Elliott from Earth

Elliott from Earth is an upcoming science fiction-comedy animated television series created for Cartoon Network.[1] Produced at Cartoon Network Studios Europe, the show centers a human boy named Elliott who finds himself living on a spaceship called the Centrium packed with aliens from all corners of the universe. While trying to work out who brought them there and why, they make a new home for themselves and encounter new friends. The series is expected to premiere on Cartoon Network UK on March 6, 2021.[2]

Elliott from Earth
GenreScience fiction
Comedy
Created by
  • Guillaume Cassuto
  • Mic Graves
  • Tony Hull
Written by
  • Mic Graves
  • Tony Hull
  • Richard Overall
  • Joe Markham
  • Joe Parham
  • Jess Ransom
  • Guillaume Cassuto
  • Mikey Please
Directed by
  • Mic Graves
  • Tony Hull
  • Rhys Byfield
  • Mikey Please
ComposerXav Clarke
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • France
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Mic Graves
  • Sarah Fell
  • Patricia Hidalgo
ProducersEmma Fernando
Line Producers:
Lisa Ann Smith
Damélius Michaud
Running time11 minutes
Production companiesCartoon Network Studios Europe
Miyu Productions
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original networkCartoon Network

Characters

Main
  • Elliott is the titular protagonist in the series. He is a human boy from Earth who is transported to a place called the Centrium, where he meets all kinds of aliens from across the universe.
  • Mo is a dinosaur, a stegosaurus, and he has lived in Biosphere 1138 on the Centrium for as long he can remember. He is one of the main characters in the series.
  • Frankie is Elliott's Mom. She is a geologist who has spent the past few years studying a strange rock she discovered on Earth. She is also transported to the Centrium with Elliott.

Supporting
  • 105E
  • Earmouse
  • Invisibill
  • Preston
  • Nara
  • Lord Kallous the Merciless
  • Preston
  • Hive Director
  • Steve
  • Vax and Vox
  • Kane
  • Gym
  • Ms. Argolis

Production

The show's pitch was greenlit by Cartoon Network Studios Europe and production started in September 2018,[3] consisting mostly of the production team from Cartoon Network's The Amazing World of Gumball.[4] The show's first season will consist of sixteen 11-minute episodes.

At the end of October 2019, the original showrunner Guillaume Cassuto left the series.[5]

References
  1. Clarke, Stewart (July 2, 2018). "Cartoon Network's 'The Amazing World of Gumball' Team Preps Sci-Fi Comedy 'Elliott From Earth'". Variety. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Guillaume Cassuto, formerly a scriptwriter and composition supervisor on “Gumball,” created “Elliott from Earth.
  2. "Cartoon Network UK March 2021 Highlights". RegularCapital/WarnerMedia UK. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. Staff Editor, AWN (July 2, 2018). "Cartoon Network Greenlights 'Elliott From Earth'". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Set to begin production in September 2018
  4. Milligan, Mercedes (September 10, 2020). "First Look: Cartoon Network EMEA Original 'Elliott from Earth' Is Ready to Rocket". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 10, 2020. ...from the talented team behind CN EMEA’s multi-award-winning global hit The Amazing World of Gumball
  5. Cassuto, Guillaume (December 2, 2019). "Update: as of end of October, I am no longer the showrunner on Elliott from Earth, the show I created for Cartoon Network." Twitter.
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