The Ghost and Molly McGee is an American animated musical comedy television series created by Bill Motz and Bob Roth.
Premise[]
Molly is an optimistic tween, who lives to make the world a better place. Scratch is a grumpy ghost, whose joy comes from spreading misery. When one of Scratch's spells backfires, he finds himself forever cursed in Molly's presence.
Cast[]
- Ashly Burch as Molly McGee
- Dana Snyder as Scratch
- Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee
- Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee, Grandma Nin
- Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee
- Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres
- Jules Medcraft as Andrea Davenport
- The Ghost Council
- Grey Griffin as Lucretia
- John DiMaggio as Sir Alister, Chairman
- Greg Baldwin as Bartholomew, Umpire
- Kari Wahlgren as Grimbella
- Eric Edelstein as Geoff
- Eden Riegel as Kat, Howlin' Harriet
- Chandler Kinney as Tammy Myers
- Kelsey Grammer as Abraham Lincoln
- Natasha Rothwell as Candace Green
- Greta Gerwig as Herself
- Yvette Nicole Brown as Dianne
- Jane Lynch as Mrs. Roop
- Diedrich Bader as Mr. Bates
- Julia Jones as Ms. Lightfoot
- Eugene Byrd as Principal O'Connor
- Jenifer Lewis as Patty
- Danny Trejo as Bobby Daniels
- Aparna Nancherla as Sheela
- Pamela Adlon as Leah Stein-Torres
- Patton Oswalt as the Mayor Brunson
- Trevor Devall as Weird Larry, Irving the Illusionist
- D'Arcy Carden as Pango
- Thomas Lennon as Maxwell Davenport
- Jessica Keenan Wynn as Dorothea Davenport
- Mela Lee as Atomic Pink (season 1)
- Charlet Chung as Atomic Pink (season 2)
- Sean Giambrone as Reggie
- Yuri Lowenthal as Uncle Ted
- Tom Kenny as Kenny Star
- Fred Tatasciore as Hidalgo
- Tara Strong as Aunt Meg, Joshua
- Jessica DiCicco as Gertrude, Octavius
- Liza Koshy as Jinx
- Alan Lee as Ollie Chen
- Sue Ann Pien as June Chen
- Stephanie Sheh as Esther Chen
- Leonard Wu as Ruben Chen
- Sura Siu as Emmie Suksai
- Quincy Surasmith as David Suksai
- Tony Hale as Calvin Redtop
- Paul F. Tompkins as Ernie Fudderson
- Chris Diamantopoulos as Ezekiel Tugbottom
- Jim Rash as JR
- W. Earl Brown as Lord Doom
- Kimberly J. Brown as Blair
- Lennon Parham as Winnie Fiamma
- Vincent Rodriguez III as Jeff
- Andrew Phung as Rad Pham
- Kimberly Brooks as Adia Williams
Production[]
Bill Motz and Bob Roth had developed the series for years under the working title The Curse of Piper McGee. It originally featured the titular girl moving to Transylvania with her family where she awakens a vampire called The Count who curses her, only for Piper to joyously consider him her friend, much to his chagrin.[1] This version was pitched to Nickelodeon who passed on the project. Years later, Motz and Roth would redevelop the series and pitch it to Disney who accepted it.
News of the series was first announced on July 23, 2019, by senior vice president Animation Strategy, Meredith Roberts Quill. Emmy® Award-winning duo Bill Motz and Bob Roth will serve as executive producers with Emmy Award-winner Steve Loter.
Disney Television Animation studio has added to its roster of world-class talent, securing overall development deals with top animation creators and artists, including Bruce Smith, Jeff Howard, Kate Kondell, Stevie Wermers, Kevin Deters, Howy Parkins, Amy Higgins, Devin Bunje, Nick Stanton, Noah Z. Jones, Mike Roth, John Infantino, Jeremy Shipp, Ryan Gillis, Steve Marmel, Natasha Kline, and Sage Cotugno.
Roberts said, "Our studio is bustling as we continue to bolster our development slate of projects across multiple platforms. We are delighted to embark on this journey with Bill, Bob, and Steve with The Curse of Molly McGee, one of many projects we are excited to see come to life for kids and families to enjoy. Along with the numerous projects in development from this group of incredibly talented creators, we are poised to lead Disney's TV animation legacy of inspired storytelling and beloved characters into the future."
On September 24, 2020, Bill Motz revealed that the series, originally titled The Curse of Molly McGee, was renamed to The Ghost and Molly McGee, saying that the series is about the relationship between Molly and Scratch, and thought that the new title would reflect that better.[2]
The series was originally intended for a 2020 release, but ended up being delayed until 2021 likely as a result of COVID-19.
A preview of the series aired on May 1, 2021, during the "Halfway to Halloween" event on Disney Channel. The series premiered on October 1, 2021 as part of the "Calling All the Monsters" event.
On August 31, 2021, ahead of the series premiere, Disney Channel renewed the series for a second season.[3]
In September 2021, it was reported that episodes 2 to 5 would see an early release on Disney+ on October 6, 2021, as part of a new distribution strategy.[4]
On January 13, 2024, the series aired its last two episodes, "Jinx vs. The Human World" and "The End", with the latter seemingly closing out the show. The announcement was made by Bill Motz later that day that the show was ending after two seasons due to low viewership numbers and that Disney gave them an extra episode to properly conclude the show.[5] Also that day, writers Brandon Hoang and Sammie Crowley revealed that they had written ten scripts for an unproduced third season.[6][7][8]
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Trivia[]
- This is the second Disney Channel animated series to feature a Thai-American protagonist after Amphibia.
- In Portugal and Spain, the show is known as A Maldição de Molly McGee and La Maldicion de Molly McGee respectively, both direct translations of the show's original title: The Curse of Molly McGee.
- This was the fourth animated Disney Channel Original Series to have been Co-Created (following Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb, and Big City Greens).
- This series, much like Big City Greens, while having overarching season-long plots, largely tries to focus on episodic plots and adventures.
- Lara Jill Miller and Kimberly Brooks have both previously collaborated on Doc McStuffins. Making this their second collaboration.
- This is one of several Disney Channel/One Saturday Morning shows that rival company Nickelodeon passed on including The Proud Family, Pepper Ann, The Owl House, Phineas and Ferb, and Recess.
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/InevitablyBill/status/1527321949973536781
- ↑ https://twitter.com/InevitablyBill/status/1309151151372279811
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2021/08/the-ghost-molly-mcgee-kelsey-grammer-natasha-rothwell-greta-gerwig-1234824819/
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ "Bill Motz post". Twitter (X) (January 14, 2024).
- ↑ "Brandon Hoàng post 1". Twitter (X) (January 14, 2024).
- ↑ "Brandon Hoàng post 2". Twitter (X) (January 14, 2024).
- ↑ "Sammie Crowley post". Twitter (X) (January 14, 2024).
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