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Breaking News: Kelly Osbourne Joins the Cast of Disney’s “THE 7D,” a Contemporary, Comedic Take on The Seven Dwarfs, Premiering This Summer

Stellar Voice Cast
includes Jess Harnell, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bill Farmer, Maurice LaMarche, Kevin
Michael Richardson, Dee Bradley Baker, Scott Menville, Stephen Stanton, Billy
West and Paul Rugg


Rocking Soundtrack
by YouTube Sensation Parry Gripp

Kelly Osbourne has joined the cast of Disney’s “The 7D,”
an animated series that delivers a comedic new take on the Seven Dwarfs.  Produced by Disney Television Animation, the
zany and broadly appealing series will be presented on three Disney TV
platforms:  Disney XD, Disney Channel and
Disney Junior beginning this summer.



Ms. Osbourne, who shared the news with fans via her Twitter
account today, said, “It may surprise some to
learn that I grew up watching Disney Channel, so playing a character in a
Disney cartoon is beyond exciting for me.”  She continued,
“I’m having a blast voicing Hildy, who I’ve now come to think of as my
alter ego – she is my Sasha Fierce.  The role has taught me so much about
acting – and Hildy’s a tough one to keep up with, so I wear workout clothes to
recording sessions because I jump and move around to really bring her to
life.”


 KELLY OSBOURNE ©DISNEY CHANNEL Photo by Todd Wawrychuk


Set in the contemporary and whimsical world of Jollywood, “The
7D” story finds the 7D – Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey, Grumpy and
Doc – hard at work helping the quirky Queen Delightful (voiced by Leigh-Allyn
Baker of Disney Channel’s “Good Luck Charlie”) keep her kingdom in
order.  Osbourne will voice the role of
Hildy Gloom, a novice witch who, together with her warlock husband Grim (voiced
by Emmy-nominated Jess Harnell of Disney Junior’s “Sofia
the First” and “Doc McStuffins”), haplessly plot to overthrow
the kingdom.


HILDY GLOOM 
 ©DISNEY CHANNEL


The stellar voice cast includes Disney Legend Bill Farmer
(the voice of Goofy) as Doc, Maurice LaMarche (“Pinky and the Brain”)
as Grumpy, Kevin Michael Richardson (“Randy
Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja”) as Happy, Dee Bradley
Baker (“Phineas and Ferb”) as Dopey, Scott Menville (“Teen
Titans”) as Sneezy, Stephen Stanton (“Doc McStuffins”) as Sleepy,
Billy West (“Ren & Stimpy”) as Bashful and Paul Rugg
(“Animaniacs”) as Lord Starchbottom.


Meme master Parry Gripp, the creative force behind such
viral videos as “Hamster On A Piano (Eating Popcorn)” and “Baby
Monkey (Going Backwards On A Pig),” is the songwriter and composer for the
series and also performs the theme song.


Television personality,
host, fashion designer, singer and actress Kelly Osbourne shot to
notoriety after appearing with her famous parents and younger brother in the
Emmy Award-winning reality television series “The Osbournes.”  The youngest daughter of heavy metal rock
legend Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne, television host, author and voice of
Mama Hook in Disney Junior’s “Jake and the Never Land Pirates,” Osbourne
is a fashion correspondent for E! Network and also serves as co-host for the
network’s popular “Fashion Police” series.  She competed on season nine of ABC’s “Dancing
with the Stars” and placed third with her partner Louis van Amstel.


Emmy Award-winner Tom Ruegger (“Animaniacs”) is
the executive producer, Tom Warburton (“Codename: Kids Next Door”) is
the co-executive producer, Sherri Stoner (“Pinky and the Brain”) is
the story editor and Alfred Gimeno (“Tiny Toon Adventures”), Jeff
Gordon (“Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks”) and Charles Visser
(“Animaniacs”) are the directors.

Jim Hill

Jim Hill is an entertainment writer who has specialized in covering The Walt Disney Company for nearly 40 years now. Over that time, he has interviewed hundreds of animators, actors, and Imagineers -- many of whom have shared behind-the-scenes stories with Mr. Hill about how the Mouse House really works. In addition to the 4000+ articles Jim has written for the Web, he also co-hosts a trio of popular podcasts: “Disney Dish with Len Testa,” “Fine Tooning with Drew Taylor” and “Marvel US Disney with Aaron Adams.” Mr. Hill makes his home in Southern New Hampshire with his lovely wife Nancy and two obnoxious cats, Ginger & Betty.

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