I Am Groot
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American animated television series
Key facts
- Genre
- Comedy Science fiction Superhero
- Created by
- Kirsten Lepore
- Based on
- Marvel Comics
- Written by
- Kirsten Lepore
- Directed by
- Kirsten Lepore
- Starring
- Vin Diesel Bradley Cooper Jeffrey Wright
- Composer
- Daniele Luppi
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Executive producers
- Brad Winderbaum Kevin Feige Louis D'Esposito Victoria Alonso James Gunn (season 1) Kirsten Lepore
- Producers
- Carrie Wassenaar (season 1) Craig Rittenbaum, (season 2) Alex Scharf (season 2)
- Editor
- Dan Urrutia
- Running time
- 4–6 minutes
- Production company
- Marvel Studios Animation
- Network
- Disney+
- Release
- August 10, 2022 ( 2022-08-10 ) –, September 6, 2023 ( 2023-09-06 )
via Wikipedia infobox
~21 min read
Encyclopedic overview
I Am Groot is an American series of animated shorts created by Kirsten Lepore for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics featuring the character Groot. Featuring characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, the series follows Baby Groot on various adventures that get him into trouble between the events of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and one of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's (2017) mid-credits scenes. The series is produced by Marvel Studios Animation, with Lepore serving as head writer and director.
Vin Diesel reprises his role as the voice of Baby Groot from the MCU films. Bradley Cooper also stars, with Jeffrey Wright starring in the second season. I Am Groot was announced in December 2020, and Luma Pictures began work on the series' photorealistic animation by August 2021. The involvement of Lepore was revealed that November.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “I Am Groot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.