So promobricks recently made an article on the rumored next cmf series 23. Which had previously been speculated to be a 90th anniversary series with classic figure remakes. However this new rumor/leak claims the 23 series will be in the style of series 18(Which celebrated the minifigs 40th)and thus will not include any direct remakes but instead the generic people in costumes.
Here is a link promobricks article:
This news is rather disappointing in my opinion. I would have loved a series celebrating LEGO themes in a proper way that isn’t just generic figs with theme references.
Series 23 was revealed and the nutcracker is a day one purchase for me. He has another sword piece in gold! Clearly the design team for ninjago also worked on these cmfs.