Disney’s Chip ‘n’ Dale looks set to be the latest classic cartoon to get the live-action/CG hybrid treatement, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the studio has picked up a pitch from award-winning commercials director Robert Rugan, who’s set to pen an updated take on the chipmunk duo, with Mandeville Films (Muppets Most Wanted) producing.
Created back in 1943, Chip and Dale appeared in 23 animated Disney shorts featuring the likes of Pluto and Donald Duck before getting an update in 1989 with the Saturday morning TV series Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, which saw the pair opening a detective agency. Rescue Rangers ran for 65 episodes, and remained popular in syndication for much of the 1990s.
Nostalgia time: here’s the intro for Ch-ch-ch-Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers…
Originally published February 1, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
