Patrick McHale

American animator

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June 12 2025 Adult Swim announced McHale is developing an animated special called 'The Elephant' with Pendleton Ward, Rebecca Sugar, and Ian Jones-Quartey, slated for a 2026 release.
November 3 2024 Collaborated with Aardman Animation to create a stop-motion short celebrating the tenth anniversary of Over the Garden Wall, uploaded to YouTube by Cartoon Network.
June 14 2024 Announced return to Cartoon Network Studios to develop 'The Adventure Time Movie' with Rebecca Sugar and Adam Muto.
2023 Patrick McHale worked as a songwriter for 'Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake', contributing songs 'Winter Wonder World' and 'Baked with Love'
April 7 2023 Released the album 'Those Wild Days' in collaboration with J.R. Kaufman through Bandcamp.
2022 Patrick McHale co-wrote the screenplay and composed lyrics for Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion animated film Pinocchio, contributing songs including 'Fatherland March', 'The Late Lamented', and 'Big Baby II Duce March'.
December 2022 McHale left the Redwall project due to changes at Netflix Animation.
February 2021 Netflix announced McHale would be scriptwriter for an animated film adaptation of Redwall.
2019 Patrick McHale directed the animated series 'Costume Quest'
2017 Guillermo del Toro announced McHale would co-write the script for a stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio.
2016 Directed music video 'The Zombie' for musician C. W. Stoneking
2015 McHale self-published his first short novel, Bags, via Etsy.
2015 Frederator Studios announced McHale would direct an 11-minute adaptation of Costume Quest.
February 22 2015 Released an original album titled 'The End' via his Bandcamp page.
2013 Created 'Tome of the Unknown' short film for Cartoon Network Studios
2011 Created multiple short films including 'Apple Bears in the Desert', 'Efforts', and 'Fall Guy'

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