Network’s first original animated miniseries, Over the Garden Wall,
which recently won the Best Animated Program award at the 2015 Creative
Arts Emmys, will premiere on Saturday, 17th October at 8:20 AM on DStv
channel 301.This
ten episode mystery adventure, created by Patrick McHale (Adventure
Time), features the voices of Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings Trilogy),
Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men) and Collin Dean (The War At Home)
and is produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Over
the Garden
Wall is the story of two brothers, Wirt (voiced by Elijah
Wood) and Greg (voiced by Collin Dean), who find themselves lost in the
Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old
Woodsman (voiced by Christopher Lloyd) and a foul-tem-pered bluebird
named Beatrice (voiced by Melanie Lynskey), Wirt and Greg must travel
across this strange land in hope of finding their way home. The
visually stunning series offers a soft and nostalgic storybook feeling,
inspired by folk art, classical illustrations and features a soundtrack
full of Americana-influenced original songs. The ten-part miniseries
includes guest voices from film, television, theater and music. They
include John Cleese, Tim Curry, Chris Isaak, Bebe Neuwirth, Shannyn
Sossamon, Jack Jones, Samuel Ramey, and Deborah Voight, among others. Over
the Garden Wall is based upon McHale’s award-winning short, Tome of the
Unknown. Pro-duced under Cartoon Network’s prolific shorts pro-gram,
Over the Garden Wall joins an illustrious list of animated shorts to
become a fully produced series on Cartoon Network (Regular Show, Steven
Uni-verse, Uncle Grandpa and Clarence). The Over the Garden Wall miniseries premieres on Cartoon Network, channel 301 on DStv, on Saturday, 17th October at 8:20 AM