Dead End: Paranormal Park

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Dead End: Paranormal Park
Genre
Created byHamish Steele
Based on
DeadEndia
by
Voices of
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companiesBlink Industries
Netflix Animation
Release
Original networkNetflix
External links
Production website

Dead End: Paranormal Park, formerly known as DeadEndia,[3] is an upcoming British-American animated fantasy horror comedy streaming television series created by Hamish Steele, which is based on the graphic novels of the same name by Steele and Cartoon Hangover's Too Cool! Cartoons web short Dead End.[4][5][6]

Produced by Blink Industries, the series was originally scheduled for a Fall 2021 premiere on Netflix.[7][8] It was later revealed the series would be debuting sometime in 2022.[9]

Premise[]

The series follows the story of a group of employees (Barney and Norma) who work at a theme-park haunted house during the summer which might be a portal to hell.[10][11] Both are joined by Pugsley and Courtney as they face zombies, game show hosts, witches, and crushes.[12]

Characters and voice cast[]

  • Barney (voiced by Zach Barack[13]), a teenage trans boy who works at the haunted house.
  • Norma (voiced by Kody Kavitha[14]), a neurodiverse character[14] who works at the haunted house with Barney.
  • Pugsley (voiced by Alex Brightman[3]), a magical dog which talks.
  • Courtney (voiced by Emily Osment[15]), a thousand-year-old demon.
  • Pauline Phoenix (voiced by Clinton Leupp[16])
  • Logs (voiced by Kenny Tran[17])
  • Badyah (voiced by Kathreen Khavari[18])

Production, development, and release[]

On 17 August 2020, Steele explained how the show changed from its original iteration on Cartoon Hangover in 2014, and the graphic novels that followed it,[19] stating that he is grateful for showrunners who fought for LGBTQ characters in their shows, adding that there was "absolutely no pushback from Netflix about representation," while describing Barney as a trans male character.[20] He also hoped that the show will help out "more trans creators getting their chance to tell their stories" while hinting at other LGBTQ characters in the show apart from Barney. In another interview, he was thankful to Netflix executives for letting them have diversity in the show while pushing for it, and pushing him to "tell the story I want to tell."[21] He stated that all the scripts are reviewed by GLAAD and said he couldn't wait for people to know Barney. Althea Aseoche and Krystal Georgiou are storyboarders while Ash Jiangwu is a story revisionist and Furquan Akhtar, Elijah W. Harris, and Jen Bardekoff are writers for the show.[10] Apart from these individuals, Jen Rudin was a casting executive for the show.[22]

The series was scheduled to premiere in 2021.[23][3] In January 2021, Brightman, one of the show's voice actors, told Broadway World said the series will "premiere this coming fall."[8] In April 2021, Today and Digital Spy described the series as "upcoming."[24][25] In June 2021, Men's Health described the series as "coming soon to Netflix."[26]

In August 2021, Steele noted the importance of trans representation in the series, hoped it took a stance against transphobia in the UK, and noted there are "multiple trans cast and crew."[27] On October 23, 2021, Netflix reserved a trademark with the new name for the series: "Dead End: Paranormal Park."[28]

It was later revealed by Steele and executive producer Tom Stuart that the series would be released sometime in 2022.[9]

References[]

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  4. ^ Cartoon Hangover (26 June 2014). "Dead End" - Cartoon Hangover Shorts #6 - Full Episode. YouTube. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ^ Toy, Daniel (11 September 2020). "The best graphic novels for readers of all ages, from kids to adults". CNN. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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  7. ^ Prange, Stephanie (2 July 2020). "Netflix to Bow New Animated Series 'DeadEndia' in 2021". Media Play News. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b Brightman, Alex (14 January 2021). "BWW Interview: Alex Brightman Dishes on Tonight's Episode of LAW & ORDER: SVU!". Broadway World (Interview). Interviewed by Sarah Jae Leiber. New York City: Wisdom Digital Media. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021. On Deadendia (the animated project I'm working on), it's just me in the studio...I am also on Deadendia on Netflix which will premiere this coming fall.
  9. ^ a b Steele, Hamish. "@hamishsteele Twitter profile". Twitter. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021. Creator/showrunner of DEADENDIA coming to Netflix 2022 Also, Executive producer Tom Stuart's LinkedIn stated that he "was Executive Producer on the Netflix Kids & Family animated series DeadEndia, to be released in 2022" while Steele's Twitter profile
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  11. ^ Steele, Hamish (11 November 2018). "Hamish Steele's Deadendia Comic Jumps to Netflix". Tapas. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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  17. ^ Tran, Kenny (2 July 2020). "Current and Upcoming Projects". Kenny Tran's Official website. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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  19. ^ Kanter, Jane (2 July 2020). "Netflix To Adapt Hamish Steele's 'DeadEndia' Graphic Novels Into 2D Animated Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020.
  20. ^ Evans, Margaret (21 August 2020). "Interview: DeadEndia Creator Hamish Steele on Bringing More LGBTQ+ Animation to Netflix". The Mary Sue. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Interview: Hamish Steele". Our Culture. 6 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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