A Raven’s Home resident, a Glee powerhouse and an All American coach are among the voices bringing Disney Junior’s Ariel to life in 2024.
Mykal-Michelle Harris has been cast as Ariel in the animated series, set to air on Disney Junior and stream on Disney+, with Taye Diggs and Amber Riley voicing King Triton and Ursula. Get a first look at their character designs below:
Other newly announced voices include Gracen Newton as Flounder, as well as Elizabeth Phoenix Caro and Cruz Flateau as Ariel’s new friends Luca and Fernie.
Per Disney, the preschool-focused musical series “follows 8-year-old mermaid princess Ariel as she and her friends embark on fun-filled, action-packed underwater adventures throughout their Caribbean-inspired fairytale kingdom of Atlantica and beyond.”
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Cartoon Network has dropped the official trailer for Tiny Toons Looniversity, which will premiere on Saturday, Sept. 9 (9 am) and air weekly in that time slot. Meanwhile, Max subscribers can stream the entire first season beginning Thursday, Sept. 8. Watch the trailer below:
* Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which originally aired from 2006 to 2016, is being rebooted as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.0 (tentative title) on Disney Junior and Disney+ in 2025. The CG-animated series for preschoolers will expand the iconic clubhouse with the addition of a new area for Minnie Mouse and the introduction of Mickey’s teddy bear Duffy.
* Hallmark has announced that Notes of Autumn — starring first-time co-stars Ashley Williams and Marcus Rosner, along with fellow Hallmark movie vets Luke Macfarlane and Peter Porte — will premiere Saturday, Sept. 16 at 8/7c. The premise: A classically trained pianist (Williams) living in the city and a famous author with writer’s block (Macfarlane) in the outskirts of British Columbia swap homes for the fall.
I wish they’d revive FREAKAZOID. That show was cancelled far too soon. Another season or two of DUCK DODGERS wouldn’t hurt either.
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Oh freakazoid was such a blast!
I’m not offended or anything but it’s weird that they randomly changed Triton and Ursula’s races from what they were in the live action film this is supposedly based directly off.
I’m offended. Imagine if it had been the opposite? But because its black it’s ok?
They took a European fable and made them all black.
If you hold the Hans Christensen Anderson book so close to your heart, you might recall the mermaids were green-skinned, thus, whether White or Black, they are a deviation of his original writing.
Weird but whatever. I’m just happy Ariels hair is more red for the cartoon, as silly as it is the live action movie version the hair needed to be redder.
These are really bad designs. Ursula seems to be wearing a Target dress. Triton’s colour scheme really clashes. I understand they are going for a more child-like, simplified aesthetic, but this was not it. They don’t feel regal.
Absolutely thrilled that Luke MacFarlane is returning to Hallmark! BTW – both Ashley and Marcus are veteran Hallmark favorites, too, along with Peter Porte. Ashley Williams is one of the true Queens of Hallmark!
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Looking forward to seeing Tiny Toons. I watched it when it was originally on. Please don’t make the same mistakes that happened with the reboot of Animaniacs. They hired different writers. They eliminated alot of the original cast. Nice to see in this intro that almost all the characters will still be in the show. Best of luck!!
I’m looking forward to it too, but it’s weird that they have Buster and Babs as twins when they were romantically linked in the original.
Was coming here to say the same. Also the humor doesn’t seem as nuanced as the original. But that’s par for the course with these reboots.
WHAT?! Well my excitement for this just plummeted… For the change itself but mostly for what it represents… like a total not caring about the source material… That’s… so disappointing.
I read somewhere that the guy making it wanted to explore a supportive brother sister relationship… that’s great, a new character, or create a completely different show…
*sigh*
I wish they would have brought back the original voice cast. I guess they can get away with it since the age they are aiming for won’t know about the original. I also wish Max would stream the original…it was on Hulu but they pulled it earlier this year.
“Premiering Saturday September 9, but Max subscribers can watch the whole season Thursday September 8.” …and who’s time machine are we using?
Is there a reason why you are not saying that Notes of Autumn has a gay storyline?
Can we talk about the voice cast for lego disney princesses? So many of the original voices including Triton and Gaston.
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I wish they would had stayed with the original classic Ariel.