The nerdtastic hero of sitcom classic Family Matters gets a seasonal animated reprise in Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie!, available to purchase on Digital starting November 21 from Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment.
The all-new animated holiday movie musical center on the kind-hearted Steve Urkel, voiced by the character’s original actor Jaleel White, joined by Nicole Byer (Nailed It), Roy Wood Jr. (The Daily Show) and Kym Whitley (The Bay).
The special was one of the Warner Bros. Animation projects dropped from the Max lineup after the WBD merger. The project was announced in September of 2021 as Did I Do That to the Holidays? A Steve Urkel Story.
Synopsis: The holiday season is here, and brilliant but accident-prone super genius Steve Urkel has only one mission: to make the holidays the best they can be for everyone! However, things are off to a not so merry start after he ruins a celebration at his local shopping mall and humiliates the department store Santa. Hoping to make things right, Steve invents a device that helps people spread holiday cheer but it only manages to make things worse. Using his big brain and even bigger heart, it’s up to Steve to help the city rediscover the holiday spirit.
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! is produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Robert L. Boyett (Family Matters) and Sam Register (President; Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios & Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe) serve as executive producers
The film is co-directed by Bryan Newton (Rick and Morty, Teen Titans Go!), who also serves as supervising producer, Richard Pose (story artist, Rick and Morty, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Big Mouth) and Jojo Ramos Patrick (story artist, Animaniacs) and written by The Daily Show breakout Wyatt Cenac, who also serves as executive producer; the writer/producer/performer inked an overall cross studio deal with WBA and CNS in 2021.. Jaleel White serves as producer.
Urkel Saves Santa: The Movie! will be available to purchase from participating digital platforms, including Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu and more.
