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Billy Crystal Back in ‘Monsters Inc.’ Series for Disney+

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April 9, 2019
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If you were a big fan of Disney-Pixar’s “Monsters Inc.” and its prequel “Monsters University” — Disney has some scare-iffic news: The Monstropolis gang is coming back to the screen in a new series that will air on Disney+, the new Disney streaming service, in 2020. Billy Crystal and John Goodman will be reprising their roles as Mike Wazowski and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan, respectively.

The series, “Monsters at Work,” picks up six months after the events on “Monsters Inc.,” where it was revealed that laughter was more powerful than screams — so now, instead of hiding in closets to scare children, the Monsters Inc. team is all about jokes. The new approach gives the humorous Mike a chance to shine (one of his tricks is swallowing a microphone and burping it up to get kids to laugh).

The Wrap reports that the show will introduce a new characters, Tylor Tuskmon (Ben Feldman), a young mechanic on the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team, who one day hopes to work alongside his idols Mike and Sulley.

No word yet if “Boo” will be back for a cameo.

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