I haven't mentioned it in a long while here but for year or two, I've been working on a new Garfield cartoon show that's being produced in France for the world market. We did 26 half-hours and they've started airing in select parts of the world…to sufficient success that we're starting on 26 more. The Cartoon Network folks have the rights to air them in America (the show is produced in English) and they say they're going to debut it some time in '09…and you now know as much about that as I do.
Frank Welker supplies the voice of Garfield, which you won't hear in the clip below. Nor will you hear Gregg Berger, the longtime voice of Odie and other supporting characters, but he's in the cast, too. So are Wally Wingert and Jason Marsden, who are now performing the roles of Jon and Nermal, respectively. The animation is CGI and it's under the supervision of a masterful director named Philippe Vidal, whose work makes me very happy. I dunno when anyone's going to get to see the show in this country but when they do, it'll look something like this…
