From teletoon corporate site:

Toronto - September 1 sees nine classic cartoons join the TELETOON Retro line-up with shows such as Fraggle Rock, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home and the most requested show since the launch of the digital specialty channel, The Smurfs. Also added to the schedule, the classic Spider-Man series along with The Banana Splits Adventure Show, Reboot and two Scooby-Doo shows: 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo and The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. TELETOON Retro is available coast to coast and from September will be in over 5 million Canadian homes with the launch of the French language version of the channel.

The current description of the series:

Reboot
Everyday at 6 am, 1 pm and 11:30 pm ET
Produced in Vancouver, Reboot follows the activity that happens inside your computer as characters such as Bob and Dot Matrix live and work in Mainframe, a computer system. Premiering in 1994 and one of the first full length completely computer animated TV series, the show is a smart kids comedy that attracted viewers of all ages with its sharp pop culture references and intricate story arcs.

Good news for fans in Canada. As for the rest of us (myself included), looks like we’ll just have to wait and see if ReBoot returns to our TV’s.

Earlier this month a member of the Java Hut posted that Jon Cooksey had been dropped as the writer.

I contacted Paul Gertz (VP of Rainmaker) to confirm, below is his reply.

Hi David…

Good to hear from you, I just got back from vacation which is why it took me a while to respond to your email. To answer your question, it is true that Jon Cooksey is no longer writing the ReBoot film. Jon is a great talent, had a real love for ReBoot, and was a joy to work with, but in the end we decided to take a different direction with the story and had to make a very difficult call on Jon. As you know as well as anyone, we are determined to do everything we can to deliver a great film that satisfies the fans and a broader audience as well, and that is why we made this decision.

Hope to see you soon…

Paul

Who the next writer will be is unknown at this time.

Finally up for all to see! Here is ReBoot Co-Creator Gavin Blair and ReBoot co-writer (and current DC Senior Vice President) Dan DiDio talking about our much beloved show! Near the end of the video Rainmaker’s Vice President Paul Gertz explains a bit about the future of the series.

Special thanks to WeBViRuS and Jackie from the Java Hut for the video footage.

Download the video here. A “censored” version is also available (right-click and save-as).

While we all eagerly await further news on the future of the series, I thought it would be a good time to take a look back at the production of ReBoot. For your enjoyment, ReBootRevival.com presents: ‘Fast Forward: The Making of ReBoot’.

Check back soon for the full New York Comic-Con ReBoot Panel video! I promise it will be up within the next few days (I do apologize for the delays, I was busy and having my primary drive fail did not help speed things up).

As if the web comic being launched recently wasn’t enough, we have some news about the first ReBoot movie! According to this and other articles, Jon Cooksey will be the writer for the first movie of the ReBoot trilogy. Cooksey has been the writer for such TV series/episodes and movies such as:

• The Collector (1 episode, 2006)
• Before I Say Goodbye (2003)
• The Santa Claus Brothers (2001)
• Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge (2001)
• Rugrats: Search for Reptar (2000)
• Halloweentown (1998) (TV)
• Rugrats (2 episodes, 1997)
• A Rugrats Vacation (1997) (V) (writer)
• The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1996)

Let’s hope the trilogy of films will keep the “spirit” of ReBoot even without the original creators and writers behind the scenes. Yes you read that right, so far Rainmaker has made it pretty clear through their actions that the crew that gave us the series we love is part of the past, and to reach the new target audience, they need new writers.

If you’ve spoken to me, you know my opinions on the matter, but let’s hope what we’ve come to love about the series is kept intact and isn’t just ReBoot in name only. Of course I completely understand the need to get more people interested, but I don’t understand the need to leave out those who created it.

If you’d like to let Rainmaker know what you think of this, make sure to post comments on ReBoot.com and send them an email too.

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The countdown is complete! Visit ReBoot.com and sign-up to read the first installment of the Code of Honor storyline: Paradigms Lost. Once you’ve signed-up (or login if you’ve already registered on Zeros2Heroes) you can leave comments and critiques. Check out the special thanks section, you’ll probably find your name listed. Lastly, click on ‘Coming Soon‘ for a bit of info on the trilogy of movies and two comic wallpapers.

From The Fans Have Spoken!:

The Zeros 2 Heroes/Rainmaker campaign to relaunch ReBoot won the 2008 PopVox Award for Best Digital Campaign… and all thanks goes to you, the heroes who want to bring it back. With this win over big brands like Ubisoft and Virgin Music, ReBooters have shown that their “fantensity” is second to none. Congrats!

“[Rainmaker] really couldn’t be happier with the response from ReBoot fans”, said Paul Gertz, EVP of Rainmaker Entertainment. “We wanted to re-develop the property in an entirely new way and have found the “wisdom of the crowds” to be right on the money.”

This win marks another step forward for the ReBoot franchise: based on the initial feedback from the fanbase, plans are well underway for the first in a trilogy of animated films. The web release of a long-awaited ReBoot comic — titled Paradigms Lost — is also in the wings.

So, if you’re a ReBoot fan, feel free to take a bow: your unwavering dedication and passion for the show has helped get us here.

A friend of mine set up a petition to see if we can get Irwin Toy to re-release the 2001 action figure range as a limited edition box set. If we can get 300-500 names on it, he will approach them directly.

The limited edition box set would include the commonly found Glitch-Bob, Commander Dot, Matrix, AndrAIa, and Megabyte figures along with the harder to find Web-Matrix, Web-Bob, Ray Tracer, Captain Capacitor and Web Rider figures (pictured below).

You might be saying that a petition won’t cut it, but there’s no harm in trying (without trying, the revival wouldn’t have happened!). So give that link up there a click and let’s see what we can accomplish!

Please note that the donations ipetitions.com asks for are completely voluntary, you don’t have to donate if you don’t want to.