A screwball scarecrow in the big city...

Here's the promo image for the mooted new Worzel Gummidge animated series. For the last four years, Pidgeon Entertainment in LA have been shopping the format in various mediums – a television series, a film, and now a cartoon. Whether this version makes it off the blocks remains to be seen, but the early signs aren't great. Here's the promo blurb:

An animated 26 x 30 minute series starring the mischievous scarecrow in a modern urban setting. Targeted at Kids 5-12 for delivery in 2014, the series will also feature neighbours Juan (neurotic Woody Allen-type) and Suzi (punky Debbie Harry-type) who “make a scarecrow out of sackcloth, old clothes and various pieces of junk – but on the magical night of the Harvest Moon, their scarecrow comes alive.

There probably is a place for a new version of Worzel Gummidge, but it seems a pity to revisit the character when so little of the original format survives. Were it not for the name, one wonders if anyone would have actually guessed that this was a remake. As the slogan on the poster says, what could possibly go wrong?