Mickey and the Roadster Racers Coming In 2017

Disney have announced a brand new Mickey Mouse animated series called “Mickey and the Roadster Racers” that will be coming in 2017 and is sure to inspire plenty of new Mickey Mouse merchandise.

Here are the details:

Production is revving up on the animated series Mickey and the Roadster Racers, a racing adventure for preschoolers featuring Mickey and his pals Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Daisy, and Donald. Slated to debut in 2017 on Disney Junior, the series takes the Sensational Six and their personalized vehicles on high-spirited races around the globe plus hometown capers in Hot Dog Hills.

The announcement was made today by Nancy Kanter, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and General Manager, Disney Junior Worldwide. She said, “Preschoolers around the world have enjoyed Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for almost a decade and we are eager to showcase these classic Disney characters once again in a new series centered around their lives in Hot Dog Hills and surprising racing adventures that take the gang to a variety of iconic locales around the world.”

Geared towards kids 2-7, the stories, told using a combination of CG animation and live action footage, are designed to impart social and emotional lessons about friendship, teamwork and good sportsmanship.

The Emmy-nominated creative talent behind Disney Junior’s hit series Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse comprises the production team for Mickey and the Roadster Racers. Rob LaDuca is executive producer, Mark Seidenberg is co-executive producer and supervising story editor and Thomas Hart is story editor. The series is a production of Disney Television Animation.

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