Zombies: The Re-Animated Series
- Musical
- Comedy
- Zombies
by- David Light
- Joseph Raso
- Aliki Theofilopoulos
- Jack Ferraiolo
- Meg Donnelly
- Milo Manheim
- Ariel Martin
- Chandler Kinney
- Pearce Joza
- Carla Jeffery
- Trevor Tordjman
- James Godfrey
- Kylee Russell
- Terry Hu
- Matt Wong
- Jack Kugell
- Hanna Jones
- United States
- Canada
- Aliki Theofilopoulos
- Jack Ferraiolo
- Gary Marsh
- David Light
- Joseph Raso
- Disney Television Animation
- Atomic Cartoons
- Bloor Street Productions
- Disney Channel
- Disney+
present
Zombies 2
Zombies 3
Zombies: The Re-Animated Series is an animated musical television series based on the Disney franchise Zombies. It is a co-production between American studio Disney Television Animation and Canadian studio Atomic Cartoons, alongside vanity card Bloor Street Productions.
Zombies: The Re-Animated Series premiered on June 28, 2024, on Disney Channel, followed by its Disney+ premiere the next day.[1][2][3]
Plot
Following graduation day at Seabrook High School, A-Spen does a time warp that enables everyone to re-do senior year together as they engage in various misadventures in Seabrook.
Characters
Main characters
- Addison Wells (voiced by Meg Donnelly) - The head cheerleader, who is a human/alien hybrid.
- Zed Necrodopolous (voiced by Milo Manheim) - A zombie and star football player who is Addison's boyfriend.
- Wynter Barkowitz (voiced by Ariel Martin) - An overeager werewolf.
- Willa Lykensen (voiced by Chandler Kinney) - A werewolf who is the leader of her group.
- Wyatt Lykensen (voiced by Pearce Joza) - A werewolf who is the brother of Willa and love interest of Eliza.
- Bree (voiced by Carla Jeffery[4]) - A human cheerleader who is the best friend of Addison.
- Bucky Buchanan (voiced by Trevor Tordjman) - The self-absorbed human cousin of Addison and former head cheerleader.
- Bonzo (voiced by James Godfrey) - A zombie who is a friend of Zed and the love interest of Bree. He can only speak zombie language, which the other characters understand.
- Eliza (voiced by Kylee Russell) - A genius zombie and friend of Zed, who is dating Wyatt.
- A-Spen (voiced by Terry Hu) - An alien who enabled the time warp to happen so that everyone could re-do the senior year.
Other characters
- Principal Lee (voiced by Naomi Snieckus) - The human principal of Seabrook High School.
- Coach (voiced by Jonathan Langdon) - The unnamed human football coach of Seabrook High School.
- Dae (voiced by Kahyun Kim[5]) - A witch who is a new student at Seabrook High School.
- Bartleby - Dae's armadillo familiar.
- Zoey Necrodopolous (voiced by Kingston Foster) - A zombie who is the younger sister of Zed.
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
Shorts | 11 | July 21, 2023 (2023-07-21) | October 28, 2023 (2023-10-28) | |
1 | TBA | June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28) | TBA |
Zombies: The Re-Animated Series Shorts (2023)
No. | Title [6] | Original air date [6] |
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1 | "Endless Summer" | July 21, 2023 (2023-07-21) |
2 | "Solstice Slasher" | July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28) |
3 | "Grill or Be Grilled" | August 4, 2023 (2023-08-04) |
4 | "Cabin in the House" | August 11, 2023 (2023-08-11) |
5 | "ZOMBIES Summer Mini Bites" | August 28, 2023 (2023-08-28) |
6 | "Suddenly Seabrook" | September 2, 2023 (2023-09-02) |
7 | "I Think We're a Clone Now" | September 9, 2023 (2023-09-09) |
8 | "Coach's Cat" | September 16, 2023 (2023-09-16) |
9 | "Robot Space Bear" | September 23, 2023 (2023-09-23) |
10 | "Wynter Transport" | September 30, 2023 (2023-09-30) |
11 | "ZOMBIES Halloween Mini Bites" | October 28, 2023 (2023-10-28) |
Season 1 (2024)
No. | Title [6] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date [6] | Prod. code [6] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Re-Senior Year" | Justin Lovell | Aliki Theofilopoulos & Jack Ferraiolo | Rebecca Champagne & Stephanie Gonzaga | June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28) | 101 | N/A |
"I Scream Zoda" | Steve Rolston | Rachel McNevin | Gemma & Nick Nason | ||||
2 | "Rage Against the Vending Machine" | Justin Lovell | Joey Manderino | Rachel Colucci | June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28) | 102 | N/A |
"Young, Wild, and Free Period" | Steve Rolston | Mike Yank | Ammie Lieu-Dang & Rebecca Champagne | ||||
3 | "These Boots Were Made for Willa" | Justin Lovell | Joan Ford | River Minho Kim & Rebecca Champagne | July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06)[a] | 103 | TBD |
"Double Troubled" | Steve Rolston | Elliott Maya | Alison Jensen Tsui & Nick Nason | ||||
4 | "Alien vs. Shredator" | Justin Lovell | Mike Yank | Rebecca Champagne | July 6, 2024 (2024-07-06)[a] | 104 | TBD |
"A Wyatt Place" | Steve Rolston | Joey Manderino | Shawn Pedralba & Gemma | ||||
5 | "Invasion of the Bucky Snatchers" | Steve Rolston | Joan Ford | Gemma | July 13, 2024 (2024-07-13)[a] | 105 | TBD |
"The Dining" | Justin Lovell | Jack Ferraiolo & Rachel McNevin | Yoshiko Aurelie Agresta | ||||
6 | "Training Dae" | Steve Rolston | Jack Ferraiolo & Rachel McNevin | Ammie Lieu-Dang & Riccardo Durante | July 13, 2024 (2024-07-13)[a] | 106 | TBD |
"Youngins & Dragons" | Justin Lovell | Elliott Maya | Rachel Colucci | ||||
7 | "Foul Play" | Justin Lovell | Joey Manderino | Alison Jensen Tsui | July 20, 2024 (2024-07-20)[a] | 107 | TBD |
"Catch Meat If You Can" | Steve Rolston | Mike Yank | Jeremy Bondy | ||||
8 | "When Bucky Met Barky" | Justin Lovell | Joan Ford | Jon Affolter | July 20, 2024 (2024-07-20)[a] | 108 | TBD |
"The More, The Burier" | Steve Rolston | Elliott Maya | Shawn Pedralba & Gemma | ||||
9 | "No Woman BFF'd Behind" | Justin Lovell | Teresa Kale | Yoshiko Aurelie Agresta | July 27, 2024 (2024-07-27)[a] | 109 | TBD |
"Pet Peeves" | Steve Rolston | Joey Manderino | Christos Rousakos | ||||
10 | "Something to Tok About" | Justin Lovell | Mike Yank | Rachel Colucci | July 27, 2024 (2024-07-27)[a] | 110 | TBD |
"Last Fan Standing" | Steve Rolston | Joan Ford | Brian-Rey Ejar | ||||
11 | "Reality Check, Please!" | Justin Lovell | Elliott Maya | Oliver Hine | August 3, 2024 (2024-08-03)[a] | 111 | TBD |
"Their Guy Sasquatch" | Steve Rolston | Roma Murphy | Christopher Johnson | ||||
Production
Development
In 2022, Descendants: Wicked World creator Aliki Theofilopoulos, and Amphibia story editor Jack Ferraiolo were approached by Disney executives to develop an animated series based on Disney Channel's Zombies franchise, which they agreed to do due to the franchise's high school setting providing multiple storytelling opportunities, having liked the Zombie films, and wanting to work together on a project.[7]
On June 15, 2022, during the Annecy Film Festival, Disney Television Animation announced development on animated series based on the Zombies franchise, titled Zombies: The Re-Animated Series, on Disney+. Writers Joseph Raso and David Light were set to return from the original trilogy as executive producers alongside Gary Marsh, Theofilopoulos and Ferraiolo.[8] Theofilopoulos and Ferraiolo also serve as showrunners for the series.[7]
Writing
The producers wanted to use the series' animated format as "[an] opportunity to push ideas conceptually and visually" within the franchise.[7] They also wanyed the show to have a strong focus on its ensemble cast, drawing inspiration from shows such as New Girl and Freaks and Geeks,[7] as well as teen comedies Ferraiolo watched in his youth, wanting to "juxtapose dumb ideas with achieving a goal" much like in the latter.[9] The writers wanted the series to explore issues relatable to teenagers and "blow it out of proportion" while keeping the story grounded in "the emotional truth of being a teenager".[7]
Casting
On August 12, 2022, Meg Donelly and Milo Manheim were confirmed to be reprising their roles as Allison and Zed from the original trilogy.[2] On November 18, 2022, Theofilopoulos confirmed that Carla Jeffery would reprise her role as Bree in the series.[4] Voice recordings for the series had already began by that point.[4] In June 2023, Ariel Martin, Chandler Kinney, Pearce Joza, Trevor Tordjman, Jonathan Langdon, James Godfrey, Kylee Russell, and Terry Hu were confirmed to be reprising their roles in the series.[3] In May 2024, it was announced that Kahyun Kim would be voicing a new character named Dae.[5]
Animation
Animation services will be provided by Atomic Cartoons.[10] Matt Doering will serve as art director for the series.[11] The artists designed the characters so that they could be reminiscent of their appearance in the movies while also fitting an animated format.[9]
Music
The series features a musical number per episode, performed by its voice cast.[5] Several songwriters from the films returned to work on the series.[12] Theofilopoulos drew inspiration from her experience in Phineas and Ferb for the show's songs, wanting to combine the humorous tone of the Phineas and Ferb songs with the musical style from the Zombies films.[9] She also drew inspiration from her experience in Descendants: Wicked World.[12]
The song "My Year" from the first film serves as the series' opening theme, with new lyrics to fit the plot of the series. The songwriters originally conceived several original songs to be used as the opening theme; the songs were ultimately used as musical numbers within the series.[12]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i This episode was first released on Disney+ on June 29, 2024.
References
- ^ "'ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series' Coming Soon To Disney+". Archived from the original on 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ a b Teaser | NEW SERIES | ZOMBIES The Re-Animated Series | @disneychannel, 12 August 2022, archived from the original on 2022-11-02, retrieved 2023-06-13
- ^ a b Meg and Milo's EXCLUSIVE First Look at the NEW ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series | @disneychannel, 13 June 2023, archived from the original on 2023-06-13, retrieved 2023-06-13
- ^ a b c Theofilopoulos, Aliki [@alikigreeky] (November 18, 2022). "So much fun with Carla today! #zombiesreanimatedseries https://t.co/OeUdsETaEw" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 19, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c McPherson, Chris (2024-05-15). "Disney's 'ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series' Trailer Brings Your Favorite Undead Teens Back [Exclusive]". Collider. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ a b c d e "Shows A-Z - zombies: the re-animated series on disney". The Futon Critic.
- ^ a b c d e "You are being redirected..." www.animationmagazine.net. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Pedersen, Lise; Pedersen, Lise (2022-06-15). "Disney Reveals Animated Series Slate at Annecy Festival (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- ^ a b c AdThrive (2023-10-28). "LightBox Expo Recap: "Shorts in Short" with Disney Television Animaation's "ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series," "Broken Karaoke," and "Theme Song Takeover"". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ "ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series". Atomic Cartoons. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ Doering, Matt [@mattdoering] (November 8, 2022). "Before the news cycle gets (extra) crazy this week, I wanted to share that I recently started a new project! I'm Art Directing "Zombies: The Re-Animated Series" at Disney TVA!! Can't wait for you all to see what @alikigreeky and @jackferraiolo have planned for the show! 🧠🧟🧠🧟 https://t.co/F3YU2H6IEm" (Tweet). Archived from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c Reif, Alex (2024-06-14). "Annecy Recap: "Storytelling Through Music" with Disney Television Animation". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
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