Back to Knight School

Back to Knight School is an American computer-animated comedy television series produced by Cartoon Network Studios, based on the feature film Knight School. The series was released on Peacock1 in on June 26, 2024.

It stars Amanda Leighton as the main character Ellenor; in place of Anna Kendrick, while Ben Schwartz and John Cleese reprise their roles as Lance and Gerald Reginald III respectively. The series lasted twos season, as requested by creator Xavier Shaquille in time to start production on Knight School II.

Plot
After the events of Knight School, Ellenor is still attending the eponymous school and plans to ace her classes before graduation.

Main

 * Ellenor (voiced by Amanda Leighton), a transfer student of Knight School and currently a Class III student who bears the difficulty of the knowledge of medieval history. She was voiced by Anna Kendrick from the preceded film.
 * Lance (voiced by Ben Schwartz), a Class V student of Knight School who has become Ellenor's boyfriend since the middle of the preceded film.
 * Professor Reginald (voiced by John Cleese), the teacher and founder of Knight School.

Recurring

 * Bill (voiced by Chris Hardwick), a Knight School student that smuggles outside food regardless of the cafeteria's prohibiting.
 * Andrew (voiced by Seann William Scott; later James Arnold Taylor), a Knight School student that is the school tattle-tale.
 * Oliver Jade (voiced by Phil LaMarr), the only African-American student in Knight School. He was voiced by Jordan Peele in the film.
 * Vernon (voiced by Maddie Taylor), a Knight School student that is curious in most cases.
 * Harvey (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) a Knight School student with a case of shyness.
 * Ivan (voiced by Mick Wingert), a Knight School student that has a habit of putting his chewed-up gum under wherever he sits.
 * Troy (voiced by Jerry Trainor), a Knight School student with an egotistical mind and has an attraction to his physical appearance.
 * Mike (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson), the school janitor. He was voiced by Cedric the Entertainer in the film.
 * Mr. Begley (voiced by Conrad Vernon), the principal of Knight School. Vernon was one of the directors on the film.
 * Anthony (voiced by Frank Welker), Ellenor's father. He was voiced by William Shatner in the film.
 * Gretchen (voiced by Jane Lynch), Ellenor's mother.

Production
Like the film, the animation for this series is provided by Bardel Entertainment, who has provided animation for DreamWorks Animation Television's previous series All Hail King Julien (2014–2017) and The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015–2018), among others.

Casting
As Shaquille knew that celebrity cast members are expensive, he chose many full-time voice actors and actresses for the specific cast; Amanda Leighton was cast as Ellenor (marking this as Leighton's second Anna Kendrick character after the Trolls character Poppy), Phil LaMarr as Oliver Jade, Kevin Michael Richardson as Mike the Janitor (making this Richardson's second Cedric the Entertainer character after the Madagascar character Maurice), and Frank Welker as Anthony. The cast members of the film such as Ben Schwartz, John Cleese, and Jane Lynch reprise their roles.