Spy Buddies - The Movie (1996 film)

Spy Buddies - The Movie is a 1996 film based on the TV show, Spy Buddies. The film was so successful, that it spawned a TV movie sequel in 1999 titled Spy Buddies: The Lava Flood, a movie sequel in 2001 titled Spy Buddies 2 - The Cowboy Gangster's Revenge, a second TV movie in 2004 titled '''Spy Buddies 3 - Where Is Barry? and finally a second movie sequel in 2014 titled Spy Buddies 4 - The Return in International releases, and Spy Buddies 4 - The Court Case '''in USA releases.

Idea
Before the show even began, after the Spy Buddies shorts aired on the Woody Show, the creator the the shorts, Kai Morrison, had the idea of turning them into a motion picture. This idea was developed in 1990, with animatics being created and casts being chosen. The movie was eventually scrapped when they ran out of creative ideas during the animatics process.

Announcement
On December 12, 1992, it was announced by JACK STUDIOS that a movie based on the Spy Buddies show would get a movie. He said that the plot was currently unknown at the time, but they had already lined up the cast and created all the other characters. The announcement was at TVtime 1992, a convention for TV shows and movies.

Development
The movie began being developed in March 1993, with animatics being created and plot lines being added.