Over the Garden Wall is an upcoming American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network, set to premiere in fall of 2014. The series is adapted from McHale's animated short, Tome of the Unknown, which was developed at Cartoon Network Studios as part of their animated short development initiative.

Plot

The series will feature Elijah Wood and Collin Dean as the main characters, Wirt and Greg (voiced respectively), who try to find their way out of a mysterious land and toward their home, aided by an elderly woodsman and a bluebird named Beatrice (voiced by Melanie Lynskey).^[1]

Development

Tome of the Unknown

Over the Garden Wall is created by Patrick McHale, a former storyboard artist for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and creative director on Adventure Time.^[2] The series is adapted from McHale's animated short, Tome of the Unknown, which was developed at Cartoon Network Studios as part of their animated short development initiative.^[1]

The short, screened at the 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival,^[3] earned McHale the Bruce Corwin Award for Best Animation in the Short Film department.^[4] It also received an honorable mention at the 2013 Ottawa International Animation Festival,^[5] and was previously screened at the 2013 LA Shorts Fest.^[6]

Production

The show marks the first miniseries on the network, with the network ordering a ten-episode season slated to premiere in fall of 2014.^[7] The series will feature an original soundtrack inspired by Americana music.^[8] Elijah Wood will reprise his role from the short to voice Wirt, one of the main characters.^[1]

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External links

• Tome of the Unknown at IMDb
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