Darkwing Duck revival casts Scrooge McDuck, Seth Rogen says

Seth Rogen says Disney+’s Darkwing Duck revival just landed its Scrooge McDuck, and he called it maybe the most exciting casting he could imagine. He isn’t saying who it is yet.

Scrooge McDuck is coming to St. Canard.

Seth Rogen revealed that Disney+’s new Darkwing Duck series has cast Scrooge McDuck. He would not say who got the part. But he made it sound like a big one.

Rogen talked about the show on Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast, in an interview with Variety’s Clayton Davis published Friday, Nov. 13. Davis asked how the cast came together. Rogen said the new Scrooge “might be the most exciting casting I could ever imagine.”

Then he told Davis he would tell him after the interview. So the name stayed off the record.

It was a busy chat. Rogen is coming off a historic Emmy run for The Studio, and Season 2 is on the way. He is also promoting two films, The Invite and the hand-drawn animated movie Tangles.

What did Seth Rogen say about Scrooge McDuck?

Rogen kept it to a tease. He said the casting had just happened and called it incredible.

He also said the team has been working on Darkwing Duck for a very long time. The project got caught up in Disney’s corporate restructuring along the way, he said, but work never stopped.

Rogen has been watching finished episodes. He said they are coming together well, and he called the animation beautiful and inventive.

Why is Darkwing Duck a series and not a movie?

Davis said he was surprised the revival did not become a movie. Rogen said he is glad it didn’t.

He told Variety the TV format appealed to the team. He also joked about getting Disney’s full budget behind it. If they were going to bring Darkwing back, he said, it had to be top-notch.

Asked which other Disney classics he would revive, Rogen skipped TaleSpin and Gummi Bears and named the 1986 movie Flight of the Navigator. He said he would never presume he’d get to make it.

Who is in the Darkwing Duck revival cast?

Disney+ greenlit the new series on Sept. 22. Mark Hamill voices Drake Mallard, also known as Darkwing Duck.

Rogen voices Launchpad McQuack. He is also a producer through his company, Point Grey Pictures, with Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Alex McAtee and Gabby Grantham.

The rest of the announced cast includes:

• Lizzy Caplan as Gosalyn Mallard

• Lilimar as Duckie

• Dan Stevens as Glade McTowers

• Kathryn Newton as Firecracker

• Tiffany Shepis as Rosa

• Teo Briones as Timb

• Tyler Dean Flores as Pondsy

• Katie Rich as Officer Shanks

• Nat Faxon as Officer Webb

Sean Tretta, who worked on Star Trek: Picard, is one of the show’s two executive producers. Tad Stones, who created the original show, is a consultant.

In the new show, Darkwing has spent 35 years stuck in an alternate world that has never heard of his superhero career. Disney has not announced a release date.

Who voiced Darkwing Duck in the original show?

Jim Cummings voiced Drake Mallard in the original Darkwing Duck, which premiered in 1991 and ran for three seasons and 91 episodes. Cummings is also the longtime voice of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger.

Cummings said back in August that the character was being recast, and the September announcement confirmed it. Hamill, who voiced the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, now wears the purple cape.

Stones has given the new team his blessing. In Disney’s announcement, he praised the new team for adding more action and comedy without losing what makes it a Disney show.

Who has voiced Scrooge McDuck before?

Alan Young voiced Scrooge in the original DuckTales, which debuted in 1987. David Tennant took over the role for the DuckTales reboot that started in 2017.

Darkwing and Scrooge have crossed paths before. Launchpad was Scrooge’s pilot in DuckTales before he became Darkwing’s sidekick. The 2017 DuckTales series also brought Darkwing into Scrooge’s world.

Rogen did not say how big Scrooge’s role will be in the new show, or whether a past Scrooge voice is coming back. For now, the name is a secret. Based on how excited Rogen sounded, the reveal could be a fun one.

Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.

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Hat Tips:

• Variety (Nov. 13, 2026), Seth Rogen’s Awards Circuit Podcast interview and his Scrooge McDuck casting tease

• ToonHive on X (Nov. 13, 2026), the tip

• Disney+ Press (Sept. 22, 2026), the series greenlight, cast, producers and premise

• D23 (Dec. 7, 2017), Alan Young’s DuckTales history as Scrooge

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