Disney has announced a November 8th launch for it's new animated series based on The Rocketeer comics by Dave Stevens. The show will premiere on Disney Channel (11:00 a.m. EDT), Disney Junior (5:00 p.m. EDT) and DisneyNOW.
The show stars the voice talent of Kitana Turnbull (A Series of Unfortunate Events) who plays Kit Secord, a young girl who inherits the helmet and rocket pack of the original Rocketeer. Joining Turnbull are Kathy Najimy as her mother Sareena and Billy Campbell as her father Dave, Frank Welker as Grandpa Ambrose and Butch the Bulldog, Callan Farris as Tesh, Navia Robinson as Valerie Valkyrie.
One cool note there is that Campbell starred in Disney's 1991 live-action adaptation of the comics.
Disney provides this description of the show:
Set in the idyllic small town of Hughesville, each episode of “The Rocketeer” is comprised of two 11-minute stories that follow Kit as she embarks on a high-flying adventure to help save her community and its residents from trouble — usually brought on by the many comedic villains who will be featured throughout the series. As with most superheroes, Kit has a team to help her pull off her heroic adventures and keep her identity hidden from the masses. Her best friend, Tesh, serves as Ground Control when Kit takes to the skies and is also the inventor of the hi-tech gadgets and upgrades for her rocket-pack; and her grandfather, Ambrose Secord, works at the Hughesville Airport and serves as her mechanic. Also along for the ride is Kit’s loyal bulldog, Butch.
In the premiere episode, Kit receives a surprise package on her birthday containing The Rocketeer’s helmet, which Grandpa Ambrose immediately recognizes as belonging to the famed superhero. With that, he unveils the rocket-pack which he was told to hang on to until the next Rocketeer was chosen. As Kit learns the ropes of becoming a flying superhero, Grandpa Ambrose and Tesh help with her training.
Guest voices are set to include Phylicia Rashad, Marlo Thomas, Annie Potts, Rahul Kohli, D’Arcy Carden, Maria Bamford, Kari Wahlgren, Charlie Adler, Parvesh Cheena and celebrity chef Ted Allen.
The series is developed and executive produced by Nicole Dubuc. Michael Kenny is supervising director. Beau Black is the songwriter, and Dominic Lewis is the composer.
The series is produced by Wild Canary in association with Disney Junior.
