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| Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol | |
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| Genre | Animated Christmas special |
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| Screenplay by | Hilary Heldin |
| Directed by | Shane Zalvin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Release | 2025 |
Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol is an American animated television special, produced by Disney Television Animation, and directed by Shane Zalvin, from a screenplay by Hilary Heldin. It is set to debut in Fall 2025, on ABC and Disney+. The special is the third 22-minute Christmas special, and the fifth short film in the Prep & Landing series, after Prep & Landing, Tiny's Big Adventure, Operation: Secret Santa, and Naughty vs. Nice.
Premise
A North Pole mission goes haywire and elf Wayne fears he's going to get in trouble with his boss, Santa Claus. This will serve as the framing device for a flashback revisiting multiple incidents in Wayne's career history.
Development
In a 2011 interview promoting the fourth entry in the series of Christmas specials, Naughty vs. Nice, creators Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton stated that there were plans for a fifth entry in the series, but that they could not reveal any more about the project.[2] The project ultimately never made it to broadcast, and the two were instead assigned to a different Christmas short, Olaf's Frozen Adventure, in 2016; by this point, the two spoke of the series in the past tense.[3] At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2024, it was announced that the franchise was revived at Disney Television Animation with a new 22-minute special called Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol, written by Hilary Heldin and directed by Shane Zalvin, while the original franchise creators will serve as executive producers.[4]
Release
The special is set to be released in Fall 2025, on ABC and Disney+.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ "Icon Creative Studio | Animation & Entertainment". ICON Creative Studio. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Yuletide Adventure Continues". Disney. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "'Olaf's Frozen Adventure' Directors Kevin Deters & Stevie Wermers-Skelton on Crafting the Featurette". Collider. November 15, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ Lang, Jamie (June 11, 2024). "Disney Unveils 'Moon Girl' Musical Shorts Series, 'Big City Greens' Season 5 Order and First-Look Clip for 'Disney Junior's Ariel' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ "Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol Set To Air On ABC Network This Holiday Season According To Book Listing". Disneytvanimation. January 30, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ Di Stefano, Morgan (June 11, 2024). "Disney Branded Television Announces New Animation Titles at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival". Disney Branded Television. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
- ^ Betti, Tony (June 11, 2024). "New "Prep & Landing" Special, 5th Season of "Big City Greens" Among Announcements And First Looks From Disney Branded Television at Annecy Festival". LaughingPlace.com. Retrieved May 24, 2025.