Paul Reubens has confirmed that the new Pee-wee Herman movie is set to begin filming in early 2015, thirty years after the first film hit theaters.

“There’s going to be a big announcement any minute now,” the actor recently told Rolling Stone . “It’s going to get made shortly after the new year.”Ruebens went on to tell the publication that production on a new Pee-wee film has been “stalling and stalling” for roughly four years.“I’m really ready for this to happen,” Reubens said, “but I’m not kidding: it’s very imminent.”Earlier in the year, Knocked Up director Judd Apatow, who is set to produce the long awaited film , said it was “pretty close” to happening. Apatow also mentioned a script by Reubens and Paul Ruse was complete and they were kicking around titles for the film.Reubens debuted the iconic character on-screen in the 1981 HBO special, The Pee-wee Herman Show. The actor’s big break came in 1985 when the Tim Burton directed Pee-wee’s Big Adventure hit theaters. That led to a Saturday morning children’s television show, Pee-wee’s Playhouse, which ran from 1986 to 1991.The complete Pee-wee's Playhouse series is available now in a feature-rich Blu-ray box set from Shout! Factory. The first two seasons are also available in a 4-DVD set.No release date has been given for the next Pee-wee Herman film.

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