Matt Hatter Chronicles


Matt Hatter Chronicles is a British-Canadian animated series produced by UK's Platinum Films, Arc Productions, and Dream Mill. It began airing on Teletoon on 8 September 2012.

Synopsis

Matt Hatter is an ordinary child who discovers that the monsters of his family's horror movies are alive in another dimension called "the Multiverse", controlled by the nefarious Lord Tenoroc. This dimension can only be accessed through the Notting Hill Coronet, his family's movie theater. With his grandfather Alfred trapped inside the Multiverse, Matt, along with his new friends Roxie and Gomez, must capture the movie monsters, save Alfred, and restore peace to the Multiverse.

Characters

Main

  • Matthew Luke "Matt" Hatter : A 13-year-old boy and a Hatter Hero in Training, who is determined to catch all of the Coronet supervillains and free his grandfather, Alfred Hatter, from his prison cell.
  • Roxanna "Roxie" Alexis : A 13-year old pink skinned and magenta haired girl from the Multiverse who is a Tracker of Team Hatter. She wields a staff that was created from the ancient Tree of Life by Gomez, and holds an amber crystal on the end that calls Matt when the Multiverse is in danger.
  • Alejandro Diego Gomez Montero : A 12-year-old boy from the Multiverse who is the Keeper of Team Hatter. He wields a weapon from the Cave of Keepers that used to belong to his father.
  • Marlon : A dwarf Tasmanian devil who is Matt's best friend and pet, and loves to eat junk food and sleep. He speaks in a language that Matt and even Roxie understands called "Chittersqueak".

    Villains

  • Lord Tenoroc : The main villain of the show. Lord Tenoroc is the master of all of the Coronet supervillains and constantly dispatches them to cause chaos throughout the Multiverse. His goal is to destroy the Multiverse and then remake it in his image
  • Craw : A small gargoyle who acts as Tenoroc's minion. He often says the wrong thing, angering Tenoroc.

    Other

  • Alfred Hatter: Matt's grandfather, the previous Hatter Hero who is currently trapped in a prison dimension.

    Episodes

Season 1 (2011–12)

Season 2 (2012)

Season 3 (TBA)

Season 4 (2015)

TV movie (2018)

Production

The series was announced in June 2011, when Nickelodeon UK and Teletoon Canada had ordered a new animated television series from British production company Platinum Films and Canadian outfit Dream Mill with Toronto-based animation studio Arc Productions providing animation services for the upcoming series. Voice acting for the series was primarily recorded at Pinewood Studios in the UK.
In June 2012, Platinum Films announced that they had secured ITV Studios Global Entertainment as the show's licensor in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; where they would handle rights for merchandising, publishing, promotional and home entertainment. In December 2015, Cartoon Network secured licensing rights in the Middle East.
In September 2013 and October 2014, the series was renewed for a third and a fourth season by free-to-air commissioner ITV with Bangalore-based Indian animation studio Xentrix Studios taking over animation production for the final two seasons from Canadian animation studio Arc Productions as Canadian studio Dream Mill dropping out of the series, making the series a full-time British production.
In October 2020, Platinum Films announced that they would transfer worldwide distribution rights to the series from its in-house distribution business to London-based British distribution company Serious Lunch.

Broadcast

The series has aired on KidsCo's "Syfy Kids" strand in CEE territories, Clan in Spain, Canal Panda in Portugal, Eleven in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand, Megamax in Central Europe, Channel (Netherlands)|Disney] Channel in Benelux territories, Rai Gulp in Italy and KIDZ and Cartoon Network in Turkey.
It aired on Cartoon Network in India on 19 May 2014. Season 3 premiered on 13 April 2015.