Production Under Way on Disney Channel’s Fish Hooks

BURBANK: Featuring a mix of 2-D digital animation and photo collage, Fish Hooks (working title) is being produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney Channels Worldwide.

The show follows three aquatic friends in a fish tank—Milo, Oscar and Bea—who experience the typical challenges of tween life. The 21-episode series was created by children’s book illustrator Noah Z. Jones, developed for TV by Alex Hirsch (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) and Bill Reiss (Chowder). Fish Hooks features the voice talent of Kyle Massey (Cory in the House) as Milo, an adventurous party guy; Chelsea Staub (JONAS) as Bea, an overly dramatic goldfish; and Justin Roiland (The Sarah Silverman Program) as Oscar, Milo’s neurotic brother.

"The Fish Hooks team has created one of the most original, inventive animated series on television—bringing an ingenious twist to the classic archetypes of high school life (where else but in the world of a high school fish tank would you find characters named Piranica, Clamantha or Jocktopus?)," said Gary Marsh, the president of entertainment at Disney Channels Worldwide.