Tad Stones

And Disney, at that time anyway, is looking for a companion show, uh, for DuckTales, which is why for a time, development of a straight-to-film sequel to The Rescuers, uh, was halted, and in the interim, the studio explored the idea of turning The Rescuers into an animated series.

Now, Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, they work on a pitch for a Rescuers animated series, and reportedly get pretty far along in that project when, as I mentioned earlier, Crocodile Dundee arrives in theaters September of '86, suddenly becomes this massive hit, and that's when Disney management goes, "Oh, okay.

Th- uh, that's what we'll do with The Rescuers sequel.

We'll set it in Australia.

Uh, who both serve as executive producers, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Alex McTeale, or MacAtee, uh, and Gabby Grantham are producing.

Uh, for Point Grey Pictures, Tad Stones is the creator of the original Darkwing Duck series and consulted on the development of his new adventures.

Speaking of his new adventures, this is the synopsis for it, or the, the, the overall description of what it's supposed to be.

"For the last 35 years, Darkwing Duck has been trapped in his worst nightmare, an alternate world that's never heard of his superhero exploits.

Kathryn Newton, uh, as Firecracker, uh, and more.

[sighs] "Disney said, 'Let's get dangerous,' and we said, 'Hell, yeah,' shared the Point Grey team.

'Like every other fan of the original show, I'm excited to see Darkwing getting dangerous again in a whole new series,' said Tad Stones.

The new creative team has certainly amped up the action and comedy without forgetting the Disney heart.

So yeah, they're the people involved in it.

Tad Stones, who was the original creator of Darkwing Duck, has been consulted about the development of the new series as well.

Yes.

Interested in Darkwing Duck Revival.

So, when the news came out, surprisingly Jim Cummings shared it on his Instagram story, and on the post he just put, "There you have it, folks." And, like a lot of people were, were pissed just because, um, you know, Jim Cummings has been Darkwing Duck in every iteration of the character except for the 2017 Ghostbusters, where he played, uh, Jim Starling, who was an actor who played Darkwing Duck on a TV series, who ends up becoming NegaDuck.

So yeah, the original, um, creator of Darkwing Duck, Tad Stones, also was a consultant, but the show is going to be run by S- Sean Tretta and Bora Pena Gorostegi.

So yeah.

Um, Tad Stones said, "Like every other fan of the original show, I'm excited to see Darkwing getting dangerous again in a whole new series.

Uh, the new creative team has certainly amped up the action and comedy without forgetting the Disney heart.

Um, this series places DW in the literary- in the literary, um, literary tradition of Robin Hood, Zorro, and Sherlock Holmes, heroes whose lore have been reinterpreted by multiple creators in multiple mediums.

Yeah, I wasn't really that interested in that at all as well.

Tad Stones, the creator of the original Darkman Duck series and consultant to the development of the new series.

The original Darkman Duck was created by Stones and ran from 91 to 92 for three seasons and 91 episodes.

It originally aired on the Disney Channel and ABC while also airing in syndication.

Will that redo in the story? Who knows? It's produced by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg's Point Grey Pictures.

Original series creator Tad Stones returns to consult on the project.

The new series is going to feature a massive meta twist and a star-studded new voice cast that has sparked significant online discussion among the fans.

Here's what we know about the plot.

I just find him an insufferable twat, but that's just me.

Uh, the creator of the original cartoon, Tad Stones, was consulted.

He wasn't...

I mean, I don't know if that's [laughs] they made sure they got Tad there.

And Tad Stones I have a lot of respect for, by the way.

Uh, he was consulted on the development of the new Adventures of Darkwing Duck.

Return to the world of Darkwing Duck was announced as being in development back in 2020.

Now a rebellious teen named Ducky, who knows all about his heroic past, shows up to pull this ego-fueled vigilante back into battle.