In June, more cast members, including Tony Anselmo reprising his role as Donald Duck, were announced, and during the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Disney announced that Darkwing Duck would also make an appearance in the TV series. The character was changed to being Latino due to Lin-Manuel's heritage and because Angones felt that there were not enough positive Latino superheroes. The following May, Lin-Manuel Miranda was announced as the voice of Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck.
The new voice cast for the series was revealed on Decemin a video where they sing an a cappella version of the original theme song in promotion of the news. In May 2015, Terry McGovern, the original voice of Launchpad McQuack, stated in an interview that the entire voice cast from the original series would not be returning for the reboot, which made him "heartsick" at the news.
Youngberg said, "We're hoping that in thirty years, the kids who watch our show will then be bringing back the next version of DuckTales because they loved what we did so much." Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones grew up watching the original series and had always wanted to develop an updated version for a newer generation.
In season one, Dewey and Webby set out to find the truth about Scrooge and Donald's strained relationship and the unexplained disappearance of the triplets' mother and Donald's twin sister Della Duck while Magica manipulates events to facilitate her return and seek revenge on Scrooge for imprisoning her in his Number One Dime for fifteen years. Together, along with Scrooge's chauffeur and pilot Launchpad McQuack, the Ducks go on many new treasure-hunting expeditions and globetrotting adventures while contending with villains like Flintheart Glomgold, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell, and Mark Beaks. Beakley and her granddaughter Webby Vanderquack. Scrooge regains his sense of adventure and invites Donald and the triplets to live at McDuck Manor with him, along with his housekeeper Mrs. Left to Right: Dewey, Huey, Donald Duck, Louie, and Scrooge McDuck, as they appear in the series.Īfter not speaking to each other for ten years, Donald Duck reunites with his estranged uncle Scrooge McDuck when he asks him to babysit his three identical triplet nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie for the day.
Since its release, the reboot has generated positive reviews from critics and audiences, as well as a comic book series and several online shorts. The series premiered on August 12, 2017, with a 44-minute long pilot episode on Disney XD, before the first season was green-lit for broadcast from September 23 that year on Disney XD between May 2018 to September 2019, the series was moved to Disney Channel for the rest of the first season starting with the 10th episode and all of the second season, then back on Disney XD for its third season, and concluded with a 67-minute finale on March 15, 2021. The reboot itself focuses on newer elements and deeper character stories, including a greater involvement of Donald Duck. The series is a reboot of the original 1987 series of the same name, which focused on the lives of Scrooge McDuck and his family as they engaged in a variety of adventures around the world, as well as in the fictional city of Duckburg. DuckTales is an American animated television series, developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones, and produced by Disney Television Animation.