The Disney Channel has just ordered a third season of the Emmy Award-nominated animated adventure comedy Tangled: The Series, which will premiere its second season with the new title Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, on Sunday, June 24 at 8:00 a.m. EDT/PDT), on Disney Channel, the DisneyNOW app, and Disney Channel VOD.
In its debut season, Disney Channel’s Tangled: The Series was the #1 animated series on cable among girls 9-14 and reached 40 million total viewers, including 8.3 million kids 6-11 and 7.2 million tweens 9-14.
Season two finds Rapunzel venturing outside of the kingdom in search of where the mystical black rocks lead, after discovering she is somehow connected to them. Accompanying Rapunzel on her journey is her partner in life, Eugene; her best friend and confidante, Cassandra; her loyal chameleon sidekick, Pascal; no-nonsense and dutiful horse, Maximus; Eugene’s best friend, Lance and the Snuggly Duckling Pub Thugs. Together, they’ll discover new people and places and embark on an incredible new adventure far beyond Corona’s walls.
Produced by Disney Television Animation, Tangled: The Series was developed by animation veterans Chris Sonnenburg and Shane Prigmore. Sonnenburg serves as Executive Producer and supervising director; Benjamin Balistreri is Co-Executive Producer; Jase Ricci is Story Editor and Co-Producer; and Alan Bodner is Art Director. Celebrated artist Claire Keane, who painted Rapunzel’s tower murals in the feature film, is the series’ Visual Development Artist. Emmy Award-winning Kevin Kliesch serves as Score Composer.
The series’ talented voice cast includes Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi as the beloved Rapunzel and Eugene, as well as Eden Espinosa, James Monroe-Iglehart and Jeremy Jordan as fan-favorites Cassandra, Lance, and Varian; are set to return. The series features music by Academy Award-winning Disney Legend Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater.
