Hercules: Zero to Hero
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| Hercules: Zero to Hero | |
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| Directed by | Bob Kline |
| Starring | Tate Donovan James Woods Sandra Bernhard Matt Frewer Robert Stack French Stewart Barbara Barrie Jodi Benson Corey Burton Robert Costanzo Keith David Paddi Edwards Susan Egan Samantha Eggar Kathie Lee Gifford |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Video |
| Release date(s) | August 31, 1998 |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Hercules (1997) |
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Hercules: Zero to Hero is a 1998 direct-to-video prequel to Disney's 1997 animated feature Hercules. It was released on August 31, 1998, and serves as the pilot to Hercules: The Animated Series. It consists of three segments that would later serve as episodes from the television series, branched together by additional original animation, much in the style of a later direct-to-video Disney sequel, Tarzan & Jane. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and the beginning of his adventures at the Prometheus Academy, a school for gods and mortals, which Hercules supposedly attended during the time when he was training to be a hero with his mentor, the satyr Philoctetes.
The TV series reunited most of the original voice cast from the 1997 film. Only Danny DeVito was unavailable to reprise the role of Phil, who was played by Robert Costanza. This was Paddi Edwards last film, in which she provided the voice of Atropos.

