Young Hercules

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Premiered

Ended

Genre

Theme

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:
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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."
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• Young Hercules Is On Hulu.com!!!

  If any of you guys have been looking for episodes of young hercules you can find all 50 episodes at www.hulu.com .

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  enkka Last online Apr 30, 2009
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• Ryan Gosling - "Young Hercules"

  This thread is to discuss actor Ryan Gosling or his character Hercules.

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• Dean O'Gorman - "Young Iolaus"

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  Kristhetvgirl2 Last online 21 hrs, 26 mins ago
  6 comments, last one Feb 11, 2008 + Add Comment

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  9.5 Superb

  As young Hercules continues to grow and live through his teen years, his mother sends him to Cheiron's Academy of Warriors, where he meets two lifelong friends, Jason and Iolaus, and comes into conflict with fellow Gods, and learns the way of the warrior. hide « show »

  I remember a much more youthful time in my own life, where I would wake up in the morning, and my only motivation to be up and off to school was watching Batman: The Animated Series, and Young Hercules. Something appealed to me about the latter program, and it stuck with me, even ten years later, I always remembered the young Ryan Gosling in his Young Hercules attire, and I had no idea how much the image stuck with me since then until I saw the page for it on this site. Looking back on the episode recaps, I remember sitting and watching this show in my living room and thinking, God I love this show. It had an innocence to it that was apparent in the actions of Herc, Jason, and Iolaus, it had romance between Herc and Cyane, it had action everywhere, and perhaps best of all, it was a show you didn't have to tune into every week to understand it. You could show up out of the blue in front of your TV with a friend who never watched, sit down, and watch it, and you'll both be walking away from it without questions as to what one character meant, because it had open credits, started, it climaxed, and then there was the aftermath and close credits. It was simple and straightforward...unlike this review. It's a shame they cancelled the series, as it could've made stars out of all three actors. Luckily, Ryan Gosling made it big, obviously with help from this series, but it makes you wonder what would've happened if it hadn't been cut so quickly from the lineup for a show with no base (Mystic Knights of Tyrnanog or something). Bad move Fox.

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  RecoilTheMaster Added Mar 13, 2008 All my reviews
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  6 Fair

  Not very popular, but not so cool neither. hide « show »

  Young Hercules is a very upbeat and adventurous counterpart to the adult version of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Unlike Hercules:TLJ, Young Hercules is obviously aimed at younger kids who couldn't be interested to sit for an hour and watch some boring episode of Hercules and get completely confused by watching plot lines twist and turn, people dying, then coming back to life. Young Hercules offers them the chance to love Hercules and Ancient Greece by giving them action packed episodes that are only a half hour long. Perfect for anyone who loves Ancient Greece and Hercules, heroes and gods, but doesn't want to be confused, or sit through an entire hour of television of the same thing over and over again. :)

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  da_dunker Added May 3, 2007 All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  Hot guys in leather, how could you not love it! hide « show »

  Personally I loved everything about this show. Action, humor, romance, not to mention several hot guys decked out in leather.
  
  Telling the story of Hercules (the teen years) and his two closest friends Iolaus and Jason, Young Hercules was full of action and adventure. Created by the same people who gave us Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, Young Hercules was a show for children of all ages.
  
  Giving us great tales of the young hero when he still was searching for his father's approval, the show boasted several wonderful recurring characters like Ares (played by the late Kevin Smith), Hephaestus, Discord, and Lilith. Putting new spins on wonderful Greek Myths and Legends.
  
  The half hour show was just getting into its groove when production was cancelled, but left us with 50 great episodes. And did I mention lots of hot guys in leather?

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  boromirbeauty Added Oct 7, 2006 All my reviews
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  7 Good

  Young hercules go threw a tough time with the gods especially ares! hide « show »

  I use to like this show I dont know if this stil comes on it just popped in my head and i thought ill right something! This is a great show but in some episodes it can get alittle annoying but i still liked this show and i liked how they had the same sres thats in Hercules legendary journeys and Xena!

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  20697360768197610848997749257662-maria4ubaby Added Aug 4, 2005 All my reviews
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  8.5 Great

  A young Hercules goes through the trials and tribulations of life. hide « show »

  I really like this show. Though it's made for younger kids to understand it, there is a LOT of greek mythology behind some of the episodes. I think it's really cool how the writers made up episodes based on different stories in mythology. I don't think every episode is an actual depiction of a story, but they get it pretty accurate for the most part, and they make it really interesting to watch. I hope this comes out on DVD. That would be awesome.

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  poetchick028 Added Jul 21, 2005 All my reviews