‘Puffin Rock’, the animated pre-school series narrated by Chris O’Dowd, has been picked up by Netflix and will be made available to stream exclusively on the site from September 2015.
‘Puffin Rock’ follows a family of lovable puffins living on a wild and beautiful Irish island and centres on young puffling, Oona, and her little brother, Baba, who explore the island with their friends. The educational show is designed for 2-6 year olds and is co-produced by Oscar-nominated Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, global publisher Penguin, and Derry-based children’s media company, Dog Ears.
The show premiered on RTÉjr in January with a second season in development before the first season even aired. Production has already commenced on the new series of 39 x 7-minute episodes, which will be animated in Derry and Kilkenny.
According to Variety, the show will be made available exclusively on Netflix in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Benelux, France and Germany in September, with other Netflix territories to follow at a later date.
Other animated shows acquired by Netflix include ‘Cirque du Soleil Luna Petunia’, ‘Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan and Jane’ and ‘Kulipari: An Army of Frogs’.
