Darkwing Duck: The Movie Kickstarter Project is a Funny Or Die live-action sketch with animated segment. Written and directed by Matt Mazany, it starred Jim Cummings as a parody version of himself intent on developing a Darkwing Duck spinoff movie all by himself. Several clips from Cummings's movie are seen, featuring Darkwing Duck, Gosalyn Mallard, Launchpad McQuack, Negaduck and the rest of the Fearsome Five (Liquidator, Bushroot, Megavolt and Quackerjack).
Description[]
Jim Cummings wants to collect crowdfunding donations for his project of a Darkwing Duck movie! Which he's developed by himself! Of course, he's a bit out of practice… and can't animate to save his life… and is stuck doing all of the voices, including Gosalyn's… and doesn't own the Darkwing Duck copyright… and… oh dear.
Continuity[]
- The DuckTales 2017 episode The Duck Knight Returns (2019) focused on an attempt by filmmaker Alistair Boorswan to get a bizarrely bad Darkwing Duck feature film off the ground. Jim Cummings returned as Jim Starling, depicted as the actor who originally played Darkwing and is now determined to do so again at all costs even though his conviction that he's "still got it" isn't actually rooted anywhere near reality — not unlike the way Jim Cummings is depicted in the sketch.
Behind the scenes[]
The short sketch was released on 2013 as an April Fools prank by the comedy team Funny Or Die on their website.