Backyard Sportsthe 1990s kids’ video game favorite, will debut its new animated special on YouTube later this month (after its premiere run at Dave & Buster’s through a partnership with IP owner Playground Productions, as previously announced).Fans today got a first peek at the new character designs as they will appear in the special, paired with the impressive voice cast.
Synopsis: It’s Opening Day at Steele Stadium. But team superstar Stephanie ‘Bubbles’ Morgan is in crisis. She’s lost her gotta-have-it, never-play-without-it lucky bubble gum! With just 30 minutes until game time, the Backyard kids embark on a wild mission to track it down and save their season.
Voice Cast:
- Tiffany Haddish as Kiesha Phillips
- Chris Mintz-Plasse as Dmitri Petrovich
- Donald Faison as Dante Robinson
- My money as Stephanie Morgan and Jocinda Smith
- Ashleigh Crystal Hairson as Sunny Day
- Adam Pally as Pete Wheeler
- Utkarsh Ambudkar as Achmed Khan
- Arturo Castro as Pablo Sanchez
- Lindsay Barnett (CEO of Playground Productions) as Vinnie and the Webber Twins
- Deborah Barker Jr. as Jimmy
- Michael Vlamis as Tony Delvecchio.
The new specials is directed Mike Roberts (Final Space, BoJack Horseman) and written by Joe Purdy (Hey Arnold!). Animation production is by Lighthouse Studios (Bob’s Burgers the Movie, Rick and Morty, The Cuphead Show!). The project is executive produced by Playground Productions principles Chris Waters and Lindsay Barnett, Avi Savitski and Ari Pinchot. Phil Crain is line producer. The music is provided by Jonny Shorr.
[Source: Variety]
