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RiffTrax and Shout! Studios are teaming to produce four new episodes of “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” Variety reports.
“MST3K” alumni and RiffTrax creators Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett are heading back to the Satellite of Love as the creative leads on the revival, which will be titled “Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments.”
Nelson will reprise his role as Mike Nelson, while Murphy will once again play Tom Servo and Professor Bobo and Corbett will again play Crow T. Robot and Brain Guy. Mary Jo Pehl is also set to return as Pearl Forrester.
A Kickstarter campaign has launched for the project, though the new episodes will be produced regardless of the fundraising total.
Production will take place in Minneapolis, where the original show was filmed, and the episodes will be released later this year on RiffTrax’s website.
“Getting a chance to revisit ‘MST’ after all this time has really energized all of us at RiffTrax,” Nelson commented. “And for my part, hey, I truly did miss standing next to plastic puppets. It’s been too long.”
“We’re excited to join forces with RiffTrax as Mike, Kevin, and Bill return to the Satellite of Love for a new chapter of ‘MST3K.’” said Matt Arsulich, associate vice president of product management at Shout! Studio. “This partnership reinforces our dedication to growing valuable entertainment properties by serving their fandoms with high-quality storytelling.”
“MST3K” launched on a Minneapolis UHF station in 1988 before moving to Comedy Central and finishing its original run on the Sci-Fi Channel in 1999. The cult series was revived on Netflix in 2017 and later launched the proprietary streamer The Gizmoplex in 2022.
“MST3K” creator Joel Hodgson recently sold his joint interest in the series to Shout! Studios parent company Radial Entertainment.
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