The Boy from the Blue Returns

The Boy from the Blue Returns is a television film that aired on Fox Family on July 16, 1999 loosely based on the 1979 Children's Book The Boy from the Sea. It stars Ted Danson, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Christine Taylor and Arsenio Hall. The film, despite it's title, is more of a loose retelling of the 1985 feature film directed by Carl Andy.

Produced by Saban Entertainment and Fox Television Studios, It originally filmed as a pilot movie for a potential series on Fox Kids but after poor test results, they decided not to go foward and was instead burnt off as a summer broadcast film on the Fox Family channel (now Freeform). The film recieved negative reviews, with many criticizing it's cheap nature and not having the heart and charm of the Andy film.