It looks like fans won’t have to worry about this new series being cancelled for a while. Disney XD has renewed its Big Hero Six TV show for a second season, ahead of the series’ fall 2017 premiere. Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley, and Nick Filippi executive produce the animated TV series adaptation of the Marvel comic series.
The Big Hero 6 voice cast includes Maya Rudolph, Jamie Chung, Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Genesis Rodriguez, Khary Payton, Brooks Wheelan, Alan Tudyk, David Shaughnessy, and Stan Lee. Check them out in this fist-bump video.
Learn more from this Disney XD press release.
Disney XD Orders Early Second Season of ‘Big Hero 6 The Series’ Ahead of Its Highly Anticipated Fall Premiere
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DISNEY XD ORDERS EARLY SECOND SEASON OF BIG HERO 6 THE SERIES AHEAD OF ITS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FALL PREMIERE
SAN FRANSOKYO – Disney XD has ordered an early second season of the highly anticipated “Big Hero 6 The Series” before the first season premieres this fall, with Emmy Award-winners Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley and Nick Filippi (the team behind the global hit Disney Channel series “Kim Possible”) as executive producers. Based on Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Academy Award-winning feature film inspired by the Marvel comics of the same name, the series stars Maya Rudolph as Aunt Cass, Jamie Chung as Go Go, Scott Adsit as Baymax, Ryan Potter as Hiro, Genesis Rodriguez as Honey Lemon, Khary Payton as Wasabi, Brooks Wheelan as Fred, Alan Tudyk as Alistair Krei, David Shaughnessy as Heathcliff and Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee as Fred’s dad.
Please click here to view a video of the cast demonstrating Baymax’s iconic fist-bump.
The announcement was made today by Marc Buhaj, senior vice president, Programming and general manager, Disney XD. Buhaj said, “Mark, Bob and Nick have delivered a dynamic adventure series that follows the Big Hero 6 superhero team, led by audience favorites Hiro and Baymax. We are honored to have the opportunity to further expand the elaborate world and engaging characters of ‘Big Hero 6 The Series’ with this early second season order.”
The Disney Television Animation-produced series picks up immediately following the events of the feature film and continues the adventures and friendship of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro and his compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax. Along with their friends Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Go Go and Fred, they form the legendary superhero team Big Hero 6 and embark on high-tech adventures as they protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains. In his normal day-to-day life, Hiro faces daunting academic challenges and social trials as the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology.
About “Big Hero 6”
From the studio that created “Frozen,” “Tangled” and “Wreck-It Ralph,” the Academy Award-winning “Big Hero 6” is the 54th animated feature from Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film was inspired by the Marvel comic created by Man of Action. The action-packed comedy centers on the special bond that develops between an inflatable robot and a young prodigy as they and their close friends seek to solve a mystery that threatens the city of San Fransokyo.
Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams and produced by Roy Conli, “Big Hero 6” was released in October 2014 and became the biggest animated film of the year with over $657 million worldwide. In addition to being named Best Animated Picture by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it was nominated for Golden Globe, Critics Choice and BAFTA awards, and was the recipient of five Visual Effects Society Awards, the most ever for an animated feature, as well as a Cinema Audio Society Award and a Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie.
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Whoa, I didn’t even know that there was a televised series 0.0
I loved the film, have to look for it somewhere online at some point. Great to know there’s going to be another season. If it’s good, then I’ll have something to look forward too! ^^