Spy Kids: Mission Critical Explained

Developer:F.M. De Marco
Composer:Joel S. Silver
Country:United States
Canada
Language:English
Num Seasons:2
Num Episodes:20
Runtime:23 – 25 minutes
Network:Netflix

Spy Kids: Mission Critical is an animated adventure-comedy children's television series based on the Spy Kids franchise by Robert Rodriguez and produced by Dimension Television and Mainframe Studios. It was released in two seasonal swathes of 10 episodes each on 20 April[1] and on 30 November, both in 2018, on Netflix in the United States.[2]

Plot

In Mission Critical, brother-and-sister team Juni and Carmen Cortez attend Spy Kids Academy, a top secret spy school for kid agents. When a new counter-spy agency threatens the safety of the world, it will be up to junior spies Juni and Carmen to train and lead a team of fellow Spy Kids cadets against the forces of S.W.A.M.P. (Sinister Wrongdoers Against Mankind's Preservation) and their diabolical leader, Golden Brain. The Mission Critical team may not be ready, but they are the only ones to call when grown-up spies can't do the job.

Voice cast and characters

Production

The production was announced as a production by The Weinstein Company and Netflix and was scheduled for release in 2018.[3] The two seasons each consist of 10 episodes[4] and were co-produced by Mainframe Studios as part of a deal between its parent company, Wow Unlimited Media, TWC and Netflix.[5] [6] [7]

Mike Fleming, Jr. of Deadline Hollywood announced the composition, look and style of the series whose creators were revealed as Michael Hefferon, president of Rainmaker Studios (which would be consolidated under Mainframe Studios itself in 2020) and Sean Jara, who created the Nickelodeon series Mysticons the year prior. The villains in the show were described to be as "colorful" as the protagonists. The series was said to contain "as much comedy as wish fulfillment".[8] FM DeMarco is the head writer of the series.[9] [10] John Tellegen was one of the show's writers.[11] Robert Rodriguez and Bob Weinstein served executive producers due to the firing of the latter's brother Harvey, thus making it the first Weinstein Company title not to have Harvey's involvement.

Ashley Bornancin, Carter Hastings, Travis Turner, Mira Sorvino, Tom Kenny and Christian Lanz were announced as voice cast for Carmen, Juni, PSI, Ingrid, Golden Brain and Gregorio respectively.[12] FM De Marco said that he had "many inspirations for the series but it has its own very specific style and attitude". He also said that the show has a nice mix of all kinds of humor, and contains old and new characters. Travis Turner faced controversy for being cast as the voice of PSI, a black character, since Travis himself is white.[13] [14] [15] Just before the 18 April launch, the Weinstein Company was removed and replaced with Dimension Television, the television label of Dimension Films, which handled production in-series, as the distributor. Bob Weinstein's name was also removed from the show's credits in all but 4 episodes.

Episodes

Season 2 (2018)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chavez. Danette. 20 March 2018. Here's what's coming to (and leaving from) Netflix in April. The A.V. Club. March 20, 2018.
  2. Web site: 24 October 2018. New to Netflix for November 2018. IGN. 25 October 2018.
  3. Web site: Steinberg. Brian. 16 June 2016. Netflix Readies Animated 'Spy Kids', 'Llama Llama' Series (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 1 July 2016.
  4. FMD1940. 931278939623907330. And just like that we are underway on mixing our second season episodes of Spy Kids: Mission Critical #SpyKidsMC18 First up - ep. 3!. 17 November 2017. 21 November 2017.
  5. Web site: Pinto. Jordan. 24 March 2017. Wow! Unlimited inks deal with Weinstein Co, Netflix. Playback. Brunico Communications. 17 April 2017.
  6. Web site: 22 March 2017. WOW Unlimited Media has Strong Debut After 100 Days. Market Wired. 19 March 2018.
  7. Web site: Wow's Castlevania gets season two. 10 July 2017. Playback. Brunico Communications. 19 March 2018.
  8. Web site: Mike Jr.. Fleming. 6 May 2015. Weinstein Company's Next TV Foray: Animated Family Series 'Spy Kids', 'Gnomes' And 'Reboot'. Deadline Hollywood. 19 March 2018.
  9. Web site: 16 June 2016. Spy Kids: Mission Critical. Netflix. 19 March 2018.
  10. Web site: National Geographic, Shawn Carter and The Weinstein Company to Partner on New Global Series RACE (W.T.). 20 April 2017. Yahoo! Finance. 19 March 2018.
  11. Tellegen. John. JTellegen. 911382419223093249 . 22 September 2017 . @RangerBoard Hey everyone. Tellegen here. Just wanted to plug my new show Spy Kids: Mission Critical coming to Netflix in Jan. more to come. en. 14 June 2021.
  12. Lanz. Christian. ChristianLanz. 949095751128203264. 4 January 2018. Happy New Year! #SpyKidsMC18 #GregorioCortez #FeganFloop #SpyDad https://t.co/7tgStyIUBA . en . 14 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200908063608/https://twitter.com/christianlanz/status/949095751128203264. 8 September 2020. live.
  13. Web site: Montgomery. Sarah Jasmine. 18 April 2018. White 'Spy Kids' Actor Says He Can Voice Black Character Because He's 'Urban'. Complex Networks. 1 May 2018.
  14. Turner. Travis. Travis Turner. travisturner87. 986739856213655552. 18 April 2018. https://t.co/B1HyxUIzVA. en. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404054727/https://twitter.com/travisturner87/status/986739856213655552. 4 April 2023. 14 June 2021.
  15. Web site: 20 April 2018. White actor sorry for defending his black Spy Kids character with 'urban' remark. Metro. 25 April 2018.

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