{"id":1759184,"date":"2022-12-02T07:33:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759184"},"modified":"2022-12-02T07:33:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T12:33:25","slug":"debuting-animated-series-the-wingfeather-saga-delivers-a-fantasy-adventure-families-can-enjoy-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debuting-animated-series-the-wingfeather-saga-delivers-a-fantasy-adventure-families-can-enjoy-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Debuting Animated Series \u2018The Wingfeather Saga\u2019 Delivers A Fantasy Adventure Families Can Enjoy Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdebuting-animated-series-the-wingfeather-saga-delivers-a-fantasy-adventure-families-can-enjoy-together%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1759184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>For the team behind Angel Studios, an entertainment distributor and crowdfunding enterprise whose mission is to produce \u201cstories that amplify light,\u201d encountering skeptics has become commonplace.<\/p>\n<p>Company President Jordan Harmon observed that some detractors have written off even their global success with marketing \u201cThe Chosen,\u201d a Gospel-based series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/25\/us\/the-chosen-jesus-streaming-tv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">featured<\/a> this week in the New York Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Well, \u2018The Chosen\u2019 is about Christ, and clearly people want that,\u2019\u201d he said, channeling their critics. \u201cAnd then we had \u2018Tuttle Twins\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/11\/13\/animated-libertarian-series-tuttle-twins-secures-1-million-in-crowdfunding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">do well<\/a>, and people were like, \u2018It\u2019s because it\u2019s about freedom, and people really want to hear about that.\u2019 Then when \u2018The Wingfeather Saga\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/07\/family-centric-fantasy-the-wingfeather-saga-crowdfunds-record-5-million-heads-into-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">happened<\/a> \u2014 people had no explanation for it raising five million dollars because it\u2019s a fantasy series.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the first half-hour episode of \u201cThe Wingfeather Saga,\u201d a family-focused fantasy\/adventure series, rolls out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WingfeatherSaga\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on YouTube<\/a> and via Angel Studios\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.angel.com\/app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">app<\/a>. Crowdfunding has enabled DreamWorks alum Chris Wall, the series producer-showrunner, and Andrew Peterson, author of the fantasy fiction saga, to set up an animation studio in Nashville \u2014 as dozens work remotely worldwide to bring the story to life.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fully in production right now, cranking out episodes to finish season one,\u201d Wall told reporters at a recent premiere event. The first six-episode season runs through February, with the four-book quadrilogy already planned as seven seasons in total.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the red-carpet premiere in Nashville, many of the series talent met for the first time \u2014 including voice actors Jodi Benson, star of Disney animated hit \u201cThe Little Mermaid,\u201d Kevin McNally from the \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d franchise, Alkaio Thiele as young protagonist \u201cJanner,\u201d and an ensemble of rising child stars.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Benson plays \u201cNia,\u201d whom she calls \u201ca fierce mama bear,\u201d raising three rambunctious children in a small village seemingly set against a medieval backdrop. \u201cShe\u2019s powerful, brave, courageous, and a leader,\u201d said Benson. \u201cBut then you add the element of her other hat as a mom, and she is so loyal and loving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the story, Nia lives in a thatched-roof farmhouse with her kids and her father, Podo, who has similarities to a past iconic role of the actor who voices him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a man of the sea, like Mr. Gibbs,\u201d said McNally, referring to his \u201cPirates\u201d character. \u201cBut we had a long chat about how we could make him a different man of the sea. And I\u2019m pleased to know that I do have two pirates in me. Maybe a third will come later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Not Safe \u2014 But Good <\/p>\n<p>Benson compares the series to \u201cThe Chronicles of Narnia\u201d and J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s Middle-earth novels. \u201cIt kind of blends all of those things together, which is really fun,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peterson said the novels are a mash-up of \u201cepic, sweeping adventure\u201d with his goofy sense of humor. The author invents a new word on nearly every page as he builds out the fictional world of Aerwiar. For instance, gnawing \u201cthwaps\u201d invade rustic gardens where \u201ctotatoes\u201d (not potatoes) grow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story starts out with a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Pause the show at any point, and every frame is a work of art,&#8217; said the lead animator. &#8216;It\u2019s a bunch of geniuses doing their best work.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":626,"featured_media":1759187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1759184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1759184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1759187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1759184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1759184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1759184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}