Kevin Hageman (born April 21, 1974) and Dan Hageman (born December 17, 1976), professionally known as The Hageman Brothers, are American television writers, screenwriters, and television producers. They are best known for their work on the television series ''

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'' (2011–2019), '' Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia'' (2016–2018), and '' Star Trek: Prodigy'' (2021–present), as well as the feature films ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2014), ''

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'' (2017), ''

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'' (2019), and '' The Croods: A New Age'' (2020).

Early life

The Hagemans were born and raised in

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, a suburb of

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. They attended

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and went on to attend the

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Career

Kevin Hageman began his career as an assistant at

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, while Dan worked as a

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. After moving to Los Angeles, the Hagemans successfully sold a feature film pitch to

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and went on to write treatments for ''

'' and ''

'', for which they received a "story by" credit on the films. While ''The Lego Movie'' was in development, the Hagemans wrote for the animated television series ''

'' for

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. In 2014, the Hagemans were hired by

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and

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to serve as writers and co-executive producers of animated series '' Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia'', for which they won a

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for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program. They were then tapped by del Toro to write the horror film ''

''. During this time, they were also hired by DreamWorks Animation to rewrite a draft of '' The Croods: A New Age. In 2019, it was announced the Hagemans were attached as creators and

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for the animated series '' Star Trek: Prodigy'' for

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and

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, the first co-production between

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and Nickelodeon in the ''

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'' franchise. In March 2021, it was announced the Hagemans inked an overall deal with CBS Studios. In addition to ''Star Trek: Prodigy'', they would continue to produce both animated and live-action film and television content for the studio.

Filmography

Television

* ''

'' (2011–2019) (writers, executive producers) * '' Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia'' (2016–2018) (writers, co-executive producers) * '' Star Trek: Prodigy'' (2021–present) (creators, writers, executive producers)

Films

* ''

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'' (1999) (Kevin Hageman, assistant to Mike Richardson) * ''

'' (2012) (story) * ''

'' (2014) (story) * ''

'' (2017) (story) * ''

'' (2019) (screenplay) * '' The Croods: A New Age'' (2020) (screenplay) * '' Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans'' (2021) (screenplay) * ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'' sequel (TBA) (writers)

References

External links

The Hageman Brothers
on

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