

EXCLUSIVE: This is news that parents with little ones would appreciate: Transformers co-star Josh Duhamel has joined the cast of Disney Jr’s flagship series, cartoon Jake and the Never Land Pirates. He will voice the recurring role of Captain Flynn, a dashing young pirate who is well-known for his legendary adventures on the Never Sea. Flynn and his boat, The Barracuda, are plucked from the sea in a giant windstorm and shipwrecked in the Never Land Desert, where Jake and his crew find him. Jake and the Never Land Pirates, which is is cable’s No. 1 series among boys 2-5 and is on track to be Disney Channel’s No. 1 preschool series ever, will return for a second season in early 2012. Its voice cast includes David Arquette.
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What happened to good animation?
The graphics on Super Mario looked like more of an effort.
The animation is supposed to resemble the older Peter Pan animation. And it does.
Monkey Island rip off. This character looks like Guybrush Threepwood. I want to see LucasArts sue Dinsey, that’s what I’d rather see instead.
I’m no historian, but Monkey Island is from around 1990. Captain Hook showed up about 85 years earlier. That lawsuit would be fun to see…… get laughed out of court. Lucas has no first option on swashbuckling pirates.