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Green Draws Up Toy Stories with Cartoon Network

Thu Mar 25, 2004 01:15 AM ET

By Andrew Wallenstein

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Actor Seth Green, who voiced one of the characters on the edgy Fox cartoon "Family Guy," is developing an animated series for the Cartoon Network.

The cable channel has ordered 20 episodes of the untitled project, a stop-motion cartoon that depicts iconic toys acting out satirical vignettes. For instance, superhero action figures could be shown struggling to co-exist in a scenario lampooning MTV’s "The Real World."

"It’s like ’Saturday Night Live’ with toys instead of actors," Green said.

Green, whose movie and TV credits range from "Party Monster" to "Greg the Bunny," created and produced the series with Matthew Senreich, editorial director of magazine publisher Wizard Entertainment.

The series is scheduled to join Cartoon’s late-night animation block Adult Swim in October. Cartoon parent company Turner Broadcasting plans to unveil the series for advertisers on Thursday.

Green and Senreich will write the series with Doug Goldstein and Tom Roots. "We’ve been working together for a long time and like to play with toys," Senreich said. "We’ll bring toys to life in a crazy, warped way."

The pair most recently collaborated on the Internet-based entertainment series "Sweet J Presents," on Sony’s Screenblast.com.

Cartoon airs the reruns of "Family Guy," which has been a huge seller on home video. Green next appears in Paramount’s "Without a Paddle."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter