Kelly Blatz will star the very first movie of Disney XD the “Skyrunners.”  Disney XD is a basic cable channel under the Disney Channel Group which focuses on mix of live-action and animated programming hyper-targeting tween and teen boys age 6 to 14.

Skyrunners is a science fiction adventure featuring Kelly Blatz and newcomer Joey Pollari. Kelly Blatz can also be seen playing the title role in Aaron Stone TV series which is also aired in Disney XD.

Skyrunners was directed by Ralph Hemecker, he is the same guy who directed the TV series “Numb3rs” and written by Richard C. Okie (”Quantum Leap” and “Earth: Final Conflict”) along with Adam Wilson & Melanie Wilson.  The Weta Workshop will design and provide the practical alien creature effects in the movie.  Weta Workshop is a multi-awarded and world leader in special makeup, creature and visual effects.  They are responsible for the special makeup, creature and visual effects in big films like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia.

Skyrunners is all about teenage brothers Tyler (Joey Pollari) and Nick Burns (Kelly Blatz) who commandeer a small UFO that crashes near their town.  They soon realize that the spacecraft is “alive” and Tyler begins to develop superhuman abilities. When the brothers uncover an ominous alien plot to take over Earth, Tyler is captured by the extraterrestrials, so now it’s up to Nick to rescue his brother.

Skyrunners is scheduled to premiere on November 27, 2009 (Friday) on Disney XD as 5:00 p.m., ET/PT timeslot.  You can also watch Skyrunners online.

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