Matt Hatter Chronicles
| Matt Hatter Chronicles | |
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| Genre | Animation Action Adventure Science fantasy |
| Created by | Nigel Stone |
| Written by | Nigel Stone Simon Furman |
| Directed by | Nigel Stone |
| Voices of | Tommy Campbell Larissa Murray Marcel Mccalla Kevin Eldon Ben Small Dave Benson Phillips |
| Composer | Youki Yamamoto |
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| Original language |
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| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Nigel Stone |
| Producer | Rebecca Channon |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Release | 31 October 2011 – 6 December 2015 |
Matt Hatter Chronicles is a British-Canadian animated series produced by UK's Platinum Films, Arc Productions, and Dream Mill.[1] It began airing on Teletoon on 8 September 2012.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]Matt Hatter is an ordinary child who discovers that the monsters of his family's horror movies are alive in another dimension called "the Multiverse", controlled by the nefarious Lord Tenoroc. This dimension can only be accessed through the Notting Hill Coronet, his family's movie theater. With his grandfather Alfred trapped inside the Multiverse, Matt, along with his new friends Roxie and Gomez, must capture the movie monsters, save Alfred, and restore peace to the Multiverse.
Characters
[edit]Main
[edit]- Matthew Luke "Matt" Hatter (voiced by Tommy Campbell): A 13-year-old boy and a Hatter Hero in Training, who is determined to catch all of the Coronet supervillains and free his grandfather, Alfred Hatter, from his prison cell.
- Roxanna "Roxie" Alexis (voiced by Larissa Murray): A 13-year old pink skinned and magenta haired girl from the Multiverse who is a Tracker of Team Hatter. She wields a staff that was created from the ancient Tree of Life by Gomez, and holds an amber crystal on the end that calls Matt when the Multiverse is in danger.
- Alejandro Diego Gomez Montero (voiced by Marcel McCalla): A 12-year-old boy from the Multiverse who is the Keeper of Team Hatter. He wields a weapon from the Cave of Secrets that used to belong to his father.
- Marlon (voiced by Dave Benson Phillips): A dwarf Tasmanian devil who is Matt's best friend and pet, and loves to eat junk food and sleep. He speaks in a language that Matt and even Roxie understands called "Chittersqueak".
Villains
[edit]- Lord Tenoroc (voiced by Kevin Eldon): The main villain of the show. Lord Tenoroc is the master of all of the Coronet supervillains (except for Primal) and constantly dispatches them to cause chaos throughout the Multiverse. His goal is to destroy the Multiverse and then remake it in his image
- Craw (voiced by Ben Small): A small gargoyle who acts as Tenoroc's minion. He often says the wrong thing, angering Tenoroc.
Other
[edit]- Alfred Hatter: Matt's grandfather, the previous Hatter Hero who is currently trapped in a prison dimension.
Episodes
[edit]Season 1
[edit]| Number in series | Number in season | Title | Written by | British airdate | Canadian airdate | Indian airdate |
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| 1 | 1 | "Knights of the Multiverse" | Nigel Stone Simon Furman | 31 October 2011 | 8 September 2012 | TBA |
| 2 | 2 | "Sting of Scorpiotron" | Mark Drop | 1 November 2011 | 15 September 2012 | TBA |
| 3 | 3 | "Skull of the Black Raven" | Ken Pontac | 2 November 2011 | 22 September 2012 | TBA |
| 4 | 4 | "The Rise of the Mummy" | Ken Pontac | 3 November 2011 | 29 September 2012 | TBA |
| 5 | 5 | "The Sand Warrior" | Tommy Campbell | 7 November 2011 | 6 October 2012 | TBA |
| 6 | 6 | "Doc Fossil" | Mark Drop | 7 November 2011 | 13 October 2012 | TBA |
| 7 | 7 | "Little Box of Horrors" | Cydne Clark Steve Granat | 21 November 2011 | 20 October 2012 | TBA |
| 8 | 8 | "The Maze of the Minotaur" | Ken Pontac | 28 November 2011 | 27 October 2012 | 19 May 2014 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Lost Skeleton Key" | Greg Johnson | 5 December 2011 | 3 November 2012 | 20 May 2014 |
| 10 | 10 | "Twisted Genie" | Mark Drop | 12 December 2011 | 10 November 2012 | 21 May 2014 |
| 11 | 11 | "Fire Phoenix Rising" | Greg Johnson | 5 March 2012 | 17 November 2012 | 22 May 2014 |
| 12 | 12 | "Medusa and the Stone Army" | Ken Pontac | 6 March 2012 | 24 November 2012 | 26 May 2014 |
| 13 | 13 | "Chamber of Doom" | Mark Drop | 7 March 2012 | 1 December 2012 | 27 May 2014 |
Season 2
[edit]| Number in series | Number in season | Title | Written by | British airdate | Canadian airdate | Indian airdate |
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| 14 | 1 | "Werewolf King" | Nigel Stone | 9 September 2012 | 1 July 2014 | 28 May 2014 |
| 15 | 2 | "The Curse of the Crystal Kingdom" | Mark Wilson | 16 September 2012 | 2 July 2014 | 29 May 2014 |
| 16 | 3 | "Captain Lightning" | Simon Furman | 23 September 2012 | 3 July 2014 | TBA |
| 17 | 4 | "The Dark Sorcerer" | Simon Furman | 30 September 2012 | 4 July 2014 | TBA |
| 18 | 5 | "Raider of the Lost Tomb" | Tommy Campbell | 7 October 2012 | 5 July 2014 | TBA |
| 19 | 6 | "Flight of the Witch" | Simon Furman | 14 October 2012 | 5 July 2014 | TBA |
| 20 | 7 | "Trick or Treat" | Simon Furman | 21 October 2012 | 9 July 2014 | TBA |
| 21 | 8 | "Double Trouble" | Paul McKeown | 28 October 2012 | 10 July 2014 | TBA |
| 22 | 9 | "Solar Eclipse" | Simon Furman | 4 November 2012 | 11 July 2014 | TBA |
| 23 | 10 | "Heart of a Vampire" | Mark Wilson | 11 November 2012 | 13 July 2014 | TBA |
| 24 | 11 | "Monster from the Dark Lagoon" | Simon Furman | 18 November 2012 | 13 July 2014 | TBA |
| 25 | 12 | "Night of the Living Dread" | Simon Furman | 25 November 2012 | 13 July 2014 | TBA |
| 26 | 13 | "Return of the Shape Shifter" | Simon Furman | 2 December 2012 | 17 July 2014 | TBA |
Season 3
[edit]| Number in series | Number in season | Title | Written by | British airdate | Canadian airdate | Indian airdate |
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| 27 | 1 | "Cell Blaster Reboot" | Simon Furman Nigel Stone |
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| 28 | 2 | "Villain Vault Escape" | Simon Furman | |||
| 29 | 3 | "Jurassic City" | Simon Furman Nigel Stone Phil Walsh |
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| 30 | 4 | "Alliance of Evil" | Simon Furman | |||
| 31 | 5 | "Flight of the Golden Arrow" | Mark Wilson | |||
| 32 | 6 | "Return to the Future" | Simon Furman | |||
| 33 | 7 | "The Doom Stone" | Stan Berkowitz Nigel Stone |
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| 34 | 8 | "The Warrior's Code" | Simon Furman | |||
| 35 | 9 | "Forest of Fears" | Simon Furman | |||
| 36 | 10 | "Lightning Strikes Twice" | Simon Furman | |||
| 37 | 11 | "Shrinking Gas" | Simon Furman | |||
| 38 | 12 | "The Tiger's Eye" | Richard Dungworth | |||
| 39 | 13 | "The Key of Realms" | Richard Dungworth |
Season 4
[edit]| Number in series | Number in season | Title | British airdate | Canadian airdate | Indian airdate |
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| 40 | 1 | "On Wings of Doom" | 13 September 2015 | 13 April 2015 | |
| 41 | 2 | "Cave of Keepers" | 20 September 2015 | ||
| 42 | 3 | "Many Happy Returns" | 27 September 2015 | ||
| 43 | 4 | "The Root of All Evil" | 4 October 2015 | ||
| 44 | 5 | "Super Villain Showdown" | 11 October 2015 | ||
| 45 | 6 | "The Chimes of Chaos" | 18 October 2015 | ||
| 46 | 7 | "No Strings Attached" | 25 October 2015 | ||
| 47 | 8 | "Desert of Ice" | 1 November 2015 | ||
| 48 | 9 | "Ghost in the Chronicles" | 8 November 2015 | ||
| 49 | 10 | "Hunt for the Amber Dragon" | 15 November 2015 | ||
| 50 | 11 | "Return of the Witch" | 22 November 2015 | ||
| 51 | 12 | "All Seeing Eye" | 29 November 2015 | ||
| 52 | 13 | "The Chaos Coin" | 6 December 2015 |
TV movie
[edit]| Number in series | Number in season | Title | British airdate |
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| 53 | 5 | "Rise of Primal" | 1 April 2018 |
Production
[edit]In 2011, It was announced that Nickelodeon UK and Teletoon Canada had ordered a new animated television series from British production company Platinum Films. Voice acting for the series was primarily recorded at Pinewood Studios in the UK.
In June 2012, Platinum Films announced that they had secured ITV Studios Global Entertainment as the show's licensor in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; where they would handle rights for merchandising, publishing, promotional and home entertainment.[3] In December 2015, Cartoon Network secured licensing rights in the Middle East.[4]
In September 2013 and October 2014, the series was renewed for a third[5] and a fourth season by free-to-air commissioner ITV with Bangalore-based Indian animation studio Xentrix Studios taking over animation production for the final two seasons from Canadian animation studio Arc Productions as Canadian studio Dream Mill dropping out of the series, making the series a British production.[6][7]
In October 2020, Platinum Films announced that they would transfer worldwide distribution rights to the series from its in-house distribution business to London-based British distribution company Serious Lunch.[8]
Broadcast
[edit]The series has aired on KidsCo's "Syfy Kids" strand in CEE territories[9], Clan in Spain[10], Canal Panda in Portugal[11], Eleven in Australia[12], TVNZ in New Zealand[13], Megamax in Central Europe[14], Disney Channel in Benelux territories[15], Rai Gulp in Italy[16] and KIDZ[17] and Cartoon Network in Turkey.[18]
It aired on Cartoon Network in India on 19 May 2014.[19][20] Season 3 premiered on 13 April 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ "Animation & Visual Effects". Arc Productions. Archived from the original on 26 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "PR: TELETOON Programming Highlights, September 2012 – Toon Zone News". Toonzone.net. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ Calder, Kate (15 June 2012). "ITV Studios inks deals for Babar, Matt Hatter". Kidscreen.
- ^ https://www.animationmagazine.net/2015/12/cn-to-rep-matt-hatter-in-middle-east/
- ^ Goldman Getzler, Wendy (30 September 2013). "Matt Hatter Chronicles gears up for season three". Kidscreen.
- ^ "Matt Hatter". Xentrix Studios. 14 July 2025.
- ^ Fisher, Daniela (10 October 2014). "More Matt Hatter is on the way". Kidscreen.
- ^ Whyte, Alexandra (10 August 2020). "Serious Lunch takes over Matt Hatter Chronicles". Kidscreen.
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2013/04/08/kidsco-takes-matt-hatter-chronicles-for-new-syfy-kids-block/
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2013/01/15/matt-hatter-chronicles-makes-broadcasting-commercial-progress-in-iberia/
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2013/01/15/matt-hatter-chronicles-makes-broadcasting-commercial-progress-in-iberia/
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2012/10/29/network-ten-picks-up-matt-hatter-chronicles/
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2012/11/15/tvnz-picks-up-matt-hatter-chronicles/
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2013/09/04/matt-hatter-hops-into-central-europe/
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2013/09/09/disney-brings-boys-brand-matt-hatter-chronicles-to-benelux/
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2013/11/19/platinum-inks-more-deals-for-matt-hatter-chronicles/
- ^ https://kidscreen.com/2013/11/19/platinum-inks-more-deals-for-matt-hatter-chronicles/
- ^ https://www.animationmagazine.net/2015/12/cn-to-rep-matt-hatter-in-middle-east/
- ^ "New Show on CN India- Matt Hatter". c21media.net. 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ^ "New Show- Matt Hatter". televisionpost.com. Summer 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
External links
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- British children's animated adventure television series
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