Announcement: Disney Will Revive 'DuckTales' With New Animated Series Reboot For 2017 Launch on Disney XD

Disney today announced that they will launch an all-new reboot of the TV series DuckTales on Disney XD around the world in 2017. The Emmy Award-winning animated comedy series beloved and treasured by a generation of viewers was a well produced show for its time, and helped usher in a new era of higher quality TV animation. The new Disney Television Animation series will again star Disney's popular characters: Scrooge McDuck, his grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, and Donald Duck. The order was made by Marc Buhaj, Senior Vice President, Programming and General Manager, Disney XD. 

Set to be produced by Disney Television Animation, there are no details on which artists and writers would be involved with the show. The only thing we know at this point is that it will have the same cast of characters as the earlier series, and that the show will retain the “same energy and adventurous spirit” as the original, according to Marc Buhaj.

Buhaj said, "DuckTales' has a special place in Disney's TV animation history, it drew its inspiration from [the classic comic book tales written and drawn by Disney Legend Carl Banks] and through its storytelling and artistic showmanship, set an enduring standard for animated entertainment that connects with both kids and adults.  Our new series will bring that same energy and adventurous spirit to a new generation."
According to the studio press release, the new series' adventures will "once again take viewers along as Scrooge McDuck, his curious and mischief-making grandnephews -- Huey, Dewey and Louie -- and the optimistic yet temperamental Donald Duck embark on high-flying adventures worldwide. Other beloved characters slated to be in the new stories are: Duckworth, Gyro Gearloose, Launchpad McQuack, Flintheart Glomgold, Magica DeSpell & Poe, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys (Burger Beagle, Bouncer Beagle), Mrs. Beakley and Webbigail Vanderquack."
A generation's seminal cartoon, the original DuckTales series led the daily syndicated cartoon block "The Disney Afternoon," which ran for 100 episodes.  An animated theatrical feature film, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, was a released theatrically in 1990.
The original DuckTales is available on WATCH Disney Channel, an app that allows consumers to watch on tablet, phones, computer and set top boxes.