Carmen Sandiego Gets a Heroic Origin in the First Trailer for Her Netflix Reboot

Over the years of games and shows , Carmen Sandiego has had several origins — former detective gone rogue , vicious Einstein , agent of chaos , you name it . But her new Netflix show is giving her another … one that ’s turning her into a snatch more of a Robin - Hood - esque figure .

Netflix has just dropped the first trailer for its animated reboot ( viaMashable ) , star Gina Rodriguez as the titular lady stealer ( Rodriguez will spiel Carmen ina live - action moviefor the cyclosis serving , too ) . But as well as ask the motion we all want it to expect — where in the world is Carmen Sandiego , naturally — it ask another , too . Who in the humanity is she ?

This time around , the answer to that is a bit unlike . We get to see Carmen ’s vernal days education as a master thief as an agentive role of V.I.L.E. but now , rather of stay on with the villainous radical as she steals her style out of trouble , Carmen is fail to be a submarine sandwich who abandons V.I.L.E. and uses her stealing skills to protect the treasures of the world from its fly-by-night hands alongside Player ( voiced by Stranger Things ’ Finn Wolfhard ) . Although we ’ve had takes on Carmen that have badger a more stately heart to her thievery in the past , turning her into a full - on scare away scallywag is a decent spin .