Sharkboy and Lavagirl are back and they’ve brought The Mandalorian with them! Well, sorta.

On Christmas day, We Can Be Heroes will make its debut on Netflix with a new story set in the world of 2005’s The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. While the original film wasn’t a massive hit in theaters, it’s found a big audience thanks to Netflix and We Can Be Heroes posits a world where alien invaders have kidnapped Earth’s superheroes and it’s up to their kids to save the day. Of course, the kids will have to learn some lessons about teamwork to pull it off.

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We Can Be Heroes stars YaYa Gosselin, Pedro Pascal, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christian Slater, Boyd Holbrook, Christopher McDonald, and Adriana Barraza.

I fully expect that my own kids will be watching this multiple times over holiday break, which won’t really be much of a break at all since “school” is just a couple of desks in the family room since this is 2020.

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James Zahn

James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

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