According to a new report, based on the upcoming rebirth of The Real World and other nostalgia for the 1990s, MTC and actor/producer/Hip-Hop legend Ice Cube are working on a reboot of Celebrity Deathmatch. The show was a huge hit for the network which featured stars of pop-culture brutally and comically fighting to the death, in claymation. Series creator Eric Fogel will return to executive produce, with Ice Cube set to executive produce and star in the new take on the stop-motion animation series. Jeff Kwatinetz of Cube Vision will also executive produce with Ben Hurwitz co-executive producing. The new Celebrity Deathmatch will be available as a weekly series for an SVOD or other network partner in 2019.The show originally aired from 1998-2001 on MTV. It featured the voices of Mills Lane, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Debbie Matenopoulos. MTV2 then relaunched the show for two seasons in 2006 and 2007, with the network then ordering a pilot for a reboot in 2015 that did not go to series.

 Chris McCarthy, president of MTV, VH1 and CMT commented:

“We’re excited to grow our partnership with Ice Cube and Cube Vision to reimagine this fan favorite. ’Deathmatch’ was the meme before memes, remains a hot topic on social media and will be a smart, funny way to tackle the over-the-top rhetoric of today’s pop culture where it belongs – in the wrestling ring.”

Ice Cube added:

“Happy to once again be working with Viacom and MTV on a fan favorite like ‘Celebrity Deathmatch’ and to continue our success together.”

With its launch back in June, MTV Studios announced that along with the greenlighting of a new version of The Real World, it was also working on new versions of past MTV hits like Daria, Aeon Flux, Made, and Undressed. The Real World is set to air on Facebook Watch.