US PREMIERE: Disney's All-New DuckTales Starring David Tennant Launches On August 12th

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Disney has announced the premiere date at last for its much anticipated relaunch of DuckTales, starring David Tennant in the role of Scrooge McDuck. At midnight on Saturday 12th August on Disney XD in the USA, the first one hour special, titled Woo-hoo! will premiere on a loop for 24 consecutive hours.

 The series launch proper follows on Saturday 23rd September, the 30th anniversary of the original Emmy Award-winning series, with two new episodes airing at 7.00am, 11.00am, 2.00pm, 5.00pm, 8.00pm and 10.30pm EDT/PDT. New episodes will also be available on the Disney XD app and Disney XD VOD on these same dates.

 Disney have also revealed a new series poster (above) and the opening title sequence, which you can watch here;

Based on the Emmy Award-winning series treasured by a generation of viewers, Disney XD's animated comedy-adventure series DuckTales chronicles the high-flying adventures of Duckburg's most famous trillionaire Scrooge McDuck and his mischief-making triplet grandnephews. Alongside David, other regular cast includes Danny Pudi as Huey, Ben Schwartz as Dewey, Bobby Moynihan as Louie, Kate Micucci as Webby Vanderquack, Beck Bennett as Launchpad McQuack, Toks Olagundoye as Mrs. Beakley, and Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck. Recurring cast members are Lin-Manuel Miranda as Gizmoduck, aka Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera, Allison Janney as Goldie O’Gilt, Margo Martindale as the villainous Ma Beagle, Paul F. Tompkins as Gladstone Gander, Kimiko Glenn as the well-traveled teen Lena, Jim Rash as mad scientist Gyro Gearloose, Josh Brener as tech billionaire Mark Beaks, Keith Ferguson as Scrooge’s archenemy Flintheart Glomgold, Eric Bauza as the Beagle Boys, and Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake.

 Keep up with all the DuckTales news on our website here. 

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