Duck Tales

The main cast:

• Scrooge McDuck – David Tennant (Doctor Who)
• Huey – Danny Pudi (Community)
• Dewey – Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation)
• Louie – Bobby Moynihan (SNL)
• Launchpad McQuack – Beck Bennett (SNL)
• Mrs. Beakley – Toks Olagundoye (Castle)
• Webby Vanderquack – Kate Micucci (Garfunkel and Oates)

The production has settled on a group of talent that features an aptitude for both comedy and music, and the two lend very well to the realm of Disney cartoons. Nerdist reports that a shortlist of other recurring characters from the original show will also find their way into the new series:

In addition to this core group, fan favorite characters like Donald Duck, Flintheart Glomgold, Gyro Gearloose, Duckworth, Gizmoduck, Magica DeSpell, Gladstone Gander, and Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys will also appear.

As far as ’80s material to bring back for a new audience, Ducktales is a generous well to pull from. Older generations think of the original cartoon fondly and there’s definitely still value in the premise of a group of incorrigible kids traveling the world hunting treasure with their miserly great uncle. We’re looking forward to seeing DisneyXD breathe new life into Ducktales. We’ll also be keeping our eye out to see if this leads to a potential reboot of related bird-based cartoon, Darkwing Duck(fingers crossed).