Animated Tron Spoof Coming to UPN

Gudlyf writes "Sci Fi Wire is reporting that executive producers of 'That 70's Show,' Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and Caryn Mandabach, are doing a CGI-animated midseason replacement show for UPN called 'Game Over,' which is best described as a sitcom spoofing 'Tron.' The show centers on the Smashenburns, an ordinary suburban family who live in an alternate video-game universe inhabited by action heroes, monsters and cartoon characters. Patrick Warburton and Marisa Tomei will be voicing the husband Rip and wife Raquel respectively."

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Cast Details

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CHARACTER VOICES
Marisa Tomei/Raquel
Patrick Warburton/Rip
D.L.Hughley/Turbo
Rachel Dratch/Alice
James Sie/Sam Chang
Marie Matiko/Vox
E.G.Dailey/Billy

WRITERS
David Sacks ("The Simpsons"), Ross Venokur,Jason Venokur and David Goetsch

And some pictures here (pdf)

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UPN All Over Game

UPN announced that it has picked up the computer-animated SF comedy pilot Game Over as a series. The network has given a six-episode midseason order to the Carsey-Werner-Mandabach show, which features the voices of Marisa Tomei and Patrick Warburton.

Written and executive produced by David Sacks, David Goestch, Jason Venokur and Ross Venokur, Game Over centers on the Smashenburns, an ordinary suburban family who live in an alternate video-game universe inhabited by action heroes, monsters and cartoon characters. Also executive producing are CWM's Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and Caryn Mandabach. In addition to Tomei and Warburton, who will voice Mrs. and Mr. Smashenburn, the voice cast also includes E.G. Daily and Rachel Dratch, who portray their teen kids, and Artie Lange as the family's 300-pound pet creature.

Re:Horay for Animation

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Didn't see any screenshots, but it sounds like it might be fun to watch.

There's one at vidiot. (PDF link)

Re:Like Tron - Not

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Master Control Program

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GAME OVER is UPN's new family comedy series featuring the adventures of the suburban Smashenburn family, who just happen to live in an alternate video-game universe. Comprised of offbeat characters who face everyday familial issues, the Smashenburns find unconventional ways to fight, survive and love within this 3-D CGI-animated world of action heroes, monsters and cartoon characters, inspired by the popular genre of video games.

As head of the Smashenburn household, Rip is a hotshot Grand Prix racecar driver who rides and wrecks daily. His feisty and attractive wife, Raquel, is a modern working woman, juggling family and her exhilarating job as gun-toting, monster-fighting Agent Smashenburn. Their son, Billy, is a 13-year-old shallow, but trendy, wannabe hip-hopster, who often argues with his 14-year-old sister, Alice, a cynical yet socially conscious teen. In the family's master plan to form a stronger bond, the Smashenburns attempt to find the perfect pet. Yet they end up with Turbo, a 300-pound talking creature [looks like a carnivorous purple rabbit], whose favorite past times are robbing pawn shops, smoking stogies and creating mayhem -- all with an attitude. The friendly next-door neighbors are the Changs, a family of Kung Fu fighting Shaolin monks, including the attractive Dark Princess, a.k.a. "Mom," and her husband, Sam.

CHARACTER VOICES
Marisa Tomei/Raquel
Patrick Warburton/Rip
D.L.Hughley/Turbo
Rachel Dratch/Alice
James Sie/Sam Chang
Marie Matiko/Vox
E.G.Dailey/Billy

WRITERS
David Sacks ("The Simpsons"), Ross Venokur, Jason Venokur and David Goetsch

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach ("That 70s Show," "Grounded for Life, "3rd Rock From the Sun"), David Sacks ("The Tick"), Jason Venokur ("3rd Rock From the Sun "), David Goetsch, Ross Venokur ("The Tick")

PRODUCTION COMPANY
Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions, LLC.