{"id":12719,"date":"2017-08-01T10:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hasbro-netflix-team-for-stretch-armstrong-animated-series\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T12:19:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T16:19:32","slug":"hasbro-preps-stretch-armstrong-cartoon-for-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/hasbro-preps-stretch-armstrong-cartoon-for-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasbro Preps Stretch Armstrong Cartoon for Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hasbro Studios is producing the Netflix original animated series\u00a0<em>Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters<\/em>\u00a0for a\u00a0debut on the streaming service later this year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters<\/em> is a reimagining of the classic Hasbro brand from the 1970s. The 26-episode show will follow the adventures of three high schoolers who are accidentally exposed to an experimental chemical that turns them into superheroes. It will feature the voices of Steven Yeun, Scott Menville, Ogie Banks, Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day, among others.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters<\/em> is developed for television by executive producer and supervising director Victor Cook (<em>Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated<\/em>) and executive producer\/story editors\/head writers Chris \u201cDoc\u201d Wyatt (<em>Ultimate Spider-Man<\/em>) and Kevin Burke (<em>Ultimate Spider-Man<\/em>). The series will\u00a0roll out on Netflix around the globe in late 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Davis, the chief content officer and executive VP at Hasbro, said: \u201c<em>Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters<\/em> is the first Hasbro brand to receive a Netflix original series order. We have been waiting for just the right moment to reimagine <em>Stretch<\/em> for a new audience and our friends at Netflix got it right away; they have been a tremendous partner. We have hit a superhero sweet spot, and with Netflix\u2019s global reach, kids across the world will fall in love with its fun characters and action-packed storyline.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hasbro Studios is producing the Netflix original animated series Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters for a debut on the streaming service later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[108,138,2875],"class_list":["post-12719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-hasbro-studios","tag-netflix","tag-stretch-armstrong-and-the-flex-fighters","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hasbro Preps Stretch Armstrong Cartoon for Netflix - 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