Celebrity Deathmatch
MTV Studiosis set to make a revival of the late 1990s / other 2000s animated showCelebrity Deathmatch , with Ice Cube serving as maven and manufacturer . For the uninitiated , Celebrity Deathmatchwas a blockade - motion animated series that mostly lived up to its championship . Each installment contain three conflict match two or more celebrity against each other in a conflict to the expiry , although a prime few did see diachronic bequest graphic symbol fight , such as when Sherlock Holmes threw down with Jack the Ripper .
Two pilot program episodes forCelebrity Deathmatchaired in January 1998 , with the serial publication proper debuting in May of that class . The original run consisted of four seasons totality , and end in 2002 . A brief revival was undertake in 2006 , but it was canceled before the end of 2007 . The comedic turn were call off by animated commentary duo Johnny Gomez and Nick Diamond , and refereed by a block - movement version of real - life boxing ref Mills Lane . WWE- which air itsSunday Night Heatprogram on MTV in the other 2000s - would also send over " Stone Cold " Steve Austin on occasion , sound himself .
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Another revitalisation ofCelebrity Deathmatchwas announced in 2015 , but MTV did n’t cease up order it to series . Now , it looks like a revival meeting / reboot will indeed chance , allot toVariety . MTV Studios is unsurprisingly behind this new take onCelebrity Deathmatch , but what ’s more surprising is the participation ofrapper / player Ice Cube , who will executive director create and asterisk in the revival . It ’s unclear what Cube would actually be doing on the show , although serving as host or part of the commentary team seems a feasible option . Series creator Eric Fogel will render to executive produce alongside Cube .
The newCelebrity Deathmatchis expected to be quick to go sometime in 2019 , although interestingly , no net or streaming outlet is attached as of yet . producer plan to rat the series around , and while a regaining to MTV might seem a natural prospect , MTV is far from the same channel it was in 1998 , and there ’s a good chanceCelebrity Deathmatchwouldn’t conform to into its current scheduling bloodline - up .
It ’s unknown whether original commentators Gomez and Diamond will be brought back , or whether their original voice actors ( Maurice Schlafer and and Len Maxwell , respectively ) would want to turn back , as they did n’t recapitulate their roles for the 2006 revival . The same could be say for Mills Lane , who ’s now in his eighty , and could n’t render in 2006 for wellness understanding . Amusingly , Ice Cube has really appear onCelebrity Deathmatchbefore , albeit as an invigorate contestant . A season 2 instalment mark Cube against similarly list knocker / histrion Ice - T , which ended with a Cube victory comply a run - in by Vanilla Ice .
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