{"id":38440,"date":"2022-06-09T16:26:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=38440"},"modified":"2022-06-09T16:26:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T20:26:35","slug":"michael-cimino-beck-bennett-joey-king-matt-jones-carolina-ravassa-and-meli-povenmire-star-in-disney-channels-animated-superhero-comedy-hamster-gretel-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/09\/michael-cimino-beck-bennett-joey-king-matt-jones-carolina-ravassa-and-meli-povenmire-star-in-disney-channels-animated-superhero-comedy-hamster-gretel-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Cimino, Beck Bennett, Joey King, Matt Jones, Carolina Ravassa and Meli Povenmire Star in Disney Channel&#8217;s Animated Superhero Comedy &#8220;Hamster &#038; Gretel&#8221; [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Channel&#8217;s upcoming animated superhero comedy, &#8220;<strong><em>Hamster &amp; Gretel<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; from Disney Branded Television, will introduce Meli Povenmire in the titular role of Gretel. 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