Last week ABC introduced new children animation Tales From Outer Suburbia and a 3rd season for Kangaroo Beach.
Tales From Outer Suburbia
Adapted from the bestselling illustrated guide Tales From Outer Suburbia, the ten x 22-minute animated sequence is heading into manufacturing with main Australian animation studio Flying Bark Productions in collaboration with Highly Spirited.
Director Noel Cleary will oversee cutting-edge CGI animation and its handcrafted stop-motion feel and look. Shaun Tan will oversee the sequence as Creative Director, with Sophie Byrne (Highly Spirited) and Alexia Gates-Foale (Flying Bark) as Producers.
Shaun Tan says: “Sometimes it takes a really unusual occasion to disclose how we really feel about our place on this planet, and what issues we care about most deeply. With Tales From Outer Suburbia, we hope to awaken that incredible realisation that fiction and actuality are by no means very removed from each other, that there’s actually no such factor as ‘regular life’.”
Libbie Doherty, Head of ABC Children & Family mentioned: “The minute Tales from Outer Suburbia was introduced to us we knew we needed to get on board with Shaun and this glorious group. Shaun’s distinctive tackle Australian life, strikes a chord in all of us with evocative imagery and highly effective storytelling. This adaptation shall be iconic. A landmark TV sequence that can create lengthy lasting recollections for younger audiences and their households. We are so grateful to all our companions – the ACTF, Screen Australia and Screenwest who proceed to get behind Australian Children’s Content.”
Bernadette O’Mahony, ACTF Head of Content mentioned: “We are excited to have Tales From Outer Suburbia go into manufacturing after intensive growth. It takes plenty of dedicated, like-minded companions to show such a visually beautiful guide into one thing simply as particular on display screen. We can’t await the world to see Shaun Tan’s imaginative and prescient come to life with this proficient group.”
Grainne Brunsdon, Screen Australia Head of Content mentioned: “The wealthy and surreal world of Tales From Outer Suburbia, primarily based on the massively common guide by Shaun Tan, with scripts from Lally Katz and Sam Carroll, and hyper-real animation created by Flying Bark, is bound to please viewers of all ages. Entertaining and thought-provoking, this sequence will remind us that fiction and actuality are nearer than we expect.”
Alexia Gates-Foale (Flying Bark) and Sophie Byrne (Highly Spirited) mentioned: “Shaun Tan’s anthology tales have a singular means of portraying trendy suburban existence in a fascinating and complicated means, and will probably be a pleasure to reimagine them for a broader viewers. From an infinite water buffalo in an empty lot, to people with cat-like options, the true story of every episode is how extraordinary individuals react to those extraordinary incidents. We are thrilled to see these tales realised on the ABC.”
The sequence begins when ‘nearly thirteen-year-old’ Klara and her six-year-old brother Pim transfer to Outer Suburbia with their newly single mom Lucy. The siblings’ summer season vacation turns right into a sequence of sudden and surreal adventures. The household goes on a roller-coaster experience of emotion, encountering bizarre and miraculous phenomena as they adapt to their new actuality.
The sequence was developed by the ACTF throughout COVID and is commencing manufacturing at Flying Bark in New South Wales and at Siamese in Western Australia.
Kangaroo Beach
After producing two seasons of Kangaroo Beach in NSW, Cheeky Little Media (Ginger & the Vegesaurs, Kazoops) have teamed up with Siamese to co-produce a brand new season. Season 3 shall be produced throughout each states, with some key solid being performed by WA voices and a brand new location impressed by the Western Australian panorama.
Libbie Doherty, Head of ABC Children & Family mentioned: “The Kangaroo Beach cadets welcome Spyke the echidna into the group, who will stretch their boundaries together with her daredevil antics. Summer is all the time full throttle on Kangaroo Beach and this season received’t disappoint. Thank you to Cheeky Little Media and Tim Bain for this quintessential Australian sequence. We’re additionally welcoming on board Siamese, bringing their animation experience from WA. We are additionally grateful to our sensible financing companions the ACTF, Screen Australia, Screen West and Create NSW for supporting this 100% Australian manufacturing.”
Christopher Sharp, Screen Australia Head of Scripted mentioned: “We are thrilled to help the third season of Kangaroo Beach, a sequence that has captured the hearts of youngsters nationwide. With its enjoyable, action-packed and academic storylines, Kangaroo Beach is testomony to the creativity and expertise inside the Australian youngsters’s tv business.”
Celine Goetz, Producer, Cheeky Little Media mentioned: “We can’t wait to dive into manufacturing on Season three. There is a lot for the viewers to get enthusiastic about with this new sequence, a shocking new lake location, a plucky new cadet in coaching and naturally, the entire substances that we all know our followers love – motion, comedy and tonnes of coronary heart.”
Since splashing onto screens throughout Australia in 2020, Kangaroo Beach turned a smash hit with its younger viewers and households, securing itself because the second most-watched ABC Kids sequence on ABC iview. Season three will see the cadets returning for one more summer season stacked with enjoyable, journey and friendship. The cadets will spend extra time beneath the ocean, scuba diving across the stunning reef, in addition to up within the mountains in a spectacular new lake location that’s surrounded by gum timber and related through a protracted and flexible river via the bush to Kangaroo Beach. While our cadets are properly versed in surf seashore security, they’re unfamiliar with inland waterways and have masses to be taught, so there shall be loads of new journey in retailer.
“It’s incredible to see Season 3 of Kangaroo Beach and Tales From Outer Suburbia heading into manufacturing right here in Perth. We are happy to be partnering with the ABC, Australian Children’s Television Foundation and Screen Australia in bringing these iconic animated sequence to tv screens and to see WA manufacturing firm, Siamese teaming up with Cheeky Little Media and Flying Bark, creating numerous alternatives for WA solid and crew,” mentioned Rikki Lea Bestall, Screenwest CEO.
“We’re excited to accomplice with Flying Bark and Highly Spirited for Tales from Outer Suburbia. To be a part of the world-building course of, that can breathe life into Shaun Tan’s impressed recollections of rising up within the northern suburbs of Perth, is a rare alternative for Siamese and all Western Australian creatives concerned. We are additionally excited to be working with Sydney-based Cheeky Little on Season 3 of Kangaroo Beach. Already a favorite amongst the ABC Kids viewers and loved by audiences worldwide, this manufacturing marks our first steps into the preschool house, with hopefully many extra to observe.” mentioned Francesca Hope, Siamese Executive Producer.
“The Kangaroo Beach cadets welcome Spyke the echidna into the group, who will stretch their boundaries together with her daredevil antics. Summer is all the time full throttle on Kangaroo Beach and this season received’t disappoint. Thank you to Cheeky Little Media and Tim Bain for this quintessential Australian sequence. We’re additionally welcoming on board Siamese, bringing their animation experience from WA. We are additionally grateful to our sensible financing companions the ACTF, Screen Australia, Screenwest and Create NSW for supporting this 100% Australian manufacturing.
Production on Tales From Outer Suburbia and Kangaroo Beach kicks off this month and Siamese has various alternatives out there for Western Australian crew on each sequence. Head to the Screenwest web site right here to specific your curiosity.
Production credit score: Tales from Outer Suburbia is a Highly Spirited and Flying Bark Productions manufacturing for the ABC. Major manufacturing funding from Screen Australia and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation in affiliation with the ABC. Produced in New South Wales and Western Australia with Siamese and financed with help from Screenwest and Lotterywest. International gross sales by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation. Adapted from Shaun Tan’s multi-award-winning guide Tales From Outer Suburbia. Directed by Noel Cleary. Creative Director: Shaun Tan. Writers: Sam Carroll and Lally Katz. Producers: Sophie Byrne and Alexia Gates-Foale. Executive Producers: Barbara Stephen, Bernadette O’Mahony, Julia Adams, Francesca Hope and ABC Executive Producers: Libbie Doherty, Jo Boag.
Production Credit: Kangaroo Beach Season 3 is a Cheeky Little Media manufacturing for the ABC, produced in affiliation with Siamese. Major manufacturing funding from the ABC in affiliation with Screen Australia and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF). Financed with help from Screenwest and Lotterywest and Surf Life Saving Australia. International gross sales by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and Infinite Frameworks. Post, digital and visible results supported by Screen NSW. Developed with help of the ABC. Cheeky Little Commercial continues as the worldwide model supervisor.
