Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7503158-20170312031726/@comment-28063203-20170618174857

Man of Action is directly behind the Reboot, I don't know what the heck Zak Storm is but they've been given more control over the reboot.

And it is not a must to start off with the origin. The reboot established Ben's character and Gwen's in the first episode, and shows Ben is reckless and headstrong. They can retell the origin story in a different episode, because most old fans are aware of it at this point and it's better to start off on a strong foot rather than having to chug along with the boring origin story.