‘Big City Greens’ Creators Chris & Shane Houghton Sign Disney Overall Deal

Chris Houghton and Shane Houghton, the sibling duo who created and executive produce Disney Channel’s multi-Emmy-nominated animated series Big City Greens, have signed on to a new overall deal with Disney Branded Television. The announcement was Friday during the winter Television Critics Association press tour.

The multi-year agreement will see the Houghtons produce animated projects with Disney Television Animation, as well as developing live-action projects across all platforms with DBT, and opens the door for a potential adult animated project with 20th Television Animation.

The Houghtons launched Big City Greens with Disney in 2018, having already made themselves known on the comics seen with their Image-published series Reed Gunter. Chris Houghton had already been working with Disney Television Animation as a storyboard artist on Gravity Falls and Wander Over Yonder, the duo worked together on Harvey Beaks, with Chris storyboarding and Shane, whose prior credits include editing for TLC’s Tattoo School and Fuse’s Big Freedia, as a staff writer.

They are represented by Gotham Group and the Law Offices of Matt Saver.

Now in its fourth season with a musical movie due to release this summer, the series follow optimistic, 10-year-old mischief-maker Cricket Green, who moved from the country to the big city with his wildly out of place family: hard-working father Bill, sweet-and-sour Gramma Alice and quirky older sister Tilly. Season 3 saw the Greens and Cricket’s friend Remy move back to the country homestead in Smalton.

Big City Greens is inspired by the Houghtons’ own childhoods in small-town Michigan, and has inspired other animated extensions such as the Disney Channel digital short-form series Broken Karaoke and Random Rings, as well as last year’s live-animated National Hockey League telecast NHL Big City Greens Classic.

[Source: Variety]