Team Hot Wheels
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.
| 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 | |
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. It was later released on home video by Universal Studios Home Entertainment and aired on Cartoon Network. The first act was distributed as a 22-minute special on Netflix on February 3, 2014. 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. 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.