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Genre | Children's television series Science fiction |
Created by | Sascha Paladino |
Based on | Tomorrowland |
Directed by | Paul Demeyer Michael Daedalus Kenny Kelly James Sue Perrotto John Eng Jeff McGrath |
Voices of | Cullen McCarthy (season 1) Justin Felbinger (seasons 2-3) Fiona Bishop Olivia Munn Tom Kenny Dee Bradley Baker |
Theme music composer | Beau Black |
Opening theme | "Way Out" [2] Written and Performed by Beau Black [3] |
Ending theme | "Way Out" (Instrumental) "Mission Force One Theme Song" by Frederik Wiedmann |
Composers | Frederik Wiedmann (score) Beau Black & Matt Mahaffey (songs) Béla Fleck (additional score in banjo) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 75 (144 segments) (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Sascha Paladino Richard Marlis Carmen Italia |
Producer | Elizabeth Seidman & Audrey Geiger-Ford |
Editor | Nicole Dubuc & Greg Johnson (story editors) |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Wild Canary Animation [4] |
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Network | Disney Junior |
Release | February 6, 2015 – September 10, 2018 |
Miles from Tomorrowland (also known as Miles from Tomorrow as an original production title and internationally) is an American CGI-animated children's television series created by Sascha Paladino. It aired as shorts from January 19 to 23, before officially premiering on February 6, 2015. [5] This series is based on the themed land Tomorrowland from the Disney Parks. [6] [7]
For the third season, which debuted on October 16, 2017, on Disney Channel, Miles from Tomorrowland was renamed Mission Force One. [8] It ended after three seasons, with the series finale airing on September 10, 2018. [9] The show received generally positive reviews from critics.
In the year 2500, the Callisto family, composed of the character of Miles, his sister Loretta, and their scientist parents Phoebe and Leo, works for the Tomorrowland Transit Authority (TTA), to connect the universe. [10] [11] Miles later leads a team called Mission Force One, which consists of Loretta and their friends, Haruna, Blodger, and Mirandos, as they continue their mission to Connect and Protect the Tomorrowland Transit Authority (TTA), while also dealing with a new threat called the Nemesystems.
The show's voice director is Lisa Schaeffer.
Callisto family:
Callisto companions:
Watson and Crick:
These character names are presumably an allusion to the discoverers of the structure of DNA, James Watson, and Francis Crick.
Nancy Kanter said "We hope this series will influence a child's interest in science and technology by introducing them at an early age to the exciting world of space exploration, how things work and what lies beyond the here and now." [24] A total of 24 episodes, each consisting of two 11-minute stories, were ordered for the series' first season. [4]
On April 28, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 20, 2016. [25] On September 1, 2017, it was renewed for a third season, but the series was renamed Mission Force One. [26]
Miles from Tomorrowland is made by using Autodesk Maya. The CGI character designs were created with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects, and the 3D models were created in Maya. [27] The episodes are edited with Adobe Premiere. [28]
Miles from Tomorrowland premiered on Disney Junior in Canada on February 21, 2015. [29] In Australia and New Zealand, Disney Junior released the series on April 18. [30] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the show premiered on Disney Junior on May 11 as Miles from Tomorrow. [31] In Asia, it debuted on Disney Junior on August 17. In India, it premiered on Disney Junior on February 6, 2016.
Home media is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The series was later made available to stream on Disney+. [32] [33]
Title | Release Date | Episodes | Additional Features |
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Miles from Tomorrowland: Let's Rocket! | August 11, 2015 |
| Clip-On Blastboard Flashlight |
Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called Miles from Tomorrowland "enjoyable." He went on to say, "This family is a foursome plus pet, but if The Jetsons was some kind of inspiration for it, everyone has received an upgrade... Yes, it's a bit creepy to think of two children being raised in the claustrophobic confines of a four-person spaceship, home schooling taken to an extreme. But the show is fast-moving enough to keep young viewers interested... and it's not shy about putting Miles and Loretta in gently life-threatening predicaments. Parents, meanwhile, might get a kick out of guessing who is providing the voices of some recurring characters." [34] Rob Owen of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said "Miles from Tomorrowland has some real science facts threaded through it- there's mention of Jupiter's moon lo in an early episode- but given how these factoids sit side-by-side with the science fiction gadgets and spaceships, its unclear what positive educational impact their inclusion will have." He also noted that "the show's family role modeling is commendable." [35]
Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media have the series a grade of four out of five stars, praised the depiction of positive messages and role models, saying that Miles from Tomorrowland challenges traditional gender roles and promotes work ethic, while noting the presence of educational value regarding the vocabulary dealing with space. [36] Azure Hall and Casey Suglia of Romper included Miles from Tomorrowland in their "Great Shows Your Kids Will Love To Stream On Disney+" list, writing, "If you have a kid that's space obsessed, or have a big imagination that is out of this world, this show is sure to be right up their alley." [37]
The series was watched by more than 2.5 million viewers in the United Kingdom and 10% of British kids aged 4 to 7 watched it in the first week alone, making it the UK's highest rated pay TV kids channel. It was the highest rated show on Disney Junior for May 2015. Across the EMEA region, it received 8.7 million viewers, including 2.6 million young kids and 1.1 million boys. [38]
Since airing, Miles from Tomorrowland has achieved ratings success for Disney. According to a press release by Disney–ABC Television Group using data from Nielsen, [39] across Q3 of 2015 (6/29 through 9/27), Miles from Tomorrowland was the fourth highest-rated series across preschooler-dedicated TV networks in the US with 653,000 total viewers ages 2+ who watched the show on Disney Junior. This ranking was surpassed only by PJ Masks (767,000), Sofia the First (667,000), and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (666,000), all Disney Junior shows as well.
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) and recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Environmental Media Awards | Children's Television | Miles from Tomorrowland | Won | [40] [41] |
2016 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Animated Program | Carmen Italia, Richard Marlis, Sascha Paladino, Paul Demeyer, Elizabeth Seidman, Audrey Geiger-Ford | Nominated | [42] [43] |
Outstanding Sound Mixing - Animation | Carlos Sanches, Otis Van Osten | Nominated | |||
2017 | Kidscreen Awards | Best Animated Series | Miles from Tomorrowland | Nominated | [44] [45] |
In 2015, Disney Enterprises, Inc. released a mobile app inspired by the television series called Miles from Tomorrowland: Missions [46] [47] [48] as well as an interactive episode on the now-defunct Disney Junior Appisodes mobile app.
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Your mom's great great great great not-sure-how-many greats grandfather first discovered it 536 years ago.
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