The new Australian series will screen for the ABC in 2022.
ABC and Screen Australia are delighted to announce production is underway in Sydney on a new short form animated series Ginger & the Vegesaurs.
Based on the concept created by Gary Eck and Nick O’Sullivan, and co-developed by the team at Cheeky Little, preschoolers will fall in love with the adorable and delicious new characters and entertaining storylines.
The 20 x 5 minute series will immerse young children in a comic and colourful alternative prehistory dominated by the juiciest and crunchiest vegetable creatures ever to rule the planet – the mighty Vegesaurs – with lead characters Ginger, a young Tricarrotops and her baby Pea-Rex buddies Minty, Wasabi and Split driving the stories.
The much-anticipated series deploys an innovative Unreal led production pipeline, growing Cheeky Little’s in-house capacity to handle asset creation, lighting and rendering in-engine, with animation being handled by Infinite Frameworks.
Head of ABC Children’s Production, Libbie Doherty said:
“Ginger the Tricarrotops, (yes you read that right) and her trusty Vegesaur gang will take the ABC Kids audience on a hilarious and wild ride through the crunchiest period of natural history. Congratulations to Gary, Nick and the Cheeky Little Team for developing a series that kids will immediately fall in love with and quite possibly make them hungry too – in a good way!”
Lee Naimo, Screen Australia’s Head of Online said:
“The talented team at Cheeky Little are back with yet another lively and engaging story that is sure to appeal to kids here on ABC and around the world online. We were so impressed with the original world they’ve created in Ginger & the Vegesaurs and can’t wait to see the cute and crunchy creatures brought to life.”
Patrick Egerton, Executive Producer, Cheeky Little said:
