The Animated Series’ – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Haylie Duff is the latest Napoleon dynamite alumnus to join cast of animated blockchain pilot Cyco KO.
She will reunite with Jon Heder, Tina Majorino, Efren Ramirez and Jon Gries on the pilot, now titled Cyko KO: The Animated Series.
The show is based on Rob Feldman’s Ringo Award-nominated cartoon of the same name, published by Rocketship Entertainment. It follows the titular Cyko KO, a “fourth-wall-breaking, pinball-addicted, cereal-riding, motorcycle-riding hero” in a sleazy Saturday morning cartoon–like the world.
The series will follow him, his sidekick Peachy Keen and their pet Meemop as they protect the colonies of SuperEarth from giant monsters and crazy characters “in this Saturday morning cartoon-inspired title for all ages.” Duff will voice the waitress Dolphina.
With Duff signed on, the main cast of the web series is now complete.
Duff played “mean girl” Summer in the 2004 high school comedy Napoleon dynamiteand also played the lead role in Seventh heaven. She is the creator and host of Cooking Channel’s The Real Girl’s Kitchenwas a presenter for MTV series Legally Blonde: The Musical – The Search for Elle Wood and appeared on Broadly in Hair spray.
“I am incredibly excited to have Haylie join our team,” said Feldman. “It’s a dream come true to bring Cyco KO to life, and as a creator it is especially wonderful to have the creative control made possible by NFT funding of this production. And for Napoleon dynamite cast to bring their incredible talents to Cyco KO is just beyond cool.”
Cyko KO: The Animated Series is the first original for Rewarded.tv, a recently launched Web3 streaming service owned by blockchain platform Replay that allows fans to earn tokens, NFTs and RPLAY tokens for watching content and sharing movies, shows and live events. Only those who own Cyco KO ‘TV Star Card’ NFTs will be able to access the pilot.
Replay CEO Krish Arvapally said Duff was a perfect fit for Rob’s vision of Cyco KO universe, and it is even more exciting to say that we have reunited Napoleon dynamite cast now with her addition.”
Feldman’s Earworm Media is a producer at Warner Bros.’s Night of the Animated Dead. He is best known as a cartoonist, animator and producer of Cyco KO and animated series Dr. Shroud and also serves as CTO of Rocketship, a publisher that has partnerships with the likes of Legendary Entertainment, Simon & Schuster and POW! Entertainment.
