"Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur" (Animated) News & Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

[Frontier]

November 16th, 2019:
I'd say during the second half of the year.

January 22nd, 2020:

Elena Of Avalor producer Pilar Flynn is a producer here.

She does have experience with capable female-lead shows .

I guess we might have other major Marvel Universe characters show up just to emphasize how Moon Girl is "the smartest."

So is this for kids or Pixar-esque?

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Probably ostensibly for kids.

 

[Rick Jones]

Disney Channels EVP Nancy Kanter To Depart Company In 2021 After 20 Years

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Kanter, EVP, Content and Creative Strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide, who launched and built Disney’s preschool TV channel Disney Junior, will leave the company at the end of Janu…

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Probably not too important for the series but I just noticed how they made note to mention that the exiting EVP was really behind the series. Hopefully it doesn't suffer from any personnel or regime changes.

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[Frontier]

Disney Channels EVP Nancy Kanter To Depart Company In 2021 After 20 Years

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Kanter, EVP, Content and Creative Strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide, who launched and built Disney’s preschool TV channel Disney Junior, will leave the company at the end of Janu…

deadline.com

Probably not too important for the series but I just noticed how they made note to mention that the exiting EVP was really behind the series. Hopefully it doesn't suffer from any personnel or regime changes.

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It has been a while since we've heard anything about it...not that that means they're not still hard at work .

 

[SweetShop209]

Well, Nancy Kanter helped bring quality programming to Disney for 20 years. She's left a mark in the business.

On another note, I want to talk a bit about casting. I would not be surprised if they went the route of casting a Disney Channel star from one of their sitcoms to play Moon Girl. I'd nominate Navia Robinson from Raven's Home. The two main voice roles she's done (Zayla from Marvel Rising: Playing With Fire and Valerie/The Valkyrie from The Rocketeer) are both quite different from each other. The former has some sympathy given her family background, but she definitely does relish in power. The latter has it where Valerie is friends with Kit yet doesn't want to be shown up by The Rocketeer. With a recent appearance in "The Valkyrie Cleans Up", I'd say she's more an antivillain (she wants to hang out with Kit, but tries showing up The Rocketeer when she's too busy cleaning the statue. Even when she takes it, it's to clean it and bring it back, and she does manage to at least somewhat work with her.)

More to the point, with that kind of variety in her performances, if she were cast as Moon Girl here, that would help out.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Minor update, but Samir Barrett is a storyboard artist for the show.

 

[SweetShop209]

He worked on Stretch Armstrong And The Flex Fighters, Craig Of The Creek, Invader Zim Enter The Florpus, and Scooby Doo And Guess Who. That's pretty cool.

Christine Liu (a storyboard artist for TMNT 2012, Rise Of The TMNT, Marvel's Spiderman, and Steven Universe) is a director here.

 

[Frontier]

Looks like production is still moving forward .

 

[SweetShop209]

With the announcement of one of the storyboard artists (Samir Barrett) and two directors (Ben Juwono & Christine Liu), along with Titmouse animating, shows potential for really fluid action.

 

[RoyalRubble]

This is from last month, but I only discovered it now and thought it was pretty interesting. Pilar Flynn mentioned they had their first (virtual) script table read for the show. But I believe only the crew was involved, not the cast.

 

[Rick Jones]

Soo, this show is even further behind on production than What If?

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[SweetShop209]

May 12:


Jules Bridgers is working as a storyboard artist. She previously worked on The Loud House, Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Glitch Techs.

May 18:


Morgan Hillebrand is a storyboard artist here. She previously worked on She Ra And The Princesses Of Power, Critical Role, and Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

 

[Frontier]

Seems like they have a good storyboard staff .

 

[thisguyisnotcool]

Seems like they have a good storyboard staff .

Wonder if this will end up being like Rise of TMNT where it gets popular through random anime gifs people post online?

 

[SweetShop209]

Luciano Herrera is working on the show. His IMDb said he was a background designer for a couple episodes of Be Cool Scooby Doo, Stretch Armstrong And The Flex Fighters, and Superman Red Son. Presumably, he's in that same position here.

 

[Rick Jones]

I'm too ready for a Marvel show with good backgrounds. It makes so much of a difference.

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[Frontier]

I'm too ready for a Marvel show with good backgrounds. It makes so much of a difference.

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Not to mention good shading .

 

[Red Arrow]

I think Luciano Herrera forgot Fillmore and The Proud Family.
But yeah, it will be the first in 15 years.

EDIT: Doc McStuffins too. together with DuckTales the only Disney cartoons from the 2010s that got an Icelandic dub, despite Iceland being very "white" : )

 

[SweetShop209]

I think Luciano Herrera forgot Fillmore and The Proud Family.
But yeah, it will be the first in 15 years.

He clarified that a bit later in his tweet. Though still, the show is already getting high expectations with who's been announced to work on the show.

 

[Roxas_Sora]

I have nothing against this duo, but I can't stop thinking about "Moon Boy" here. I mean, a primitive humanoid looks way more fitting for a T-Rex than one of the smartest kids in the planet.

 

[Frontier]

I have nothing against this duo, but I can't stop thinking about "Moon Boy" here. I mean, a primitive humanoid looks way more fitting for a T-Rex than one of the smartest kids in the planet.

The contrast is part of the point .

I do wonder if the show will acknowledge Moon Boy like the comic did.