| Team Hot Wheels | |
|---|---|
 Promotional art | |
| Genre | Comedy Action Adventure |
| Written by | Derek Dressler Patrick Casey Josh Miller |
| Story by | Shane Amsterdam Scott Hart Derman |
| Directed by | Matt Danner Dan Fraga |
| Starring | Ben Diskin David Lodge Grant George Nicolas Roye |
| Theme music composer | Rob Hudnut |
| Composers | Rebecca Kneubuhl Gabriel Mann |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Margaret M. Dean Kimberly A. Smith Ben Burden Smith |
| Running time | 77 minutes (1) 45 minutes (2 and 4) 22 minutes (3) |
| Production companies | Mattel Playground Productions Mercury Filmworks (1) Titmouse (2-4) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Cartoon Network (1) Netflix (2 and 4) KidsClick (3) |
| Release | June 7, 2014 – October 28, 2017 |
| Related | |
| Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 | |
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Team Hot Wheels is a series of animated movies by Mattel Playground Productions, Titmouse for the second to fourth films and Mercury Filmworks for the first film. Based on Mattel's Hot Wheels toyline, the franchise currently consists of four features released through a multitude of distribution platforms. All were directed by Matt Danner.
The first film, The Origin of Awesome, debuted in 660 theatres through a Fathom Events screening in the United States on June 7 and 8, 2014.[1] It was later released on home video by Universal Studios Home Entertainment and aired on Cartoon Network.[2][3] The first act was distributed as a 22-minute special on Netflix on February 3, 2014.[4][5][6] The second film, The Skills to Thrill, and the third (chronologically fourth) film, Build the Epic Race!, debuted exclusively on Netflix on August 17 and October 5, 2015, respectively.[7][8] Following their broadcast of the earlier films in 22-minute multi-part formats, KidsClick debuted a fourth special, Search for the 5th Driver! on October 28, 2017.[9][10]
- ^ ""Team Hot Wheels: The Origin of Awesome" Coming to U.S. Cinemas for Only One Weekend This June" (Press release). Centennial: Fathom Events. Business Wire. May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "From Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Team Hot Wheels™: The Origin of Awesome!" (Press release). Universal City: Universal Studios Home Entertainment. PRnewswire. July 8, 2014. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ @cartoonnetwork (November 5, 2014). "Tune in for the special event, Team Hot Wheels: The Origin of Awesome!, this Sat. at 8:30a/7:30c on #CartoonNetwork!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "New Team Hot Wheels® Animation Now Available On Netflix" (Press release). Mattel. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ @MattyDanner (February 10, 2014). "That's the first act of a feature that will come out this Fall. #HotWheels" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Graser, Marc (October 15, 2013). "Mattel to Create Original Entertainment Through Playground Productions Banner". Variety. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Here's what's new on Netflix this week". Savannah Morning News. August 14, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ Heyman, Jessica (October 1, 2015). "5 New Netflix Releases to Stream in October". Vogue. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "KidsClick's fall lineup includes Hot Wheels, Winx Club, Zak Storm". ToonBarn. September 1, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "This TV's official movie page for Team Hot Wheels - Released May 15, 2015". This TV. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.