WarnerMedia Kids and Family announced plans to expand its partnership with children’s book author, illustrator and playwright Mo Willems — including a slate of originals for HBO Max and Cartoon Network.
With Stampede Ventures as producing partner, Willems signed a multi-year deal with WarnerMedia Kids and Family to create live-action “Storytime Specials,” as well as multiple animated and live-action series based on his children’s books. “Mo Willems and The Storytime All-Stars Present: Don’t Let the Pigeon Do Storytime!” and “Mo Willems Story Time Shorts!” are now available to stream on HBO Max.
Upcoming projects include animated musical event, “Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience,” which will premiere this summer, and “Unlimited Squirrels,” an animated series debuting next year.Apple TV Plus announced a new animated series for preschoolers, “Pretzel and the Puppies,” which will premiere Feb.
11 on the streaming platform. Based on canine characters from the book “Pretzel” by Margret and H.A. Rey, creators of Curious George, the original series is a new story about the dog family — which includes stay-at-home dad Pretzel, five Dachshund puppies and mom Greta, the mayor of Muttgomery. “Pretzel and the Puppies” will star Mark Duplass, Nasim Pedrad, Milo Stein, Alex Jayne Go, Max Mitchell, Amari McCoy and Gracen Newton.
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