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John Mulaney and Andy Samberg Will Headline Reboot of ‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’ for Disney Plus

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John Mulaney and Andy Samberg will headline the upcoming reboot of Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers for Disney Plus.

According to Variety, “The feature film will hit the service in spring 2022 and is a combination of live action and computer animation. Seth Rogen will cameo in the film, which Disney teased during its investor day. Akiva Schaffer directs the picture.”

“Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” aired in syndication for three seasons starting in 1989. It followed the two chipmunks who start a detective agency, Rescue Rangers, that focuses on crimes too small scale to be tracked by the authorities.

Samberg and Mulaney previously worked together on “Saturday Night Live,” while Schaffer is a member of the Lonely Island comedy group alongside Samberg. Mulaney has headlined a series of comedy specials such as “The Comeback Kid” and “Kid Gorgeous.” He made his film debut voicing Spider-Ham in “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” Samberg currently appears on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” His film credits include “Hot Rod,” “That’s My Boy” and “Palm Springs.”

According to the casting grid the official log line/synopsis for the film is as follows:

It’s been years since the end of the RESCUE RANGERS, and CHIP AND DALE are currently living a life of mediocrity. Now Chip and Dale must renew their partnership to try and save a friend from a fate worst that death: video piracy.

In case that description isn’t enough to give you an idea of the general tone Schaffer is aiming for, or what the film will be about, a breakdown for a character named Ellie Whitfield offers some additional details:

Human, any ethnicity, Ellie is a newly promoted detective, eager and excitable, the only detective young enough to have grown up with and loved the Rescue Rangers TV show. Being human, she’s much larger than the cartoon characters with whom she interacts, which is all part of the fun as she embarks on helping Chip and Dale track down the sinister Mean Dean.

Ellie will be a co-lead, and the studio is looking for an actress between the ages of 25 and 35 to play.

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