Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol

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Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol
Prep and Landing The Snowball Protocol poster.png
Teaser poster
GenreAnimated Christmas special
Based on
Prep & Landing
by
Screenplay byHilary Heldin
Directed byShane Zalvin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Kevin Deters
  • Stevie Wermers-Skelton
Producers
  • Melissa Kurtz
  • Carson Loveday
  • Shea Wageman
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release2025 (2025)

Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol is an American animated television special, produced by Disney Television Animation, and directed by Shane Zalvin, from a screenplay by Hilary Heldin. It is set to debut in Fall 2025, on ABC and Disney+. The special is the third 22-minute Christmas special, and the fifth short film in the Prep & Landing series, after Prep & Landing , Tiny's Big Adventure , Operation: Secret Santa , and Naughty vs. Nice .

Contents

Premise

A North Pole mission goes haywire and elf Wayne fears he's going to get in trouble with his boss, Santa Claus. This will serve as the framing device for a flashback revisiting multiple incidents in Wayne's career history.

Development

In a 2011 interview promoting the fourth entry in the series of Christmas specials, Naughty vs. Nice , creators Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton stated that there were plans for a fifth entry in the series, but that they could not reveal any more about the project. [2] The project ultimately never made it to broadcast, and the two were instead assigned to a different Christmas short, Olaf's Frozen Adventure , in 2016; by this point, the two spoke of the series in the past tense. [3] At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2024, it was announced that the franchise was revived at Disney Television Animation with a new 22-minute special called Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol, written by Hilary Heldin and directed by Shane Zalvin, while the original franchise creators will serve as executive producers. [4] It was animated by Canadian animation studio ICON Creative Studio. [1]

Release

The special is set to be released in Fall 2025, on ABC and Disney+. [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Icon Creative Studio | Animation & Entertainment". ICON Creative Studio. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Yuletide Adventure Continues". Disney. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  3. ↑ "'Olaf's Frozen Adventure' Directors Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton on Crafting the Featurette". Collider. November 15, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  4. ↑ Lang, Jamie (June 11, 2024). "Disney Unveils 'Moon Girl' Musical Shorts Series, 'Big City Greens' Season 5 Order and First-Look Clip for 'Disney Junior's Ariel' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol Set To Air On ABC Network This Holiday Season According To Book Listing". Disneytvanimation. January 30, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  6. ↑ Di Stefano, Morgan (June 11, 2024). "Disney Branded Television Announces New Animation Titles at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival". Disney Branded Television. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ Betti, Tony (June 11, 2024). "New "Prep & Landing" Special, 5th Season of "Big City Greens" Among Announcements And First Looks From Disney Branded Television at Annecy Festival". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
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