Tales from Adventureland

Tales from Adventureland is a action-adventure comedy series created by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, based off the book series of the same name, which was also based off various attractions from the Disney Parks. The series premiered on July 17th, 2020 on Disney Channel and Freeform.

Premise and Style
Taking place in a fantastical/retro-futuristic version of the year 1937, 14-year old Andy Stanley is a kind but timid teenager with fondness for reading and puzzles. Ever since he was young, Andy has always been idolized his grandfather and renowned explorer Ned Lostmore, who mysteriously disappeared during an expedition into the Amazon Rainforest shortly after he was born, and has been presumed dead. But that all changed when on his 14th birthday, Andy receives a mysterious letter informing him that Ned is in fact, alive and well, and would love to meet him. Shortly after, Andy given a ride to the fictional Italian port town city of Porto Paradiso by eccentric freelance pilot Jock Lindsey

Now, Andy is traveling the world with his Ned and a ragtag of explorers, including the shrewd skipper Frank Wolff, the adventurous couple Kida Nedakh and Milo Thatch (from one of Wise and Trousdale’s pervious work Atlantis: The Lost Empire), and their lava dog Obby (from the sequel Milo’s Return), while also facing

Characters
.Andy Stanley (voiced by Tom Holland)-The 14-year old hero with a fondness for reading, calligraphy, and puzzles. Andy starts out as kind, yet meek and timid, but over the course of his adventures, he starts to come out of his shell becomes more confident. His main weapon is the Zoomwriter Pen, a mechanical pen created by Captain Brieux that can turn into whatever weapon or object he wants.

.Shrunken Ned (voiced by Patrick Stewart)-Ned’s eccentric grandfather, who’s

.Frank Wolff (voiced by Dwayne Johnson)-A shrewd, sardonic, but just man who previously worked as a riverboat captain for the Jungle Navigation Company outpost in the Congo. He’s the only member of the cast who doesn’t wield a weapon, instead relying on his rather impressive physical strength and hand-to-hand combat skills to fight.

.Kida Nedakh (voiced by Cree Summer)-The queen of the legendary lost kingdom of Atlantis. Having spent most of her life underground, she and her husband Milo decide to leave Atlantis temporally and explore the world. Kida is kind and excitable individual who’s always up to see what the the outside has to offer, but due to her limited perspective of it, she comes off as something of a fish-out-of-water and can be considered by many to be socially inept. Contrary to her notably youthful and beautiful appearance, she’s actually about 8,500 to 8,800 years thanks to her Atlantean physiology. Kida is a skilled warrior, being able to hold her own with her Atlantean spear, or just her bare hands.

.Milo Thatch (voiced by James Arnold Taylor)-Kida’s husband and the king of Atlantis. An eccentric and friendly young man who’s skilled in cartography and linguistics. While he is very close with his wife Kida, he’s also close with Andy, who he views as a best friend. Being able to relate to Andy the most of of all the cast, Milo often serves as an older brother figure to him and helps him build his confidence. Despite his notable scrawny physique and glaring height (being shorter than most men and even women he comes across), Milo is no slouch in combat. Thanks to training from Kida, Milo is able to hold his own in a fight. While he’s not as strong as Kida or Frank, he can certainly throw a punch. His main weapons are a pair magical Atlantean boomerangs that Milo can use for various scenarios like skates and grappling hooks.

.Ooby (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker)-Kida and Milo’s lava dog who is able to eat rocks and swim through lava.

Arc 1: The Jungle Cruise

 * 1) The Adventure Begins (July 17, 2020)-Andy and Ned arrive at the Jungle Navigation Company Headquarters in the Amazon Rainforest to visit the latter’ sold friend Dr. Albert Falls (Jim Cummings). But when they arrived, they find that his granddaughter Alberta has been inflicted with a rare and potentially fatal disease known as Goffius Marcius, otherwise known as the Jungle Flu. Albert and the rest of his family are completely distraught as there many be no hope for Alberta's condition, but that changes when Lord Henry Mystic (Kevin Michael Richardson) and his monkey Albert (Dee Bradley Baker) arrive. Henry informs everyone that there's a rare plant known as the Memwa Maisha, located on a remote plateau in the jungle mountains of the Congo that could possibly be the cure for Alberta's disease, and that their friend Preston B. Whitmore has already financed an expedition to go there. With their choices now down to one, the Falls family decide to have Albert to go on the expedition to find the plant, with Ned, Andy and Henry tagging along.
 * 2) Adventures in the Savannah (July 17, 2020)-The next day, Andy, Ned, Albert and Henry are now on their way to Africa to begin their expedition for the plant. Joining them are fellow S.E.A. members Harrison Hightower III (Mark Hamill), Mary Oceaneer (Jennifer Hale), Barnabas T. Bullion (Clancy Brown),