Nick: Begins

Nick: Begins is a 2025 American live-action / animated direct-to-dvd film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The film is a prequel to Nick: The Movie and Nick: The Movie 2 about how Nickelodeon began. The film will star Joseph Mazzello as Gustave M. Hauser.

Synopsis
The story tells about how Nickelodeon was created by Gustave M. Hauser and how it produced many television shows and movies.

Plot
Gustave "Gus" Hauser was a recognized leader and innovator in the cable industry, developing many programming innovations such as The Movie Channel and Nickelodeon. From 1973 to 1983, he was Chairman and CEO of Warner Cable Communications, then the largest company in the cable television industry. Gus was a staunch supporter of The Cable Center and the Hauser Oral History Program.

Gustave M. Hauser was born on September of 1929. In 1955, Hauser met Rita Hauser in Harvard Law School. It was confirmed to be love at first sight. They then got married a few years later and bought a home.

In 1979, Hauser founded one of the most company/tv channels called Nickelodeon. It soon produced many, many television series like Rugrats, Danny Phantom, SpongeBob SquarePants, FairyOddParents, and many more. Back to the 1950s and the 60s, he had a daughter named Ana and and a grandson also named Gustave.

Hauser died at the age of 89 on February 14, 2021. Many people like Brian Robbins saluted tribute to him.

Cast

 * Joseph Mazello as Gustave M. Hauser, an ordinary man who later founds Nickelodeon.
 * Timothy Bradley as Young Gustave M. Hauser
 * John Lithgow as Old Gustave M. Hauser
 * Chris Evans as Brian Robbins, a man who later becomes the president of Nickelodeon.