Netflix expands original preschool roster with Blue Zoo, OddBot, Silvergate, and Mattel
Netflix has added four new series and two renewals to its roster of original preschool shows and has begun work on a psychological thriller in Brazil.
Netflix is showing target audiences of 2-6 years old around the world, and new kids shows will start in 2022.
They include Big Tree City (Spring 2022), an action comedy series from UK Blue Zoo Animation that follows a highly motivated team of rescuers tasked with saving city animals.
Action Pack is a superhero adventure series from OddBot Inc, animated by ICON Creative Studios and designed by Bill Harper, while The Creature Cases is an animated comic strip that follows the adventures of animal detectives. The latter is produced by Silvergate Media in the UK and US and animated by TeamTO in France.
Deepa & Anoop is a preschool animated series from Mattel Television that follows the adventures of a fun-loving seven-year-old girl and her best friend, a color-changing elephant, in the family’s bed and breakfast.
These join other preschool Netflix originals Ask The StoryBots, Mighty Little Bheem, Go! he goes! Cory Carson, Gabby Doll, CoCoMelon, Go Dog Go!
Netflix Director of Nursery Heather Tillert has renewed the titles of preschoolers Ridley Jones and Ada Twist: A World for a second season.
In related news, Netflix has commissioned Olhar Indiscreto, a psychological thriller starring Deborah Nascimento and written and written by Argentine Marcela Citrio, produced by Brazilian company Prodco Mixer Films.
Set to premiere in 2022, it follows an uncontrollable voyeur and a skilled intruder whose routine is to stare out the window at the life of a luxurious prostitute living across the street.