Animated kids’ series Johnny Test is getting a reboot, but when will it be released and what does the trailer reveal? Canadian-American cartoon Johnny Test follows the adventures of its eponymous character – an 11-year-old boy who lives in the suburbs of a fictional town named Porkbelly with his parents, talking pet dog Dukey and teenage twin sisters Susan and Mary. The latter duo are scientific geniuses who use their younger brother as a guinea pig for their many experiments and inventions.
Johnny Test was created by writer-producer Scott Fellows and began airing in 2005 as part of the now defunct WB network’s Kids’ WB block. The cartoon remained with Kids’ WB for two more seasons before it switched over to the Cartoon Network which aired its final three seasons between 2009 and 2014. Back in 2013, there were rumors of a seventh season happening, but Johnny Test ultimately ended its original run after six seasons and 117 episodes.
In 2019, Canadian production company WildBrain (who produced the sixth season of Johnny Test) stated it would release a series of web shorts titled Johnny Test: The Lost Web Series which sparked speculation the series might be coming back. That speculation proved to be true when WildBrain announced in 2020 it was teaming with Netflix to bring Johnny Test back for two new seasons and a 66-minute-long interactive special years after its Cartoon Network run ended. So, when is the Johnny Test reboot set for release and what does the trailer give away about the revived cartoon?
Johnny Test Reboot: Release Date
The first season of the Johnny Test reboot is officially set for release on July 16, 2021, and will premiere on Netflix rather than its old channel Cartoon Network. Scott Fellows will return as showrunner and executive producer for the rebooted version which several sources are predicting will feature around 20 episodes per season.
Original Johnny Test voice actor James Arnold Taylor is also set to return and voice the cartoon’s title character. Fellow original voice actors from the Cartoon Network years including Trevor Devall, Ashleigh Bell and Maryke Hendrikse will also reprise their roles as talking dog Dukey, Mary Test and Susan Test respectively.
Johnny Test Reboot: Trailer
The official trailer for Netflix and WildBrain’s Johnny Test reboot was released via the Netflix Futures channel on YouTube in mid-June 2021 along with the following caption:
“How much trouble could one imaginative boy, his faithful dog and two science-loving sisters possibly get into? Hmm, that sounds like a challenge!”
Judging by the official Johnny Test reboot trailer, there’s plenty in store for viewers of the revival. Not only do Johnny’s genius twin sisters Mary and Susan invent a machine they dub the GPS-Scape that seems capable of transporting the gang anywhere on the globe at the touch of a button, but the Test siblings also temporarily acquire an evil baby brother robot. Find out exactly what new adventures Johnny and his siblings go on when the Johnny Test revival series arrives on Netflix on July 16, 2021.