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Disney XD Signs Lab Rats For A Fourth Season
BURBANK: Disney XD has commissioned a fourth season of the live-action comedy Lab Rats from It’s a Laugh Productions. Billy Unger, Spencer Boldman, Kelli Berglund and Tyrel Jackson Williams lead the cast of Lab Rats. The comedic adventure series’ new run will include a story arc relocating the main characters on a secret, high-tech island location. Production on the new season will begin in Los Angeles this October for a 2015 broadcast. Series creators Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore exec produce, along with Hayes Jackson. “Chris and Bryan’s vision for Lab Rats has taken its current season to new creative heights with the perfect combination of humor, superhero mythology and action adventure,” said Adam Bonnett,…
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Disney XD Releases New Star Wars Rebels Trailer
The folks at Lucasfilm have unleashed a new trailer for “Star Wars Rebels,” the animated television show set to air on Disney XD this fall. “Star Wars Rebels” will debut in the fall with an hour-long special on Disney Channel before moving to its regular home on Disney XD. Here’s the show’s official synopsis: “Star Wars Rebels” continues the epic tradition of the legendary Star Wars saga with all-new exciting, action-packed adventures. It is a dark time in the galaxy, as the evil Galactic Empire tightens its grip of power from world to world. As the series begins, Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet, ruling with an iron fist and ruining the lives…
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‘The 7D’ premieres July 7 on Disney XD
A fairy tale come true: Disney’s “The 7D,” a contemporary take on the world of the Seven Dwarfs, will premiere at 10 a.m. July 7 on Disney XD and will debut on Disney Channel and Disney Junior later this year. Joining the voice cast are Jay Leno and Whoopi Goldberg in the recurring roles of Crystal Ball and Magic Mirror, respectively. Kelly Osbourne will voice the evil villain Hildy Gloom. Set in the contemporary storybook world of Jollywood, “The 7D” follows Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, Grumpy and Doc as they work together to maintain order in the kingdom. Standing in their way are Grim and Hildy Gloom, a novice warlock…
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Disney XD’s MAX STEEL Comes To Comics In New OGN Series
Mattel is looking to replicate the success of Ben 10 with their new series Max Steel, and its early popularity has prompted VIZ to greenlight an all-ages graphic novel series which recently hit shelves. The latest volume, Max Steel: Haywire, pits the cybernetic superhero duo of Max and Steel against his old enemies the Elementors and a new threat which writer Tom Pinchuk calls a “21st century digital plague.” Pinchuk’s name might be familiar to indie comics readers for his work on Hybrid Bastards and Unimaginable, but for the past few years he’s been spending his time working in animation. Currently, the Los Angeles-based scribe is working on a top secret animation project with the comics veteran /…