It’s time to return to Camp Wawanakwa!
As a part of the Redraw Your World project, the popular animated series Total Drama Island will return for fans to enjoy anew with two new seasons on HBO Max and Cartoon Network. The show will be produced by Fresh TV and distributed internationally by CAKE.
In the official press release put out by Warner Media, they state that the Total Drama Island revival will include “an updated cast of quirky, iconic teen contestants as they face hardcore competition, brutal eliminations, and more drama than ever before."
The series will feature returning characters, like television host Chris McLean, and Chef Hatchet. The identities of the contestants, however, have yet to be revealed.
Total Drama Island centers around teenagers from different backgrounds that are forced to compete in dangerous challenges in a televised game show. The last one standing will win a cash prize.
In 2007, the first season of the original series, also titled Total Drama Island, aired on Teletoon in Canada for the first time. After it performed well with target audiences, the show debuted on Cartoon Network in the United States the following year, staged as spin-off reality shows with most of the same characters.
The Total Drama franchise ran for a total of five seasons over the span of eight years. Seasons 2-4 were titled Total Drama Action, Total Drama World Tour, and Total Drama: Revenge of the Island. The fifth season was split into two parts: Total Drama All-Stars and Total Drama: Pahkitew Island.
The series came to an end in 2014. The show produced two spinoffs, Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race and Total DramaRama. The latest spinoff, TotalDramaRama, is currently in its second season, and has been renewed.
Upon hearing the news of the new series, fans of the original series were elated to hear that the Cartoon Network series will be getting a reboot. Some fans took to Twitter to express their excitement:
Other shows that are set to join the new programming lineup include three new Ben 10 specials, a new series from Steven Universe, a second season of the forthcoming Gremlins prequel, a spinoff of Teen Titans Go, The Amazing World of Gumball Movie, and the fourth season of Infinity Train.
As of right now, an official release date for the new seasons of Total Drama Island has not been confirmed.
If you want to relive the Total Drama series, all five seasons are available to stream on Netflix.