Nostalgia can be a powerful tool
when planning to revive an old pop entertainment franchise. Disney’s 1987-90
animated series “DuckTales” received a reboot that started in 2017, and can
serve as a textbook example of doing a series revival right. Not only did it
capture the spirit of the original cartoons, the modernizations and additions
to the mythos improved the viewing experience and helped catch more numbers of
old and new fans. Season 2 of the revival ended on Disney Channel back in
September of last year, with a third season confirmed even before that finale.
But only this week was the return premiere confirmed.
Comic Book Resources tells us that there is actually only one month
left before the new “DuckTales” series gets viewers all “Woo-oo!” once more,
and back on the channel where it started too: Disney XD. Season 3 of the reboot
– which has been nominated in the Daytime Emmy Awards for two years in a row – is
set to premiere on Disney XD with a two-episode special timeslot this coming
April 4. It will also be available on the TV everywhere app DisneyNow, which
unifies streaming content from XD and sister networks Disney Channel and
Junior.
The next season of “DuckTales”
sees the Duck Family of the larger Clan McDuck reunited for the first time in
so long. Della is with her children Huey, Dewey and Louie again, though their
Uncle Donald is not about to stop being their parental figure anytime soon.
They are all also still staying with (great-) Uncle Scrooge at his Duckburg
Manor, from which they are off to more new adventures around the world and off
it. But the family is also in the greatest danger yet, with the reveal that
criminal syndicate FOWL has infiltrated Scrooge’s company and has marked all of
them for termination.
One big part of why old-time fans
took to the “DuckTales” reboot is in how it is making connections to the
settings of past cartoon series in the 1990s Disney Afternoon syndicated block,
rather similar to the “shared universe” concept used in the MCU. This explains
why another DA star, Darkwing Duck, is a prominent supporting character from season
2. He will also be joined by other notable characters from such classic TV
offerings as “TaleSpin” and more. New fans are also hooked by the talented
voice cast, particularly “Hamilton” followers since Lin-Manuel Miranda is voicing
Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera aka Gizmoduck.
Look forward to these new
characters with fairly high-profile voice talent including Selma Blair, Clancy
Brown, Giancarlo Esposito, James Marsters and many others. Disney XD is proud
to welcome back “DuckTales” season 3 next month.
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