Young Hercules

Young Hercules: Summary

Airs Next:FOX at Weekdays 4:30 PM (30 min.)
Status:Ended
Premiered:September 12, 1998
Last Aired:May 14, 1999
Show Categories:Action/Adventure

Follow teenage half-god/half-mortal Hercules and his friends, Iolaus and Jason, as they learn about life, love and friendship on their action-packed adventures and watch as they encounter Hercules' not-so-loving Olympian family and the consequences of such encounters.

Basically a prequel to:
Hercules, the Legendary Journeys.

The voiceover during the theme went as follows:

In an age of light and darkness Zeus, King of the Gods, rules the universe. He had a son, young Hercules. Half-god, half-man, young Hercules longs to find his place in this world... the father he's never known, and what it means to be a hero. Before the man became legend... before the legend became myth... came the greatest adventure of all... young Hercules.

FILMING LOCATION/TIME:
Young Hercules was filmed on location in Auckland, New Zealand from May 1998 to January 1999.

BROADCASTING:

UNITED STATES: The series aired on FOX.
CANADA: The series aired on YTV and FOX
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Runtime: 30 min (50 episodes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Dolby

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Production Companies
* MCA Television
* Renaissance Pictures

Distributors
* MCA Television
* Studios USA Television

Special Effects
* Flat Earth Productions

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Awards
Daytime Emmy Awards
1999 -- Nominated

-->Outstanding Sound Editing -- Tim Isle (supervising music editor), George Haddad (sound/adr editor)

--> Outstanding Sound Editing -- Yuri Reese (re-recording mixer), George Haddad (re-recording mixer), Richard Hansen (production mixer)

--> Outstanding Sound Mixing, Yuri Reese (re-recording mixer), George Haddad (re-recording mixer), Richard Hansen (production mixer)

Writers Guild of America, USA
2000 -- Nominated --WGA Award (TV) Children's Script -- Shari Goodhartz [For episode "Hind Sight"]

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Release dates
Sweden -- 3 January 1999
France -- 10 April 1999
Spain -- 2000
Hungary -- 26 May 2001

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Filming Locations
1. Auckland, New Zealand
2. Los Angeles, California, USA
3. New Zealand

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CREW

Directed by
Chris Graves
Charlie Haskell
Andrew Merrifield
Simon Raby (block 13)
T.J. Scott (pilot)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Edens series (episode "The Between Friends") (episode "Down and Out in Academy Hills") (episode "Winner Take All") (episode "Under Siege") (story) (episode "The Prize") (writer) (episode "Head that Wears the Crown")
Brian Herskowitz
Eric Lewald head writer
Julia Lewald head writer
John Loy
Steven Melching
Doug Molitor co-story
Brooks Wachtel writer (episode "Battlelines")

Produced by
Cynthia Hsiung .... producer
Sam Raimi .... executive producer
Robert G. Tapert .... executive producer (as Rob Tapert)

Original Music by
Joseph LoDuca

Cinematography by
Kevin Riley

Art Direction by
Nick Bassett

Makeup Department
Lynn Barber .... makeup artist: second unit
Michael Krehl .... makeup artist

Production Management
Nicki Ellis .... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michele Priest .... first assistant director
Quentin Whitwell .... second assistant director

Art Department
Chris Hollyer .... property master

Sound Department
Markus Braack .... sound mixer: foreign version
Jason George .... adr supervisor
Tim Isle .... music editor
Steve Scoville .... dialogue editor
Brad Segal .... supervising music editor

Special Effects by
Jabin Dickins .... floor supervisor
Ryan Hartnett .... special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Kevin Blank .... visual effects
Steve Bobertz .... visual effects coordinator
Everett Burrell .... visual effects supervisor
Kristen Fitzner .... visual effects
Omar McClinton .... visual effects coordinator: Flat Earth Productions
David Rednour .... digital artist
Eric Reinhard .... 2D composite artist: Flat Earth Productions
Rod Ripley .... data management: Flat Earth Productions
Kevin Struckman .... digital effects artist: Flat Earth productions
Kenneth Voss .... digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Ben Cooke .... assistant stunt coordinator
Glen Levy .... stunts
Sheree Swords .... stunt double
Sheree Swords .... stunt performer

Other crew
Steve Bobertz .... assistant editor
Daniel Kolton .... composer: additional music
Stephanie Laffin .... casting associate: New York
Dale McCready .... camera operator
Howard Meltzer .... casting: New York
Allison Wilke .... casting assistant (pilot episode)

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TRIBUTE:
Xena Star Smith Killed In Fall
18 February 2002 (StudioBriefing)
New Zealand actor Kevin Smith, 38, who played the recurring role of Ares on the syndicated TV series Xena Warrior Princess and Young Hercules and had recently landed a leading role opposite Bruce Willis in the upcoming feature Man of War, has died of brain injuries in Beijing following a fall. Details of the apparent accident were sketchy. Smith, who presumably is no relation to the American director of the same name, had reportedly just completed work on a joint Sino-U.S. production. His death touched off an outpouring of grief on a Xena website as well as eulogies from New Zealand newspaper columnists and political figures. The country's Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard said in a statement, "Kevin Smith was a wonderful New Zealand actor who was known not only for his enormous talent and amazing beauty, but also for his intelligence and self-effacing humor."
============================== Follow teenage half-god/half-mortal Hercules and his friends, Iolaus and Jason, as they learn about life, love and friendship on their action-packed adventures and watch as they encounter Hercules' not-so-loving Olympian family and the consequences of such encounters.

Basically a prequel to:

Valley of the Shadow

Aired: Friday May 14, 1999

Hercules, Iolaus and Theseus follow the advice of a mysterious old man and go hunting in an area rich with game. What they don't know, however, is that the area is Hera's Valley, which is protected by a dangerous monster. Another fact that they're unaware of is that the strange old man is really Zeus, King of the Gods, Hercules's father and that he is testing his son with this challenge.

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