Amazon Orders Two New Original Kids Series Little Big Awesome & Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, & Greenlights Second Season of...
October 14 2016 - 9:00AM
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Brand-new children’s series will become
available exclusively for Prime members
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(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced it has ordered two new
Amazon Original Kids Series including Little Big Awesome that
combines 2D animation, puppetry, and live-action; and the Emmy
Award-winning Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, debuting later this fall
and narrated by Golden Globe Award-winning actress Gillian Anderson
(The X-Files). An additional 26 episodes of the hit preschool
series The Stinky & Dirty Show have also been greenlit. All
three series will debut on Prime Video in the US, UK, Germany,
Austria and Japan. Amazon’s new children’s series come from
talented creators including Ben Gruber (Spongebob Squarepants,
Super Jail) and Academy Award-winning Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away,
Howl’s Moving Castle). The Stinky & Dirty Show, which debuted
last month, is rated 4.8 stars by customers with 87% 5-star reviews
and available to stream and download today.
“We are truly honored to be working with a team of exceptionally
talented creators,” said Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming at
Amazon Studios. “From the unique style of Little Big Awesome to the
adaptation of beloved book series Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, we
aim to bring a new level of storytelling to our customers and their
families.”
Amazon Original Kids Series are available for Prime members to
stream and enjoy using the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected
devices including Amazon Fire TV, and mobile devices, or online at
www.amazon.com/originals, at no additional cost to their
membership—Prime members can also download titles to mobile devices
for offline viewing. Customers who are not already Prime members
can sign up for a free trial at www.amazon.com/prime. For a
list of all Amazon Video compatible devices,
visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.
Little Big Awesome is a comedy for kids ages 6 to 11 that
combines 2D animation, puppetry, and real live action footage as we
explore the whimsically weird world of Ballopolis. The series
follows Gluko, a jelly giant, and Lennon, a small kid-like creature
with a fuzzy hat, who are inseparable buddies. They adventure
through a universe where sea turtles fly, flowers talk, and tear
drops splash around on a hot summer day. Gluko and Lennon’s desire
to help those around them can, at times, lead them to epically
outlandish places, but at the end of the day, the series is about
two best buds making their own fun and enjoying the wonderfully
strange world around them. The series is created by Tomas Dieguez
(TRONCO), executive produced by Ben Gruber (Spongebob Squarepants
and Super Jail), and animated by Emmy award-winning studio Titmouse
(Randy Cunningham, Metalocalypse). Dieguez, Diego Sebastian Rosner
(Underdogs), Agustin Alberdi, Andrés Ernesto Fogwill and Ignacio
Orive are co-executive producers.
The Emmy Award-winning Ronja The Robber’s Daughter is an
adaptation of the wildly popular children's fantasy book of the
same name by noted Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (Pippi
Longstocking). The series is directed by Gorō Miyazaki and
presented by the Academy Award-winning Studio Ghibli (Spirited
Away, Howl’s Moving Castle) and Saltkrakan (the Astrid Lindgren
Company). Ronja The Robber’s Daughter is narrated by Golden Globe
Award-winning actress Gillian Anderson (The X-Files); an epic
26-part animated story of a strong, adventurous young girl who
grows up exploring a beautiful and dangerous forest filled with
mythical creatures. The daughter of a professional robber, Ronja
realizes the complicated nature of her father’s profession when she
befriends Birk, the child of a rival tribe. Ronja struggles to
balance the relationship with her family and the bond with her
self-proclaimed brother Birk as she comes to understand the
intricate issues of family and friendship and how differences can
be overcome with the help of love and understanding.
Based on the “I Stink!” book series by Kate and Jim McMullan,
The Stinky & Dirty Show follows the adventures and mishaps
faced by best friends and unlikely heroes, Stinky the garbage truck
and Dirty, the backhoe loader. The series is written and developed
by Guy Toubes (The Adventures of Chuck & Friends, Littlest Pet
Shop, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi) and animated by Brown Bag Films, Ltd
(Peter Rabbit, Octonauts, Doc McStuffins). Season one of The Stinky
& Dirty Show features original music from acclaimed folk singer
and songwriter Dan Bern and celebrity voice talent, including
Whoopi Goldberg (The View), Jane Lynch (Glee), Andy Richter
(Arrested Development), Joan Cusack (Shameless) and Wallace Shawn
(Toy Story). The newest original preschool series to foster
lifelong creative learning, the series’ curriculum was developed by
Dr. Alice Wilder and Jessica Lahey, author of the New York Times
best-seller The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let
Go So Their Children Can Succeed, on which the curriculum is
based.
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