Maggie and the Ferocious Beast

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
Genre	Fantasy Comedy
Created by	Michael Paraskevas Betty Paraskevas
Developed by	Betty Quan
Directed by	Jamie Whitney Stuart Shankly (assistant director, seasons 1-2) (director, season 3) Lynn Reist (first assistant director, season 1) Steve Boeckler (second assistant director, season 1) Karen Lessmann (assistant director, season 3) Kevin Klis (assistant director, season 3)
Voices of	Kristen Bone Stephen Ouimette Michael Caruana
Opening theme	Maggie and the Ferocious Beast in Nowhere Land
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39 (117 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith Michael Paraskevas Betty Paraskevas
Producers	Cynthia Taylor (supervising producer, seasons 1-2) Stephen Hodgins (supervising producer) Patricia R. Burns (supervising producer) Marianne Culbert (supervising producer seasons 2-3) Tom McGillis (line producer, Season 1) Sally Han (producer, season 3)
Editors	Stephanie Duncan (season 1) Ian Newport (season 2) Martin Jefferson (season 3)
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Nelvana
Original release
Network	Teletoon
Release	August 26, 2000 (2000-08-26) – June 9, 2002 (2002-06-09)

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is a Canadian animated children's television series created by Michael and Betty Paraskevas. The program was based on the 1996 book The Ferocious Beast with the Polka-Dot Hide and its sequels, which were also written by the Paraskevas. Two years later, the show started off as a series of shorts aired on the Canadian channel Teletoon in 1998. The first full-length episode premiered on Nick Jr. on June 5, 2000, in the U.S. and on Teletoon on August 26 in Canada. The series ran for three seasons, airing its final episode on June 9, 2002.

Premise

A 5-year-old girl named Maggie creates her own map of an imaginary world known as Nowhere Land that, in reality, takes the characters nowhere. She imagines that the characters Beast and Hamilton Hocks are her best friends.

Episodes

Main article: List of Maggie and the Ferocious Beast episodes

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	13		August 26, 2000 (2000-08-26)	September 7, 2000 (2000-09-07)
2	13		April 7, 2001 (2001-04-07)	October 7, 2001 (2001-10-07)
3	13		March 9, 2002 (2002-03-09)	June 9, 2002 (2002-06-09)

Characters

Main

• Maggie (voiced by Kristen Bone) is a 5-year-old girl (who later turns 6 years old) and the human protagonist of the show. She is Hamilton's and Beast's best friend, who is adventurous. They both look up to Maggie very much and always turn to her for advice. Maggie is the leader of the group and is always there to be the compassionate voice of reason to her dear friends.
• Beast (voiced by Stephen Ouimette in the US and David Holt in the UK) appears ferocious, but is actually gentle and kind. He is a yellow dog-centaur (half-bear, half-pig, half-elephant and half-cow), with red, large, removeable, red spots, and a human's head with three horns on his head. He often wears multicoloured galoshes which he pronounces as "Goo-lashes". His catchphrase is "Great googly moogly!", which he says numerous times per episode including the opening sequence of the series. In the episode "Hide and Go Beast", it is shown that he is allergic to pollen. Beast liked pretty much any kind of food, especially Hamilton's cooking, and is almost always hungry. He even liked taking baths. Maggie and Hamilton are his best friends. Hamilton often corrects his pronunciation, but he does not believe him.
• Hamilton Hocks (voiced by Michael Caruana) is a pig who can be bossy and quite fussy, but he does have a warm heart. He lives inside a handheld cardboard box which he likes, is the best cook in Nowhere Land, and is a total-clean freak. Hamilton's most prized possessions are his handsome "H" sweater and his cardboard box, which also happens to be his home. Maggie and the Beast are his best friends. In the episode "Hamilton the Ham", he has a great talent for singing. His catchphrase is "Hoo-wee!"

Recurring

• Rudy (voiced by John McGrath) is a cheese-loving mouse who lives in a large wheel of cheese in a part of Nowhere Land called Cheese Town. It is revealed in one episode that Rudy's hat and boots don't come off because they are glued to him. Strangely enough, this character started off with the name Pippy but was renamed by the writers soon after.
• Nedley (voiced by Dwayne Hill) is a white rabbit who speaks in rhymes. He says rhymes almost all through every episode that he appears in, but sometimes he talks normally a little before starting his rhyme again. Nedley lives in a rabbit hole next to his carrot patch in Nowhere Land.
• The Moo Sisters are the three cows who live in a part of Nowhere Land called Mooville. They all love to sing and do it very often. They are sisters and their names are Millicent, Mavis and Marge.
• Mr. Moon is the only non-human and non-animal character in the episode "Blue Moon". He is grumpy because people say he is made of green cheese even though it hasn't been proven.
• The Kindly Giant isn't at all scary but instead kind-hearted. The others are scared at first, but they soon get used to him and they sometimes go to him for advice or a favour. He refers to Maggie, Hamilton and the Beast as little ones. He owns a garden full of healthy food (fruits and vegetables), from which he always lets the ever-hungry Beast wolf down a giant blueberry or two. His face is never shown, and he only appears in a few episodes. He is big and strong. Even the Beast seems small compared to the giant. The Kindly Giant lives in an area of Nowhere Land where all the fruits and vegetables are giant-sized. Normally, only his shoes and ankles are seen because of his largeness.
• The Dream Sheep are white sheep that make baa sounds. They are occasionally up in the clouds.
• The Jellybean Team are a group of seven coloured jellybeans. There is a red one, an orange one, a yellow one, a purple one, a black one and two green ones. They are small, of course, but have big personalities. They also tend to argue with each other a lot because they each think they are more important than the others.
• The Triplets (all voiced by Julie Lemieux) are Maggie's baby cousins (Zack, Max, and Oscar). They only appear in four episodes, "One, Two, Three", "Home of the Kindly Giant", "The New Rubber Ball" and "Which Way Did They Go?"
• Big Duck is a large duck with white feathers who lives in the water. She is the focus in the episode "The Big Duck" and appears in the series' theme song.
• Reggie Van Beast (voiced by Dan Chameroy) is Beast's cousin. His colouring is the inverse of Beast's, being red with yellow spots, and he wears a monocle. Unlike Beast, Reggie is rather stuck up and rude, and never really seems to enjoy anything that Beast and his friends want to do. He also often speaks in rhymes, similar to Nedley. He appeared in two episodes: "Guess Who's Coming to Visit" and "Tag-Along Reggie".
• B. B. Katz is a tiger known for playing Jazz music through his large bass. He lives within Mud Creek. His name is based off legendary Blues musician, B. B. King.
• Mr. Shivers is a talking snowman who lives in the Nowhere Land mountain.

Production

The theme song for the show is "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast in Nowhere Land," which is an original theme performed by Isabella Molley. Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is produced by Nelvana and produced with the participation of Teletoon, and directed by Jamie Whitney and Stuart Shankly. The show premiered in 2000 and aired its final episode in 2002. The show is distributed by Nelvana.

Telecast and home media

In Canada, the show aired on Teletoon (now known as "Cartoon Network") and later Treehouse TV. In the U.S., prior to its Canadian premiere, the show aired on Nickelodeon as part of the Nick Jr. programming block from June 5, 2000 until September 21, 2005. On April 7, 2003, repeats were introduced and aired on Noggin, a channel co-founded by Nickelodeon. It continued to be aired on Noggin after its rebrand to Nick Jr. until October 30, 2010, when the show was pulled from its lineup. Qubo picked up the show by May 28, 2018, and aired repeats until this channel gave out all operations on February 27, 2021, due to Scripps' acquisition. In the early 2000s, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment released the show on VHS and DVD. Phase 4 Films's Kaboom! Entertainment in Canada and Shout! Factory in the U.S. released the show as well, with Vivendi Visual Entertainment handling DVD distribution for the Shout! Factory releases. Currently, the show is available for streaming on Tubi.

Revival

On March 18, 2021, it was announced that a revival was in the works. The 2D-animated revival will be titled The Ferocious Beast Show and will be produced by U.S.-based Frederator Studios. Production was scheduled to start in late 2021 for a 2022/2023 release. The show was co-created by Mickey Paraskevas and his wife Maria Bruno, with Michael Hirsh as a producer.

Film

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
Directed by	Clay Kaytis Fergal Reilly
Screenplay by	Matt Lieberman Pam Brady
Story by	Matt Lieberman Erica Rivinoja Conrad Vernon
Based on	Maggie and the Ferocious Beast by Michael Paraskevas and Betty Paraskevas
Produced by	Chris Meledandri
Starring	Chloë Grace Moretz Chris Pratt Charlie Day Keegan-Michael Key Kumail Nanjiani Michael Cera Paul Giamatti Simon Pegg Josh Gad Benedict Cumberbatch Pedro Pascal Diego Luna Ben Schwartz Awkwafina Patrick Dempsey Harvey Guillén Bobby Cannavale Bowen Yang Jon Hamm Daveed Diggs Dascha Polanco Keanu Reeves Scarlett Johansson John Cena Tim Robinson Johnny Depp Gabriel Iglesias Mel Brooks Samuel L. Jackson
Edited by	Matthew Landon
Music by	Christophe Beck
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Nelvana Movies Walden Media Bron Studios
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	January 19, 2024
Countries	Canada United States
Language	English

The Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Movie is an upcoming computer-animated musical action comedy film directed by Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, and screenplay by Matt Lieberman and Pam Brady. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Cera, Paul Giamatti, Simon Pegg, Josh Gad, Benedict Cumberbatch, Pedro Pascal, Diego Luna, Ben Schwartz, Awkwafina, Patrick Dempsey, Harvey Guillén, Bobby Cannavale, Bowen Yang, Jon Hamm, Daveed Diggs, Dascha Polanco, Keanu Reeves, Scarlett Johansson, John Cena, Tim Robinson, Johnny Depp, Gabriel Iglesias, Mel Brooks and Samuel L. Jackson.

Voice cast

• Chloë Grace Moretz as Maggie, 17-year-old, an daughter Beast and Hamilton are his best friends.
• Chris Pratt as The Ferocious Beast, a yellow dog-centaur (half-bear, half-pig, half-elephant and half-cow), with big red removable spots, and a human's head with three horns. Maggie and Hamilton are his best friends.
• Charlie Day as Hamilton Hocks, a pig who can be bossy and quite fussy, but he does have a warm heart. Maggie and Beast's best friend.
• Keegan-Michael Key as Guy, a satyr, he sported the head of a crocodile the tail of a alligator, the arms of a bengal tiger, the legs of a goat, the horns of a deer and and the wings of a crane friend of Maggie, Beast and Hamilton.
• Conrad Vernon as The Jellybean Team, coloured jellybeans, a red one, a two green ones, a yellow one, a purple one, an orange one, a black one.
• Kumail Nanjiani as Nedley, a white rabbit who speaks in rhymes.
• Michael Cera as Rudy, a cheese-loving mouse who lives in a large wheel of cheese in a part of Nowhere Land called Cheese Town.
• Paul Giamatti as Sidestep, a very cranky crab who lives at the beach of Nowhere Land.
• Simon Pegg as Archie, a toy dog that appeared in Roll Over Archie. He is seen in the form of a Scottish Terrier.
• Josh Gad as Mr. Shivers, a talking snowman who lives in the Nowhere Land mountain.
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Dragon King, a villainous Chinese water and weather god. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, commanding over all bodies of water.
• Pedro Pascal and Diego Luna as Babbo and Benbo, Dragon King's henchmen.
• Samuel L. Jackson as Agent Classified, a one-eyed raccoon. He is the Animal Rangers' team leader.
• Ben Schwartz as Ben Skunky, a skunk who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Awkwafina as Awkwapenguin, a penguin who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Patrick Dempsey as Patrick Wolfsey, a wolf who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Harvey Guillén as Molecum Guillén, a mole who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Bobby Cannavale as Bobby Cannawarthog, a warthog who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Bowen Yang as Sea Lion Yang, a sea lion who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Jon Hamm as Tarantula Hamm, a tarantula who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Daveed Diggs as Daveed Dodo, a dodo-bird who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Dascha Polanco as Dascha Polancrab, a land crab who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Keanu Reeves as Foxy Reeves, a red fox who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Scarlett Johansson as Scarlet Johansnake, a rattlesnake who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• John Cena as John Rhinoceros, a rhinoceros who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Tim Robinson as Tim Rabbithare, a hare who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Johnny Depp as Johnny Puff, a puffin who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Gabriel Iglesias as Gabriel Iglesiasquirrel, a red squirrel who is a member of the Animal Rangers.
• Mel Brooks as Mel Brortoise, a old turtle who is a member of the Animal Rangers.

Production

In 2023, it was also announced that Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly he was slated to direct a film adaptation of Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, as well as Chris Meledandri from Illumination, who later served as the film's producer. Meledandri left as President of Illumination in early 2023, and founded Nelvana Movies, an animated film production company that was co-owned by Sony Pictures Releasing under their Columbia Pictures label, which fully financed and owned the films. Chloë Grace Moretz, Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Keegan-Michael Key, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Cera, Paul Giamatti, Simon Pegg, Josh Gad, Benedict Cumberbatch, Pedro Pascal, Diego Luna, Ben Schwartz, Awkwafina, Patrick Dempsey, Harvey Guillén, Bobby Cannavale, Bowen Yang, Jon Hamm, Daveed Diggs, Dascha Polanco, Keanu Reeves, Scarlett Johansson, John Cena, Tim Robinson, Johnny Depp, Gabriel Iglesias, Mel Brooks, and Samuel L. Jackson revealed to be part of its cast. Pratt and Day at first refused to star in the movie, feeling that it was too similar to his role as Emmet and Benny in The Lego Movie (2014) and Mario and Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). It was also announced that Matt Lieberman will write the script, reuniting with Kaytis after having previously worked together on The Christmas Chronicles (2018).

Music

It was reported that Christophe Beck would compose the film's score, marking his second collaboration with Kaytis following The Christmas Chronicles (2018).

Release

The Maggie and the Ferocious Beast Movie is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on January 19, 2024.

External links

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External links

• Maggie and the Ferocious Beast at IMDb