ducktales 1990 Movie
Disney is to relaunch the classic cartoon 'Ducktales' in time for 2017

The host of regularly recurring characters, such as Flintheart Glomgold, Duckworth and the Beagle Boys (reminisce overload here!), will also be returning, as well as a number of newly created ones.

The studio announced the news over Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, and it was quickly followed up by a statement from Marc Buhaj, Disney XD’s Senior Vice President of Programming.

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Buhaj said “'DuckTales' has a special place in Disney's TV animation history. It drew its inspiration from Disney Legend Carl Barks' comic books and through its storytelling and artistic showmanship, set an enduring standard for animated entertainment that connects with both kids and adults. Our new series will bring that same energy and adventurous spirit to a new generation.”

The original series aired from 1987 to 1990, and enraptured a generation of kids with the millionaire ducks jetting off around the world, getting into scrapes and occasionally swimming in piles of money. Which, as Peter Griffin demonstrated, was probably more painful than it looked.

It’s the second piece of classic cartoon rebooting news in as many days, coming hot on the heels of Netflix’s announcement that it will be making new episodes of ‘Inspector Gadget’ and ‘Danger Mouse’ for spring 2016.

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