Ron Perlman, Kelsey Grammer Star in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Trollhunters’

Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro (Photo by Richard Chavez)

Netflix’s animated family-friendly series Trollhunters will have a first-rate voice cast. Series creator Guillermo del Toro announced his friend and frequent collaborator Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Pacific Rim) is part of the voice cast as are Kelsey Grammer and Anton Yelchin. The series is produced by DreamWorks Animation, with del Toro, Marc Guggenheim (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow), and Christina Steinberg (Rise of the Guardians, National Treasure) are executive producing. Del Toro announced the first wave of voice cast members during a career retrospective at the Annecy Animation Festival.

Netflix will premiere Trollhunters this December.


The Plot and Character Descriptions: Trollhunters features a tale of two fantastical worlds set to collide in an epic saga. Set in the fictional suburb of Arcadia, our unlikely hero, Jim, and his two best friends make a startling discovery that beneath their hometown lies a hidden battle between good trolls and bad, the outcome of which will impact their lives forever.

The cast includes Anton Yelchin as “Jim,” an ordinary teenage boy whose discovery of a mystical amulet sets his life on a course filled with high-stakes adventure; Kelsey Grammer as “Blinky,” a kind-hearted troll who befriends Jim; and Ron Perlman provides the voice of “Bular,” a sinister troll who targets Jim and his friends for battle.