All Hail King Julien

All Hail King Julien
Also known asAll Hail King Julien: Exiled (season)
Genre
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Slapstick
Created byTom McGrath
Eric Darnell
Based onCharacters created by Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell from the DreamWorks Animation feature Madagascar
ShowrunnerMitch Watson[1]
Voices of
Opening theme"Who Da King" by Blaze N Vill[2]
ComposerFrederik Wiedmann
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons5 + Exiled
No. of episodes78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersMitch Watson
Bret Haaland
Running time22 minutes[3]
Production companyDreamWorks Animation Television
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseDecember 19, 2014 (2014-12-19) –
December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)
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All Hail King Julien is an American animated television series that stars King Julien, Maurice, and Mort from DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar franchise and takes place in Madagascar before the events of the first film, making it a prequel.[4] It is the second DreamWorks Animation show to be based on the Madagascar franchise.

The series was announced in March 2014 as part of an agreement between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation, under which the studio will develop more than 300 hours of exclusive programming for the service.[5] The series is based on the characters from Madagascar, but is a prequel, set prior to the events of the film series.[6] Danny Jacobs, Andy Richter and Kevin Michael Richardson reprised their roles from previous Madagascar media, while Henry Winkler, India de Beaufort and Betsy Sodaro joined the cast.[7]

The series debuted on December 19, 2014, on Netflix when the first five 22-minute episodes were released.[3] Season 2 was released on October 16, 2015.[8] Season 3 was released on June 17, 2016,[9] Season 4 was released on November 11, 2016,[10] while next season, subtitled Exiled, was released on May 12, 2017. The fifth and final season was released on December 1, 2017. The series is currently showing reruns on Universal Kids in the United States. The show was removed from Netflix globally in November 2023.[11]

  1. ^ "All Hail King Julien's Season 5 Teased by Mitch Watson". Collider. December 2017.
  2. ^ "Who's da King (All Hail King Julien Theme) – Single". iTunes. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  3. ^ a b DreamWorks Animation (November 3, 2014). "The Wildest Party Ever Hits the Jungle When the Netflix Original Series ALL HAIL KING JULIEN Debuts Dec. 19" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "King Julien". DreamWorks. Archived from the original on October 10, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  5. ^ Spangler, Todd (March 13, 2014). "Netflix to Add Three Original Series from DreamWorks Animation, Sets Debut for New 'Turbo FAST' Episodes". Variety. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "DreamWorks Animation's All Hail King Julien Debuts on Netflix in December". ComingSoon.net. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  7. ^ Spangler, Todd (November 3, 2014). "Netflix to Stagger Rollout of 'All Hail King Julien' Series from DreamWorks Animation". Variety. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  8. ^ Liu, Ed (October 15, 2015). "CLIP: "All Hail King Julien"'s Return to Netflix on October 16, 2015". ToonZone. Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  9. ^ Diaz, Eric (June 16, 2016). "DreamWorks' All Hail King Julien Pays Tribute to Two Peaks". Nerdist. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  10. ^ "Netflix's New Releases Coming in November 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. October 21, 2016. Archived from the original on November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  11. ^ Moore, Kasey (2023-11-15). "Netflix Original Series 'All Hail King Julien' Leaving in November 2023". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 2023-11-15.