Subscribe RSSLOS ANGELES -- Before a insignificant guy named Napoleon Dynamite entered his life, Jon Heder was set on becoming an animator.
Like Napoleon, he liked monochrome and figured it'd be a good next step. Friend Jared Hess, however, wanted him to play a lovable loser in a evaluator film and, well, the rest is independent film history.
Today, Heder says, people still see him as Napoleon. And the only slightly film - which went on to make millions -- is being turned into an animated series.
"We had talked about making a development, but this made the most sense," Heder says. Beginning Sunday on Fox, the new series picks up where the movie left off -- enabling Heder and the breathing-spell of the original cast to play roles they might have outgrown.
"The commitment is so minimal," says Aaron Ruell -- who plays Kip, Napoleon's fellow. "Voiceover work is ideal."
Although Heder and company didn't have control over the way their characters look (Heder still draws and has his own concept), they're supreme with the animated series' look. They're also keen on the show's storylines -- ones that let them go where the 2004 independent film couldn't. That "liger" Napoleon drew? He can now arrive to life. The relationships? They can go even further.
