Jordan’s first co-production deal sees France’s Gao Shan Pictures board new children’s animated-adventure series ‘Showtime,’ joining Ireland’s Dog Ears.
Director Jeremy Purcell and Assistant Director / Sequence Director Lorraine Lordan talk about their animated feature, ‘Puffin Rock and the New Friends,’ from Cartoon Saloon and Shout! Studios, based on the award-winning preschool series, that follows puffins Oona, Baba, May and Mossy, with new friends Isabelle, Phoenix and Marvin, in a race to save a lost egg before a storm hits their rock island home; available today, April 16, on Google TV, Prime Video and Apple TV+.
The new children’s animated adventure series follows Coco the crocodile at Showtime School, where every day is a creative adventure.
The animated feature, based on the Kidscreen Awards and Royal Television Award-winning preschool series ‘Puffin Rock,’ will feature the voice talents of Chris O’Dowd, Amy Huberman, Beth McCafferty, and Eva Whittaker.
Based on the award-winning preschool series, film will be the first animated feature produced in Northern Ireland.
The award-winning animated pre-school series co-produced by Cartoon Saloon, Penguin Random House and Dog Ears, licensed by Hoho Rights and narrated by actor Chris O’Dowd, will launch this month on Channel 5’s Milkshake! as part of the refresh of the popular pre-school block.
Preschool co-production from Oscar-nominated Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears and Penguin Random House traveling to Australia, Denmark, Scotland, Israel, Taiwan, South Korea and more.
Superights is appointed as the international distributor of Cartoon Saloon’s ‘Puffin Rock.’
