Amazon’s First Pilot Season of 2015, Featuring Slate of 13 Original Comedy, Drama, Docuseries and Kids Offerings, is Now Available on Amazon Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany
Amazon’s original kids pilots include:
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Buddy: Tech Detective
(for preschool-aged children)
Based on an original idea by
Chris
Dicker (What’s Your News?) and created by
Jon
Burton (The Lego Movie), Dicker and
Jocelyn
Stevenson (Fraggle Rock), and developed for television by
Jennifer Hamburg (Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Henry Hugglemonster),
Buddy: Tech Detective is an exciting preschool whodunit that
follows super-sleuth Buddy, his inventor best friend Trudy, the funny
furry ferret Ferdo and you, the smarty-pants viewer! Using a myriad of
interactive technologies, Buddy and his team gather evidence, follow
cues and crack the case. The project is a TT Animation/
The
Foundation (a part of
Zodiak
Kids) production, and is animated by Jellyfish Animation Limited.
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Sara Solves It (for
preschool-aged children)
This animated musical comes from the
talented minds of Carol Greenwald (Arthur, Martha Speaks,
Curious George), and Angela C. Santomero (Super Why,
Blue’s Clues, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Creative
Galaxy, Wishenpoof!) with animation production
handled by
DHX
(Martha Speaks, Kid vs. Kat, Inspector Gadget).
Produced by
WGBH
and Out of the Blue Enterprises with Greenwald, Santomero and Samantha
Freeman executive producing, Sara Solves It follows 9-year-old
whiz kid Sara and her younger brother Sam as they work together in
order to solve mysteries in their apartment building, at school and
beyond using creative problem solving! Each mystery is an interactive
problem, steeped in musical goodness. In this first episode, viewers
will use math and music in a creative way as they help Sara and Sam
solve the cheesiest pizza mystery!
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The Stinky & Dirty Show
(for preschool-aged children)
The Stinky &
Dirty Show, based on the “I Stink!” book series by Kate &
Jim McMullan, is written 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).
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. Whether it’s rescuing their pal Mighty
the tugboat, or moving a giant boulder blocking the highway in their
town of Go City, Stinky & Dirty are a dynamic duo of resourcefulness
who make plenty of mistakes along the way. For them, hilariously
failing turns out to be the most fun path to success.
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Niko and the Sword of Light
(for children ages 6-11)
Niko and the Sword of
Light is based on the motion graphic comic by Imaginism Studios,
Inc., the studio behind character and concept designs for Tim Burton’s
Alice in Wonderland and Men in Black 3, and
Studio
NX (The Carrot and Rabbit Show, Tree Fu Tom). Written
by Rob Hoegee (Generator Rex, League of Super Evil, Storm Hawks,
Teen Titans) and animated by
Titmouse
(Motorcity, Metalocalpyse, Turbo FAST, Randy Cunningham: 9th
Grade Ninja), Niko and the Sword of Light follows
ten-year-old Niko who is the last of his kind in a strange,
fantastical world. He must embark on an epic quest to defeat the
darkness and bring the light back to his land. Armed with his magic
sword, brave Niko journeys to the Cursed Volcano, making new friends
and powerful foes along the way, all while uncovering secrets about
his mysterious past.
Tom
Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) and
Jim
Cummings (Shrek) lend their vocal talent.
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Table 58 (for
children ages 6-11)
Written by May Chan (Phineas & Ferb,
Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures), Table 58 is a
single-camera live-action pilot directed by
Gil
Junger (10 Things I Hate About You, Greek). In Table
58, they’re not a part of the popular crowd, and they’re not a
part of the geek crowd. The only thing they’re a part of is Table 58:
the odd table in the lunchroom, made up of kids from all different
cliques who have been ousted from the table where they seemingly
belong. When new kid Logan moves to town, he rallies the group of six
mismatched middle schoolers to form a tenuous partnership in order to
help each other get back to their rightful place in the cafeteria. The
project stars
Grace
Kaufman ( Bad Teacher ),
Johnnie
Ladd ( Melissa & Joey ),
Jacob
Melton ( The Middle ),
Nathaniel
Potvin ( Girl Meets World ),
Juliana
Rigolioso ( The Smurfs ), and
Zack
Shires ( Wilfred ).
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Just Add Magic (for
children ages 6-11)
Based on
Cindy
Callaghan ’s young adult
book
of the same name and adapted by Joanna Lewis & Kristine Songco ( Sullivan
& Son, Fairly Odd Parents) , Just Add Magic is a
single-camera live-action pilot directed by
Joe
Nussbaum ( George Lucas in Love, Awkward ) . The story
centers on Kelly Quinn and her two BFF’s, Darbie and Hannah, who
stumble upon her grandmother’s mysterious cookbook in the attic and
discover it has some interesting recipes. The Shut’em Up Shortcake
actually silences Kelly’s pesky little brother and when the Healing
Hazelnut Tart quickly heals Darbie’s ankle, the girls discover they
have the power of magic. The project stars
Olivia
Sanabia ( Extant ),
Abby
Donnelly ( Suburgatory ),
Aubrey
Miller ( Austin & Ally ), and
Judah
Bellamy ( Home ).
