( CNN ) I know you are excited about the new Pee-wee Herman film , but what am I ? Netflix announced Tuesday that it will begin production next month on a new film starring the popular 1980s TV character , titled `` Pee-wee 's Big Holiday . '' No release date has been announced . According to the Netflix news release , the on-demand movie will be produced by Paul Reubens , who plays the title character . Judd Apatow , of `` Anchorman , '' `` The 40-Year-Old Virgin '' and `` Forgetting Sarah Marshall '' fame , will co-produce . John Lee , who has directed episodes of `` Inside Amy Schumer '' and `` Broad City , '' will make his feature-film directorial debut . It will be Herman 's first feature film since 1988 's '' Big Top Pee-wee . '' The 1985 feature film `` Pee-wee 's Big Adventure '' became a cult classic , and from 1986 to 1990 , television viewers tuned in to the absurd and infectious adventures of `` Pee-wee 's Playhouse . '' Reubens retreated from show business for most of the 1990s , after he was arrested for indecent exposure at an adult movie theater in 1991 . Despite some subsequent brushes with the law , Reubens and his alter ego have experienced a comeback in recent years , including a Broadway show and many television guest appearance spots . `` Judd and I dreamt up this movie four years ago . The world was much different back then -- Netflix was waiting by the mailbox for red envelopes to arrive . I 've changed all that . The future is here . Get used to it . Bowtie is the new black , '' Reubens said in the statement .
Netflix will release a movie starring Pee-wee Herman . The film is called Pee-wee's Big Adventure.