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Disney and President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground are joining forces to greenlight music-driven, original animated imagination bid Journey for Disney+.
It marks nan first awesome accumulation business announcement for Higher Ground since President Obama announced successful April that nan institution is winding down its eight-year first-look deal pinch Netflix to return a much independent approach.
The woody spot Higher Ground activity pinch Disney limb Disney Kids & Family, which has conscionable been rebranded from Disney Branded Television. Produced by ICON Creative Studio successful relation pinch Disney Television Animation, nan moving titled show is created by Matt Munn (Ice Age: Collision Course, Spies successful Disguise).
The imagination communicative revolves astir protagonist Journey whose location metropolis is threatened erstwhile its protective power shield originates to fail.
The young heroine answers a mysterious telephone that leads her extracurricular nan metropolis walls into nan forbidden lands beyond. In this caller world, she uncovers nan truth astir her father’s disappearance and discovers a powerful magic wrong herself that whitethorn clasp nan cardinal to redeeming her people.
Munn will service arsenic executive shaper alongside Peabody Award-winning Steve Loter (Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Kim Possible). Jessie Dicovitsky is an executive shaper for Higher Ground.
“Journey is an epic escapade anchored by a singular young heroine whose courageousness inspires those astir her,” said Ayo Davis, president, Disney Kids & Family. “At its core, it’s a communicative astir resilience, self-discovery and nan powerfulness of believing successful thing bigger than yourself — nan benignant of cosmopolitan themes that person defined Disney stories for generations.”
The task marks a awesome foray into animation for Higher Ground, which antecedently created nan animated bid We The People and Ada Twist, Scientist nether its Netflix deal, arsenic good arsenic unrecorded action family franchise Waffles + Mochi.
“Combining adventure, imagination and music, Journey is a existent original that takes bold swings. We’re proud to partner pinch Disney connected this fantastical bid and to build connected Higher Ground’s history of delivering nosy and meaningful stories for kids and families,” said Higher Ground Head Of Television Dicovitsky.
Journey joins Disney Kids & Family’s increasing slate of animated storytelling for Disney+, which besides features Bluey, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+, Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends, Big City Greens and Phineas and Ferb.
The announcement for Journey comes connected nan eve of nan Annecy International Film Festival successful France adjacent week wherever Disney Kids & Family will person a beardown beingness this year.
New supernatural drama escapade bid The Doomies will preview an section successful nan TV and Commissioned Films class up of its motorboat connected June 26 connected Disney+, and location will beryllium an exclusive first look and sheet for upcoming Disney+ show Cars: Lightning Racers successful nan festival’s prestigious Work In Progress sidebar.
Produced by Disney Television Animation successful relation pinch Pixar, nan second show will premiere connected Disney+ successful 2027 nether nan Disney Jr. preschool umbrella.
