Christie Whelan Browne, Aunty Donna’s Mark Samual Bonanno and Ali McGregor have joined Melbourne’s fresh newcomers and several fresh newcomers for knee-high spy at Werner Film Productions.
The Children’s series, created by Tim Bain, uses a mix of puppet shows, VFX and live action performances to showcase the adventures of the teddy bear Jeremy Button and his toy spy ragtag team. Machiavelli pet guinea pig, silver feet naughty scheme.
Knee High Spy was one of four new ABC children’s programs announced last year as part of Australia’s Children’s Content Summit.
Jack Jameson is produced and directed by Nicole Minkin. Bain wrote the series with Charlotte Rose Hamlin and Alix Bean, while Ray Boseley is the writer’s producer. Joanna Werner, Stuart Menzies, and Bernadette O’Mahony are executive producers. The series is making major production investments from Screen Australia in collaboration with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation, which handles ABC and international sales. Funded in connection with Vicscreen.
Mary Ellen Murane, director of child and family representation by ABC, described knee-high spies as “a wonderful, fresh action comedy kindergarten show.”
“We love the way our teams play with genres and forms,” she said.
“Knee-High Spy is a sophisticated and ambitious product that brings together one of the best teams on the planet who are currently involved in preschool content production.”
Werner said the series was her company’s “most technically ambitious production to date.”
“They walk around the right dolls, hand dolls, stunt double toys, animatronics, action, VFX. This show has it all. At the heart of it, the gorgeous hopes that a young audience will fall in love “It’s a character,” she said.
“We have an incredible cast and crew led by director Jack Jameson and producer Nicole Minkin. Along with ABC, ACTF, Screen Australia and Vicks Screen, we can’t wait for everyone to watch the series. ”
Bernadette O’Mahony, ACTF content director, said the foundation had been hooked from Bain’s first pitch.
“It was original, approachable, smart and interesting,” she said.
“Children around the world love Jeremy, Silverpaw and friends just under the nose of their young owners as they go on their own adventures in their family homes.”
