'Carmen Sandiego' Netflix reboot with Gina Rodriguez and Finn Wolfhard gets poster and release date

The forthcoming series delves deeper into the criminal mastermind's backstory

Netflix's reboot of Carmen Sandiego's adventures will premiere on 18 January, 2019. (Netflix)

Netflix's forthcoming Carmen Sandiego reboot now has an official release date.

The animated series, which will feature the voices of Gina Rodriguez and Finn Wolfhard, is set to debut on 18 January, 2019, the streamer has announced.

Netflix has also given a first look at its take on the adventures of the criminal mastermind, which will take a closer look at Sandiego's backstory and the events that led her to become a super thief.

"WHEN in the world is Carmen Sandiego coming to Netflix?" the platform tweeted in reference to Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, the 1985 video game in which Sandiego made her debut. "*hacks database* January 18!"

The accompanying poster shows the new version of Sandiego, dressed in her signature wide-brimmed red hat and matching coat – with a popped collar for additional stealthiness.

Rodriguez, who rose to fame as the titular character in Jane the Virgin, voices Sandiego in Netflix's series. The actor is also set to star in a live-action Carmen Sandiego film for the platform, as previously announced by Deadline.

Wolfhard – Mike Wheeler in Stranger Things – voices her friend and accomplice Player in the animated show.

The Carmen Sandiego computer game series evolved into a bona fide franchise, which includes the famous Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? game show hosted by Greg Lee on PBS from 1991 to 1995.

An animated show, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?, aired from 1994 to 1999 on FOX Kids.