At long last: Netflix and Nickelodeon’s Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus, from creator Jhonen Vasquez, will release globally on August 16th, 2019. The original series, Invader Zim, made its debut on Nickelodeon in 2001, chronicling the efforts of an extraterrestrial named Zim on a mission to conquer Earth and enslave the human race. It has gone on to become a cult favorite – spawning much merchandise and comic books. In the new Nick/Netflix special, Zim learns his almighty leaders never had any intention of coming to Earth and he loses confidence in himself for the first time in his life, which is the big break his human nemesis, Dib has been waiting for.

CREDITS

Written by Jhonen Vasquez
Produced by Nickelodeon
Supervising Producer Breehn Burns
Art Director Jenny Goldberg
Music by Kevin Manthei
Storyboard Director Jake Wyatt
Created by Jhonen Vasquez
Produced by Joann Estoesta

Executive Producers Jhonen Vasquez and Mary Harrington
Associate Producer Angela Leung
Storyboard Artists Tyson Heese, Megan Lawton, Samir Barrett, Sofia Alexander, Stephan Park, Rie Koga, Shawna Mills, Chris Graham
Story Consultant Breehn Burns
Writing Consultant Eric Truehart
Storyboard Revisionists Serena Wu and Jacob Eaton
Animatic Editors Jonathan Sims and Hugo Morales
Assistant Animatic Editors Zach Smythe and Rachael Russakoff

Cast: Richard Horvitz, Rikki Simons, Andy Berman, Melissa Fahn, Rodger Bumpass, Jhonen Vasquez, Wally Wingert, Kevin McDonald, Olivia d’Abo, Eric Bauza, Breehn Burns, Justin Roiland, Fred Tatasciore, Jenny Goldberg, Mo Collins, and Michael McDonald