When the DuckTales cast records its lines, Lin-Manuel Miranda will be in the room where it happens. The Hamilton creator/ex-star is lending his voice to the Disney XD toon series reboot that premieres this year. ‘DuckTales’: Lin-Manuel Miranda Joins Disney XD’s Toon Reboot
With Disney’s DuckTales set to hit Disney XD this summer, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled a selection of character images and stills from the revival of the beloved cartoon, as well as offering up details on some of the supporting voice cast. New character images and stills from Disney’s DuckTales
Here's the opening title sequence to DuckTales. Disney XD's New DuckTales Has a Premiere Date and an Amazing All-New Opening Title Sequence The article says the animation style is inspired by Carl Barks, but in my opinion it doesn't look at all like Carl Barks.
I agree, it looks more like the recent Mickey shorts than the style of the comic books. Either way, I'm glad that they're giving it a unique look. Hopefully that means they're willing to bring a new approach to the characters and stories as well. The worst thing that happened to Mickey was his increasing blandness from the 50's through the 00's, to the point that he didn't have any personality left; it seems like that won't be a problem here
David Tennant visited DL and got his obligatory photo with Scrooge McDuck: Hopefully Scrooge (and even Huey, Dewey, and Louie) will make more appearances in the parks with this series. He was always one of my favorites!
I've watched the SDCC panel and one of the producers said, that The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck were a mandatory reading material for the series. Don Rosa's biography of Scrooge is the best Disney comic work ever, so I'm getting more and more excited about the new series.
I like the new look for these characters. I also like the new Mickey and Minnie Mouse character design. That will be replacing 'The Great Movie Ride.'
On the weekend the pilot episode of DuckTales was released in the US. Did anyone see the first episode? How was it?
I had it on while I was doing some housework. It was a lot of fun! Although I know I watched the original series when I was younger, I really don't remember much about it beyond the most basic premise, so I can't say how faithful this is to it, but I enjoyed it. The characters were lively and relatable, without being one-dimensional If there's a downside, it seems like it's the kind of show that could fall into the trap of having ever-more crazy plots taking place in unrealistic settings (or in a character's imagination), which has been the downfall of many long-running animated series. It works well as an occasional plot device, but can become overused quickly. Then again, similar to Ducktales, Phineas & Ferb also had a concept that would make it really easy to go down that path but mostly avoided it, so there is hope. In general, it looks like it will be a good addition to Disney's lineup!
I've caught a few more episodes of this in the last few days, and it's definitely a lot of fun. If you have the chance, it's definitely worth checking out!
I'm definitely in the minority here. We tried to watch an episode of this and just couldn't get past the animation style. Even David Tennant in all his Glaswegian glory couldn't stop me from changing the channel.
