Diary of a Wimpy Kid (TV Series)

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid TV Series is an animated tv series on the Paradox Network and the 21st overall tv series to arrive on the network. The show was created by Benjamin Marvin.

Overview
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid TV series was originally proposed to the Paradox Network by Jeff Kinney in summer 2018 as an attempt to follow in My Weird School's foot steps. The distribution rights to Diary of a Wimpy Kid was purchased from 20th Century Fox in January of 2018 to keep Disney and Comcast's hands off of the property.

The show will be fully animated and will feature the entire original cast from the first three movies and its composer Edward Shermur. It was revealed that through digital manipulation, Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron would sound like they did in the Rodrick Rules film.

Not much was revealed about the show except that the first season would contain 18 episodes and would loosely follow the books. The networks did reveal the first four episodes however.

The show takes place in Westmore Middle School in Plainville Massachusetts and follows the wacky adventures of Greg and the people around him.

Characters
Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon): Greg is the main protagonist. He is lazy when it comes to things he doesn't want to do and loves playing video games. He doesn't enjoy school.

Rowley Jefferson (Robert Capron): Rowley is Greg's best friend. He is sometimes the victim of Greg's pranks and manipulation.

Rodrick Heffley (Devon Bostick): Rodrick is Greg's older brother and is a part of the band Loaded Diaper.

Susan Heffley (Rachael Harris): Susan is Greg's mother. She is always trying to get Greg and Rodrick to get along and get the kids to spend less time on screens.

Frank Heffley (Steven Zahn): Frank is Greg's father. He's jealous of other fathers who have normal kids and it shows.

Manny Heffley (Wade and Alexander Dunn): Manny is Greg's little brother. He always gets away with whatever he's doing.

Chirag Gupta: (Karan Barr): Chirag is one of Greg's friends. He's an Indian-Jewish boy and is sometimes the butt of Greg's jokes.

Fregley (Grayson Russell): Fregley is the weird kid at school, but is also sometimes an acquaintance of Greg.

Patty Ferrell (Laine McNeil): Patty is the good two shoes of Westmore Middle School. She is one of the main antagonists of the series.

Holly Hills (Peyton List): Holly is Greg's love interest, and is a nice girl. She's friends with Patty and is oblivious to her bad deeds. She's very popular, but sometimes talks to Greg.