The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti

The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti is an animated television series created by Anttu Harlin and Joonas Utti, and developed Harlin, Utti, Craig Martin and Sam Dransfield. It is produced by Zodiak Kids Studios and Gigglebug Entertainment, with the participation of The Walt Disney Company EMEA. It stars Trevor Dion Nicholas as the titular yellow yeti, with Rasmus Hardiker and Amy-Leigh Hickman also starring. It focuses on the out of control arrival of an unstoppable Yellow Yeti in a small town above the Arctic Circle. It premiered on Disney Channel in France on May 14, 2022, and was later released in Finland on Yle Areena in July 2022, and is scheduled to be released on Disney+ in the UK.
==Premise==
In the first episode, 12-year-old surfer boy Osmo is forced to leave his old life behind when he moves with his father to Winterton, a fictional village north of the Arctic Circle, where it snows all year round. Osmo and his cousin Rita meet a yellow yeti, named Gustav, and start to have adventures with him. The village has plenty of strict rules, including a ban on monsters. Rita's father, Roman Chrome, the village mayor, hates monsters. In order to hide from him, Gustav dresses up in different disguises. The series features many Finnish things like ice-swimming, May Day celebrations and crayfish parties, a fast food treat from Lappeenranta and bucket queues.
The main themes of the series are friendship and rebelling against the rules.
==Content==
===Seasons===
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
*Gustav 
*Osmo 
*Rita 
*Mayor Chrome 
*Ned 
*Lydia 
==Production notes==
===Development===
Anttu Harlin and Joonas Utti founded their company Gigglebug EntertainmentDisney ostaa suomalaiselta animaatiofirmalta alkuperäissarjan – Budjetti vastaa noin viittä suomalaista elokuvaa in 2013Gigglebug Entertainment Oy and started brainstorming the title character of the series already during the first year of the company's inception.Arttu Wiskari antoi äänensä historialliselle ohjelmalle – Disneyn ensimmäinen suomalaistuotanto leviää maailmalla
The following year, they told about their idea to a Disney employee they met in France. They liked the idea and asked to be contacted when it had been refined.Disney osti suomalaisen animaation – alkoi seitsemän vuoden urakka, jonka tulos nähdään nyt ympäri maailman
In 2015, Gigglebug Entertainment, Disney EMEA and Zodiak Kids Studios started developing the series together.Disney, YLE Team on Nordic Animated Kids Series 'The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti' (EXCLUSIVE) Later Gigglebug Entertainment collaborated with Disney on the development of 101 Dalmatian Street in 2016, with the show airing in 2019.
The production of true series began in summer 2020 with Utti as chief director and Harlin as executive producer together with Zodiak Kids Studios' CEO Benoit di Sabatino. Lucy Pryke of Gigglebug EntertainmentK1, J1: Tervetuloa Tuiskulaan! Keltainen Lumimies Yle Areena and Gary Milne of Zodiak Kids were appointed as creative producers. Zodiak Kids took international distribution rights for the series. The show was officially announced in October 2020.Zodiak Kids & Gigglebug Create Cryptid Comedy 'The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti' This was the first time Disney had commissioned an original programme from Finland. The series was produced over the course of two years in Finland, Canada, France and the UK.
The main character in the series has been inspired by Utti's childhood friend Kike. Kike was a Costa Rican exchange student who lived at Utti's home in Lappeenranta and who made a big impression on 14-year-old Utti, who considers himself an introvert. Kike broke the Finnish behavioural taboos and taught Utti to see the world from a new perpective. During the brainstorming phase, Gustav was made into a felt-doll and Utti and Harlin joked about yellow snow.
The show initially premiered on Disney Channel in Portugal and in Spain on May 9, 2022,O Imparável Yellow Yeti Trailer Nova SérieEl Imparable Yellow Yeti en Disney Channel Disney Channel Oficial before premiering in France on May 14 of the same year.
The first season consists of 50 x 11 minute episodes.Disney osti levitykseensä sarjan, joka vilisee suomalaisuuksia – käsikirjoittaja laittoi mukaan jopa kotiseutunsa herkun Each episode is aired in pairs to fit the half-hour timeslots when aired on Disney Channel. The first 20 x 11 minute episodes were released on Yle Areena on July 1, 2022, with the entire season later being released on Disney+. It is also the first Finnish show for Disney, though the creators had developed 101 Dalmatian Street for a 2019 release.Keltainen Lumimies alkaa näkyä Disneyn kanavilla – vastaava tuottaja: "Se on merkittävä juttu ihan koko suomalaiselle animaatioalalle"
In the United Kingdom, ZeeToons released clips of the show on YouTube,The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti 💛 (Trailer) | Coming Soon to ZeeToons - Cartoons for Kids with two full episodes, "Long Time No Ski" and "Katz", being released on August 9, 2022, and August 16, 2022, respectively.The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti: Long Time No Ski [EXCLUSIVE EPISODE] Season 1, Episode 3 | Kids CartoonThe Unstoppable Yellow Yeti: Katz [EXCLUSIVE EPISODE On December 5, 2022, ZeeToons announced that the series would be released on Disney+.The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti Coming to Disney+!
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