A CGI-version of The Magic School Bus is coming to Netflix in 2016

A CGI-version of The Magic School Bus is coming to Netflix in 2016
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Can you imagine what Miss Frizzle will do with an iPad? The '90s classic The Magic School Bus is getting revamped for Netflix, and 26 episodes of the show — now called The Magic School Bus 360° — will be released in 2016.

It's hard to believe, but as The Verge points out, the last new episode of The Magic School Bus came out in 1997. Based on a book series of the same name, the show followed the hijinks of wacky teacher Miss Frizzle and her class as they use their special bus to go on adventurous field trips to places like inside the human body and outer space. For the updated version, the animation will be computer generated, and the bus will be modern and feature "robotics, wearables, and camera technology."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.