Matt Danner Producing New Series with Animasia Studio

Emmy-winning actor, writer, director and producer Matt Danner (Team Hot Wheels: The Origin of Awesome!, Muppet Babies, Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again) has partnered with Animasia Studio for the new series Super Free Play.

Set in a world inspired by retro video games, the 20×11-minute series follows super-powered siblings Jay and Dasha, humans living in an alien planet cluster. After saving their world and becoming celebrity heroes, they must learn to live life as normal teenagers, until a new threat emerges.

Danner’s credits include directing a trilogy of Hot Wheels features for Mattel, Muppet Babies for Disney Junior and the animated Night at the Museum feature Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again for Disney+. He has been nominated for five Emmys for writing, directing and producing, and he won an Emmy for voicing Kermit on Muppet Babies.

Eric Bauza (The Super Marios Bros. Movie, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Muppet Babies and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is set to voice Jay. Animation producer Sander Schwartz (Jackie Chan Adventures; What’s New, Scooby-Doo?; Justice League; The Batman) has been tapped to produce alongside Danner.

Super Free Play is a co-production with Bruce Robinson of Free Play Media and Animasia Studio. Lacey Entertainment (Pokémon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Voltron: Defender of the Universe) has been brought on board to distribute the series, which is now in the final stages of development.

“Super Free Play is the video-game show I always wanted to watch,” Danner said. “I’m beyond excited to have such a stellar team on board for my first original series. Working with Animasia Studio, Sander Schwartz, Eric Bauza, Brian Lacey and Bruce Robinson is simply out of this world.”