Kim Possible: Alyson Hannigan (HIMYM) and Others Join Disney Live-Action Movie

Kim Possible has some new company. This week, Disney Channel announced Alyson Hannigan and more have joined their upcoming live-action movie.

As reported earlier, Disney Channel is producing a live-action movie based on the animated TV series Kim Possible. The original show follows Possible, a teenager torn between her life as a high school student and a professional crime fighter. The voice cast included Christy Carlson Romano, Will Friedle, John DiMaggio, Nicole Sullivan, and Tahj Mowry. The show ran for four seasons before ending in 2007.

In Disney’s Kim Possible movie, Hannigan will play Kim’s mother, brain surgeon Dr. Ann Possible. She’s joined by fellow co-stars Connie Ray, Todd Stashwick, Taylor Ortega, Ciara Wilson, Erika Tham.

Disney Channel’s Kim Possible movie is set to debut in 2019.

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#KimPossible characters come to life in upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie. Alyson Hannigan stars as Kim’s mom, Connie Ray as Nana Possible, Todd Stashwick & Taylor Ortega as villains Drakken & Shego. Ciara Wilson is new character Athena & Erika Tham is Kim’s frenemy Bonnie. pic.twitter.com/zfVkSV5s8d

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Alyson Hannigan (“How I Met Your Mother”) and Connie Ray (“The Big C”) join the cast of “Kim Possible,” the live-action Disney Channel Original Movie based on the global hit animated series about an everyday high school girl who, in her spare time, saves the world from villains. Hannigan will play the role of brain surgeon Dr. Ann Possible (aka Mom Possible) and Ray will play grandmother Nana Possible.

Also joining the cast are Todd Stashwick (“12 Monkeys”) and Taylor Ortega who will play fan-favorite villains Drakken and Shego, respectively; Ciara Wilson (“OMG!”) has been cast as new high school student Athena; and Erika Tham (“Make It Pop”) will play Kim’s childhood frenemy, Bonnie.

They join the previously announced leads, Sadie Stanley as Kim Possible and Sean Giambrone as Ron Stoppable, in the comedy-adventure set to debut in 2019.

Hannigan can also be heard as the voice of Fancy Nancy’s mom, Claire Clancy, in Disney Junior’s upcoming animated series “Fancy Nancy,” based on the New York Times bestselling books.

The writers of the “Kim Possible” live-action movie are the creators of the animated series, Emmy® Award-winning Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley (“Big Hero 6 The Series,” “The Penguins of Madagascar”), and Josh Cagan (“The DUFF,” “Bandslam”). The executive producers are McCorkle, Schooley and Zanne Devine, whose producing credits include “I, Tonya” and “Easy A.” The movie will be co-directed and co-produced by Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky (both of Disney XD’s “MECH-X4”). Blyth Nailling (ABC’s “Last Man Standing” and “Scrubs”) is the casting director.

The animated comedy-adventure series launched in 2002 and centered on a strong teenager who uses her brain, heart and expertise to save the day. Throughout 87 episodes, Kim Possible traversed the social hierarchy of high school and, with her loyal sidekick Ron Stoppable and his naked mole-rat Rufus by her side, thwarted power-hungry villains Drakken and Shego, among others. It inspired two popular animated original movies, “Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama” in 2005, which was the first animated title in the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise, and “Kim Possible: A Stitch in Time” in 2003.

Viewers’ connection to “Kim Possible” also led to an off-TV franchise, including Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable characters at Disney Parks & Resorts and a line of “Kim Possible” branded consumer products at mass retail, soundtracks, books and games.

The Emmy Award-winning series garnered additional accolades from the Parents’ Choice Foundation, the International Animated Film Society’s Annie Awards and Italy’s Pulcinella Award for Best Program and Best TV Series for Children.”

What do you think? Are you a fan of the Kim Possible series? Will you watch the live-action movie?